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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 9747
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9339
94 Field Services 7675
95 Field Warehouse 9930
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14503
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12203
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8073
101 FOB Destination 12915
102 Forward buying 29926
103 Freight Charge 10235
104 Freight Consolidation 7446
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11612
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29411
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12576
109 Hub 23273
110 Idle Time 7980
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13794
113 Inbound Logistics 13440
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53280
116 Inventory in Transit 16308
117 Inventory Management 54419
118 Inventory Planning System 9708
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42194
121 JIT 2 18344
122 Job Production 27258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8949
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10049
126 Lean Office 5944
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8489
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14074
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36886
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9138
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7372
133 Logistics Channel 22767
134 Logistics Costs 26500
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6624
136 Manifest 10433
137 Marks and Numbers 12473
138 Material Planning 34930
139 Materials Management 26237
140 Milk Run 42876
141 Mini Land Bridge 14314
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9408
143 Modal Split 15275
144 Movement of Goods 19331
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31385
146 North West Corner Method 16776
147 Numeric Distribution 14065
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28399
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48205
150 Operational Efficiency 9850
151 Operational Objectives 13252
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18054
153 Operational Sustainability 27749
154 Operations Management 20424
155 Order Cancellation 10695
156 Order Cycle 18341
157 Order Cycle Time 23404
158 Order Fill Rate 33878
159 Order Fulfillment 6399
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10194
161 Parts Standardization 9221
162 PDCA Cycle 7916
163 Peak Load Pricing 13285
164 Perfect Order 13058
165 Physical Distribution 24800
166 Pick List 9752
167 Pipeline inventory 42214
168 Postponement 15190
169 Process Bottleneck 6199
170 Process Checklist Template 6844
171 Process Yield 20042
172 Product ID 15798
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10306
174 Production Capacity 27463
175 Production Orientation 25488
176 Production Planning 36228
177 Production Related Materials 7571
178 Production Scheduling 35640
179 Purchasing 22557
180 Quality Audit 7066
181 Quality Control 35843
182 Quality Standards 56314
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14072
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11852
185 Quick Response 11156
186 Raw Material 25001
187 Return Goods Handling 10331
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11108
189 Root Cause Analysis 9126
190 Routing 6932
 
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