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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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91 Exponential smoothing 9580
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9649
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8375
97 Fishbone Diagram 14271
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26461
99 Flow Through Distribution 12000
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12637
102 Forward buying 29665
103 Freight Charge 10064
104 Freight Consolidation 7286
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11362
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29120
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12397
109 Hub 22994
110 Idle Time 7834
111 Import/Export License 8446
112 In Bond Shipment 13566
113 Inbound Logistics 13169
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52616
116 Inventory in Transit 16047
117 Inventory Management 53730
118 Inventory Planning System 9548
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21852
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41174
121 JIT 2 18181
122 Job Production 26485
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8723
124 Kanban Squares 6584
125 Laid-Down Cost 9864
126 Lean Office 5773
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8326
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13762
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36181
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8926
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7221
133 Logistics Channel 22518
134 Logistics Costs 26231
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6517
136 Manifest 10194
137 Marks and Numbers 12226
138 Material Planning 34501
139 Materials Management 25983
140 Milk Run 42333
141 Mini Land Bridge 14094
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9141
143 Modal Split 14914
144 Movement of Goods 19076
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31007
146 North West Corner Method 16619
147 Numeric Distribution 13800
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28091
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47781
150 Operational Efficiency 9640
151 Operational Objectives 13077
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17911
153 Operational Sustainability 27421
154 Operations Management 19765
155 Order Cancellation 10367
156 Order Cycle 18129
157 Order Cycle Time 23142
158 Order Fill Rate 33566
159 Order Fulfillment 6258
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10014
161 Parts Standardization 9045
162 PDCA Cycle 7797
163 Peak Load Pricing 13078
164 Perfect Order 12763
165 Physical Distribution 24499
166 Pick List 9569
167 Pipeline inventory 41875
168 Postponement 14987
169 Process Bottleneck 6009
170 Process Checklist Template 6691
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15591
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10175
174 Production Capacity 26971
175 Production Orientation 25229
176 Production Planning 35465
177 Production Related Materials 7274
178 Production Scheduling 34953
179 Purchasing 22137
180 Quality Audit 6859
181 Quality Control 34887
182 Quality Standards 55822
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13861
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11674
185 Quick Response 10863
186 Raw Material 24250
187 Return Goods Handling 10166
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10747
189 Root Cause Analysis 8961
190 Routing 6815
 
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