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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 9614
92 External Growth 9826
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9211
94 Field Services 7583
95 Field Warehouse 9689
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26524
99 Flow Through Distribution 12051
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12682
102 Forward buying 29720
103 Freight Charge 10101
104 Freight Consolidation 7324
105 Gantt Chart 8115
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12426
109 Hub 23052
110 Idle Time 7865
111 Import/Export License 8481
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13219
114 Interstate System 10778
115 Inventory Costs 52766
116 Inventory in Transit 16102
117 Inventory Management 53851
118 Inventory Planning System 9585
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21926
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41400
121 JIT 2 18213
122 Job Production 26646
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8766
124 Kanban Squares 6621
125 Laid-Down Cost 9892
126 Lean Office 5807
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10736
128 Lee's Notation 8358
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13828
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36297
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8958
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7272
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26286
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10240
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34583
139 Materials Management 26031
140 Milk Run 42450
141 Mini Land Bridge 14134
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9192
143 Modal Split 14986
144 Movement of Goods 19130
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31072
146 North West Corner Method 16649
147 Numeric Distribution 13853
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28148
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47860
150 Operational Efficiency 9682
151 Operational Objectives 13113
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27498
154 Operations Management 19890
155 Order Cancellation 10420
156 Order Cycle 18171
157 Order Cycle Time 23193
158 Order Fill Rate 33638
159 Order Fulfillment 6288
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10044
161 Parts Standardization 9077
162 PDCA Cycle 7819
163 Peak Load Pricing 13131
164 Perfect Order 12826
165 Physical Distribution 24563
166 Pick List 9609
167 Pipeline inventory 41953
168 Postponement 15026
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6717
171 Process Yield 19871
172 Product ID 15633
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10192
174 Production Capacity 27109
175 Production Orientation 25271
176 Production Planning 35647
177 Production Related Materials 7321
178 Production Scheduling 35104
179 Purchasing 22225
180 Quality Audit 6912
181 Quality Control 35096
182 Quality Standards 55926
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13901
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11710
185 Quick Response 10921
186 Raw Material 24429
187 Return Goods Handling 10196
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10825
189 Root Cause Analysis 8990
190 Routing 6833
 
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