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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 9867
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9568
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8850
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8231
101 FOB Destination 13113
102 Forward buying 30278
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11793
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29661
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12746
109 Hub 23516
110 Idle Time 8113
111 Import/Export License 8777
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13651
114 Interstate System 11059
115 Inventory Costs 53838
116 Inventory in Transit 16597
117 Inventory Management 54985
118 Inventory Planning System 9914
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22370
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43066
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27896
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9190
124 Kanban Squares 6884
125 Laid-Down Cost 10266
126 Lean Office 6168
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10888
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14329
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37425
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9342
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7564
133 Logistics Channel 22977
134 Logistics Costs 26751
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6720
136 Manifest 10598
137 Marks and Numbers 12689
138 Material Planning 35218
139 Materials Management 26446
140 Milk Run 43216
141 Mini Land Bridge 14472
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9631
143 Modal Split 15499
144 Movement of Goods 19554
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31781
146 North West Corner Method 16910
147 Numeric Distribution 14296
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28636
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48592
150 Operational Efficiency 9991
151 Operational Objectives 13414
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18164
153 Operational Sustainability 28152
154 Operations Management 20940
155 Order Cancellation 10893
156 Order Cycle 18506
157 Order Cycle Time 23583
158 Order Fill Rate 34117
159 Order Fulfillment 6512
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10380
161 Parts Standardization 9368
162 PDCA Cycle 8091
163 Peak Load Pricing 13411
164 Perfect Order 13319
165 Physical Distribution 25039
166 Pick List 9900
167 Pipeline inventory 42463
168 Postponement 15347
169 Process Bottleneck 6346
170 Process Checklist Template 6970
171 Process Yield 20288
172 Product ID 15976
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10412
174 Production Capacity 27836
175 Production Orientation 25753
176 Production Planning 36817
177 Production Related Materials 7754
178 Production Scheduling 36235
179 Purchasing 23009
180 Quality Audit 7229
181 Quality Control 36591
182 Quality Standards 56732
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14268
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11997
185 Quick Response 11334
186 Raw Material 25565
187 Return Goods Handling 10476
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11488
189 Root Cause Analysis 9268
190 Routing 7051
 
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