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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 9866
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8230
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30276
103 Freight Charge 10453
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11791
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29658
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12745
109 Hub 23514
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13647
114 Interstate System 11058
115 Inventory Costs 53834
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54984
118 Inventory Planning System 9913
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22367
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43057
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27892
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9189
124 Kanban Squares 6883
125 Laid-Down Cost 10264
126 Lean Office 6168
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10887
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14325
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37424
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9341
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7563
133 Logistics Channel 22975
134 Logistics Costs 26751
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10595
137 Marks and Numbers 12689
138 Material Planning 35218
139 Materials Management 26444
140 Milk Run 43214
141 Mini Land Bridge 14469
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9628
143 Modal Split 15497
144 Movement of Goods 19552
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31779
146 North West Corner Method 16909
147 Numeric Distribution 14295
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28635
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48585
150 Operational Efficiency 9989
151 Operational Objectives 13412
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18163
153 Operational Sustainability 28150
154 Operations Management 20938
155 Order Cancellation 10892
156 Order Cycle 18505
157 Order Cycle Time 23583
158 Order Fill Rate 34114
159 Order Fulfillment 6511
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10379
161 Parts Standardization 9366
162 PDCA Cycle 8090
163 Peak Load Pricing 13410
164 Perfect Order 13315
165 Physical Distribution 25039
166 Pick List 9899
167 Pipeline inventory 42460
168 Postponement 15345
169 Process Bottleneck 6342
170 Process Checklist Template 6969
171 Process Yield 20287
172 Product ID 15976
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10411
174 Production Capacity 27834
175 Production Orientation 25751
176 Production Planning 36814
177 Production Related Materials 7753
178 Production Scheduling 36231
179 Purchasing 23008
180 Quality Audit 7226
181 Quality Control 36583
182 Quality Standards 56728
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14267
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11996
185 Quick Response 11332
186 Raw Material 25561
187 Return Goods Handling 10474
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11484
189 Root Cause Analysis 9267
190 Routing 7050
 
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