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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 9754
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9346
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10000
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8651
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26844
99 Flow Through Distribution 12214
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
101 FOB Destination 12935
102 Forward buying 29945
103 Freight Charge 10244
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29434
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12586
109 Hub 23287
110 Idle Time 7988
111 Import/Export License 8631
112 In Bond Shipment 13810
113 Inbound Logistics 13457
114 Interstate System 10917
115 Inventory Costs 53312
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54443
118 Inventory Planning System 9715
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22170
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42248
121 JIT 2 18359
122 Job Production 27301
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8961
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10059
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10810
128 Lee's Notation 8498
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14086
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36919
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9151
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22780
134 Logistics Costs 26517
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6628
136 Manifest 10444
137 Marks and Numbers 12494
138 Material Planning 34942
139 Materials Management 26248
140 Milk Run 42900
141 Mini Land Bridge 14322
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9426
143 Modal Split 15295
144 Movement of Goods 19345
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31407
146 North West Corner Method 16789
147 Numeric Distribution 14085
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28414
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48221
150 Operational Efficiency 9859
151 Operational Objectives 13263
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18065
153 Operational Sustainability 27764
154 Operations Management 20464
155 Order Cancellation 10710
156 Order Cycle 18353
157 Order Cycle Time 23410
158 Order Fill Rate 33891
159 Order Fulfillment 6407
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10203
161 Parts Standardization 9231
162 PDCA Cycle 7923
163 Peak Load Pricing 13290
164 Perfect Order 13080
165 Physical Distribution 24814
166 Pick List 9761
167 Pipeline inventory 42230
168 Postponement 15200
169 Process Bottleneck 6210
170 Process Checklist Template 6855
171 Process Yield 20053
172 Product ID 15811
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10315
174 Production Capacity 27490
175 Production Orientation 25504
176 Production Planning 36267
177 Production Related Materials 7589
178 Production Scheduling 35687
179 Purchasing 22575
180 Quality Audit 7074
181 Quality Control 35897
182 Quality Standards 56342
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14078
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11864
185 Quick Response 11171
186 Raw Material 25035
187 Return Goods Handling 10337
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11129
189 Root Cause Analysis 9139
190 Routing 6942
 
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