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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 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7679
95 Field Warehouse 9952
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14505
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26833
99 Flow Through Distribution 12207
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
101 FOB Destination 12919
102 Forward buying 29932
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8220
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11616
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29415
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12579
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8624
112 In Bond Shipment 13798
113 Inbound Logistics 13446
114 Interstate System 10911
115 Inventory Costs 53289
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54428
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22160
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42209
121 JIT 2 18347
122 Job Production 27270
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8952
124 Kanban Squares 6756
125 Laid-Down Cost 10052
126 Lean Office 5948
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8491
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14076
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36895
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9142
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7373
133 Logistics Channel 22769
134 Logistics Costs 26505
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10434
137 Marks and Numbers 12480
138 Material Planning 34932
139 Materials Management 26239
140 Milk Run 42883
141 Mini Land Bridge 14317
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9411
143 Modal Split 15279
144 Movement of Goods 19333
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31392
146 North West Corner Method 16779
147 Numeric Distribution 14069
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28402
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48209
150 Operational Efficiency 9853
151 Operational Objectives 13255
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18056
153 Operational Sustainability 27754
154 Operations Management 20435
155 Order Cancellation 10697
156 Order Cycle 18343
157 Order Cycle Time 23405
158 Order Fill Rate 33879
159 Order Fulfillment 6399
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10197
161 Parts Standardization 9223
162 PDCA Cycle 7917
163 Peak Load Pricing 13286
164 Perfect Order 13063
165 Physical Distribution 24802
166 Pick List 9755
167 Pipeline inventory 42219
168 Postponement 15193
169 Process Bottleneck 6204
170 Process Checklist Template 6845
171 Process Yield 20045
172 Product ID 15802
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10308
174 Production Capacity 27476
175 Production Orientation 25490
176 Production Planning 36236
177 Production Related Materials 7577
178 Production Scheduling 35653
179 Purchasing 22559
180 Quality Audit 7067
181 Quality Control 35861
182 Quality Standards 56321
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14074
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11857
185 Quick Response 11160
186 Raw Material 25010
187 Return Goods Handling 10332
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11112
189 Root Cause Analysis 9128
190 Routing 6936
 
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