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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 9847
92 External Growth 10109
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10579
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8813
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27103
99 Flow Through Distribution 12346
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8204
101 FOB Destination 13073
102 Forward buying 30236
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7554
105 Gantt Chart 8313
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11766
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29629
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12723
109 Hub 23479
110 Idle Time 8095
111 Import/Export License 8749
112 In Bond Shipment 14001
113 Inbound Logistics 13623
114 Interstate System 11033
115 Inventory Costs 53747
116 Inventory in Transit 16570
117 Inventory Management 54916
118 Inventory Planning System 9896
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42927
121 JIT 2 18472
122 Job Production 27811
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9168
124 Kanban Squares 6860
125 Laid-Down Cost 10233
126 Lean Office 6146
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10873
128 Lee's Notation 8589
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14284
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37370
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9310
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7548
133 Logistics Channel 22955
134 Logistics Costs 26728
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6710
136 Manifest 10569
137 Marks and Numbers 12647
138 Material Planning 35180
139 Materials Management 26411
140 Milk Run 43169
141 Mini Land Bridge 14448
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9601
143 Modal Split 15474
144 Movement of Goods 19527
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31732
146 North West Corner Method 16891
147 Numeric Distribution 14265
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28599
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48522
150 Operational Efficiency 9972
151 Operational Objectives 13387
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18149
153 Operational Sustainability 28101
154 Operations Management 20890
155 Order Cancellation 10863
156 Order Cycle 18478
157 Order Cycle Time 23554
158 Order Fill Rate 34079
159 Order Fulfillment 6496
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10352
161 Parts Standardization 9347
162 PDCA Cycle 8073
163 Peak Load Pricing 13392
164 Perfect Order 13282
165 Physical Distribution 25005
166 Pick List 9875
167 Pipeline inventory 42426
168 Postponement 15324
169 Process Bottleneck 6323
170 Process Checklist Template 6951
171 Process Yield 20265
172 Product ID 15950
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10394
174 Production Capacity 27783
175 Production Orientation 25714
176 Production Planning 36734
177 Production Related Materials 7731
178 Production Scheduling 36164
179 Purchasing 22953
180 Quality Audit 7202
181 Quality Control 36488
182 Quality Standards 56674
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14249
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11978
185 Quick Response 11304
186 Raw Material 25469
187 Return Goods Handling 10456
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11435
189 Root Cause Analysis 9246
190 Routing 7033
 
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