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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 9796
92 External Growth 10031
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9393
94 Field Services 7718
95 Field Warehouse 10313
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14565
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26950
99 Flow Through Distribution 12273
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
101 FOB Destination 12981
102 Forward buying 30024
103 Freight Charge 10286
104 Freight Consolidation 7492
105 Gantt Chart 8263
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11685
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29520
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12641
109 Hub 23362
110 Idle Time 8031
111 Import/Export License 8678
112 In Bond Shipment 13891
113 Inbound Logistics 13535
114 Interstate System 10965
115 Inventory Costs 53477
116 Inventory in Transit 16391
117 Inventory Management 54604
118 Inventory Planning System 9749
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22244
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42517
121 JIT 2 18401
122 Job Production 27503
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9015
124 Kanban Squares 6805
125 Laid-Down Cost 10122
126 Lean Office 5998
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8537
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14169
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37111
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9217
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22852
134 Logistics Costs 26605
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6657
136 Manifest 10496
137 Marks and Numbers 12565
138 Material Planning 35029
139 Materials Management 26315
140 Milk Run 43033
141 Mini Land Bridge 14381
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9504
143 Modal Split 15369
144 Movement of Goods 19414
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31534
146 North West Corner Method 16828
147 Numeric Distribution 14167
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28492
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48343
150 Operational Efficiency 9908
151 Operational Objectives 13311
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18096
153 Operational Sustainability 27872
154 Operations Management 20596
155 Order Cancellation 10774
156 Order Cycle 18406
157 Order Cycle Time 23465
158 Order Fill Rate 33964
159 Order Fulfillment 6445
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10274
161 Parts Standardization 9277
162 PDCA Cycle 7942
163 Peak Load Pricing 13332
164 Perfect Order 13171
165 Physical Distribution 24879
166 Pick List 9808
167 Pipeline inventory 42316
168 Postponement 15256
169 Process Bottleneck 6253
170 Process Checklist Template 6895
171 Process Yield 20103
172 Product ID 15864
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10343
174 Production Capacity 27630
175 Production Orientation 25592
176 Production Planning 36472
177 Production Related Materials 7652
178 Production Scheduling 35940
179 Purchasing 22706
180 Quality Audit 7125
181 Quality Control 36175
182 Quality Standards 56493
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14151
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11911
185 Quick Response 11221
186 Raw Material 25215
187 Return Goods Handling 10387
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11231
189 Root Cause Analysis 9178
190 Routing 6980
 
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