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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 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9303
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8587
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26751
99 Flow Through Distribution 12158
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29869
103 Freight Charge 10202
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8193
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29353
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23210
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13381
114 Interstate System 10868
115 Inventory Costs 53148
116 Inventory in Transit 16258
117 Inventory Management 54254
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41975
121 JIT 2 18313
122 Job Production 27088
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8906
124 Kanban Squares 6727
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5909
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10786
128 Lee's Notation 8453
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14007
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36712
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9082
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22717
134 Logistics Costs 26441
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10385
137 Marks and Numbers 12409
138 Material Planning 34845
139 Materials Management 26185
140 Milk Run 42778
141 Mini Land Bridge 14263
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9350
143 Modal Split 15196
144 Movement of Goods 19269
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31305
146 North West Corner Method 16743
147 Numeric Distribution 13997
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28323
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48106
150 Operational Efficiency 9813
151 Operational Objectives 13217
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18016
153 Operational Sustainability 27671
154 Operations Management 20281
155 Order Cancellation 10622
156 Order Cycle 18291
157 Order Cycle Time 23352
158 Order Fill Rate 33805
159 Order Fulfillment 6371
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10146
161 Parts Standardization 9185
162 PDCA Cycle 7891
163 Peak Load Pricing 13248
164 Perfect Order 12989
165 Physical Distribution 24748
166 Pick List 9715
167 Pipeline inventory 42159
168 Postponement 15139
169 Process Bottleneck 6160
170 Process Checklist Template 6816
171 Process Yield 20003
172 Product ID 15764
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10277
174 Production Capacity 27383
175 Production Orientation 25417
176 Production Planning 36086
177 Production Related Materials 7501
178 Production Scheduling 35498
179 Purchasing 22454
180 Quality Audit 7034
181 Quality Control 35660
182 Quality Standards 56209
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14026
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11818
185 Quick Response 11109
186 Raw Material 24863
187 Return Goods Handling 10296
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11025
189 Root Cause Analysis 9090
190 Routing 6902
 
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