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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 9938
92 External Growth 10232
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9660
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10985
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8977
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27332
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8328
101 FOB Destination 13219
102 Forward buying 30414
103 Freight Charge 10523
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8381
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11912
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29768
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12836
109 Hub 23632
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8850
112 In Bond Shipment 14129
113 Inbound Logistics 13753
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54090
116 Inventory in Transit 16731
117 Inventory Management 55264
118 Inventory Planning System 9993
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22510
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43415
121 JIT 2 18571
122 Job Production 28249
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9273
124 Kanban Squares 6972
125 Laid-Down Cost 10377
126 Lean Office 6251
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14464
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37660
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9439
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23072
134 Logistics Costs 26879
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10698
137 Marks and Numbers 12809
138 Material Planning 35377
139 Materials Management 26562
140 Milk Run 43382
141 Mini Land Bridge 14562
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9738
143 Modal Split 15608
144 Movement of Goods 19708
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31939
146 North West Corner Method 16982
147 Numeric Distribution 14399
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28762
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48815
150 Operational Efficiency 10062
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18219
153 Operational Sustainability 28294
154 Operations Management 21106
155 Order Cancellation 10988
156 Order Cycle 18588
157 Order Cycle Time 23684
158 Order Fill Rate 34232
159 Order Fulfillment 6579
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10481
161 Parts Standardization 9434
162 PDCA Cycle 8138
163 Peak Load Pricing 13478
164 Perfect Order 13433
165 Physical Distribution 25172
166 Pick List 9978
167 Pipeline inventory 42605
168 Postponement 15455
169 Process Bottleneck 6423
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
171 Process Yield 20377
172 Product ID 16069
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10486
174 Production Capacity 28034
175 Production Orientation 25902
176 Production Planning 37097
177 Production Related Materials 7895
178 Production Scheduling 36456
179 Purchasing 23205
180 Quality Audit 7320
181 Quality Control 36914
182 Quality Standards 56928
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14363
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12074
185 Quick Response 11450
186 Raw Material 25789
187 Return Goods Handling 10570
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11650
189 Root Cause Analysis 9343
190 Routing 7107
 
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