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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 9734
92 External Growth 9948
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9325
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9866
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26802
99 Flow Through Distribution 12184
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
101 FOB Destination 12888
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8209
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11594
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23248
110 Idle Time 7970
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13418
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53213
116 Inventory in Transit 16289
117 Inventory Management 54350
118 Inventory Planning System 9697
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22130
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42102
121 JIT 2 18330
122 Job Production 27192
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8932
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10032
126 Lean Office 5933
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10797
128 Lee's Notation 8471
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14043
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36817
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9113
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7363
133 Logistics Channel 22747
134 Logistics Costs 26477
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10412
137 Marks and Numbers 12447
138 Material Planning 34897
139 Materials Management 26215
140 Milk Run 42839
141 Mini Land Bridge 14289
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9386
143 Modal Split 15250
144 Movement of Goods 19303
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31347
146 North West Corner Method 16768
147 Numeric Distribution 14030
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28368
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48163
150 Operational Efficiency 9836
151 Operational Objectives 13241
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18043
153 Operational Sustainability 27717
154 Operations Management 20363
155 Order Cancellation 10667
156 Order Cycle 18326
157 Order Cycle Time 23384
158 Order Fill Rate 33851
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10175
161 Parts Standardization 9211
162 PDCA Cycle 7908
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13031
165 Physical Distribution 24777
166 Pick List 9736
167 Pipeline inventory 42183
168 Postponement 15164
169 Process Bottleneck 6186
170 Process Checklist Template 6835
171 Process Yield 20024
172 Product ID 15785
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10295
174 Production Capacity 27423
175 Production Orientation 25454
176 Production Planning 36178
177 Production Related Materials 7545
178 Production Scheduling 35582
179 Purchasing 22512
180 Quality Audit 7054
181 Quality Control 35762
182 Quality Standards 56270
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14048
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11837
185 Quick Response 11133
186 Raw Material 24948
187 Return Goods Handling 10313
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11074
189 Root Cause Analysis 9113
190 Routing 6919
 
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