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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 9539
92 External Growth 9750
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9148
94 Field Services 7541
95 Field Warehouse 9609
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8324
97 Fishbone Diagram 14215
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26387
99 Flow Through Distribution 11965
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7847
101 FOB Destination 12579
102 Forward buying 29599
103 Freight Charge 10033
104 Freight Consolidation 7244
105 Gantt Chart 8059
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11319
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28996
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12370
109 Hub 22931
110 Idle Time 7795
111 Import/Export License 8399
112 In Bond Shipment 13497
113 Inbound Logistics 13107
114 Interstate System 10737
115 Inventory Costs 52435
116 Inventory in Transit 15993
117 Inventory Management 53593
118 Inventory Planning System 9516
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21783
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40910
121 JIT 2 18143
122 Job Production 26332
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8674
124 Kanban Squares 6550
125 Laid-Down Cost 9825
126 Lean Office 5736
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10696
128 Lee's Notation 8278
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13694
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35997
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8888
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7190
133 Logistics Channel 22467
134 Logistics Costs 26164
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6499
136 Manifest 10152
137 Marks and Numbers 12181
138 Material Planning 34395
139 Materials Management 25937
140 Milk Run 42200
141 Mini Land Bridge 14052
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9086
143 Modal Split 14852
144 Movement of Goods 18993
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30929
146 North West Corner Method 16586
147 Numeric Distribution 13732
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28035
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47692
150 Operational Efficiency 9599
151 Operational Objectives 13035
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17887
153 Operational Sustainability 27348
154 Operations Management 19627
155 Order Cancellation 10307
156 Order Cycle 18089
157 Order Cycle Time 23041
158 Order Fill Rate 33512
159 Order Fulfillment 6226
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9980
161 Parts Standardization 9013
162 PDCA Cycle 7782
163 Peak Load Pricing 13039
164 Perfect Order 12709
165 Physical Distribution 24423
166 Pick List 9532
167 Pipeline inventory 41775
168 Postponement 14929
169 Process Bottleneck 5967
170 Process Checklist Template 6661
171 Process Yield 19783
172 Product ID 15549
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10150
174 Production Capacity 26845
175 Production Orientation 25181
176 Production Planning 35267
177 Production Related Materials 7222
178 Production Scheduling 34791
179 Purchasing 22037
180 Quality Audit 6816
181 Quality Control 34615
182 Quality Standards 55690
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13806
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11634
185 Quick Response 10807
186 Raw Material 24056
187 Return Goods Handling 10140
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10649
189 Root Cause Analysis 8931
190 Routing 6795
 
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