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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 9656
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7615
95 Field Warehouse 9733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8511
97 Fishbone Diagram 14378
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26632
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
101 FOB Destination 12756
102 Forward buying 29799
103 Freight Charge 10142
104 Freight Consolidation 7368
105 Gantt Chart 8148
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11497
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29253
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12475
109 Hub 23127
110 Idle Time 7903
111 Import/Export License 8529
112 In Bond Shipment 13683
113 Inbound Logistics 13282
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52938
116 Inventory in Transit 16172
117 Inventory Management 54026
118 Inventory Planning System 9624
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22018
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41659
121 JIT 2 18263
122 Job Production 26863
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8835
124 Kanban Squares 6676
125 Laid-Down Cost 9933
126 Lean Office 5855
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8401
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13909
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36499
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9002
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7313
133 Logistics Channel 22626
134 Logistics Costs 26359
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6566
136 Manifest 10307
137 Marks and Numbers 12313
138 Material Planning 34706
139 Materials Management 26091
140 Milk Run 42625
141 Mini Land Bridge 14201
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9277
143 Modal Split 15076
144 Movement of Goods 19195
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31186
146 North West Corner Method 16684
147 Numeric Distribution 13918
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28224
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47978
150 Operational Efficiency 9748
151 Operational Objectives 13161
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17971
153 Operational Sustainability 27584
154 Operations Management 20075
155 Order Cancellation 10509
156 Order Cycle 18224
157 Order Cycle Time 23277
158 Order Fill Rate 33720
159 Order Fulfillment 6331
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10083
161 Parts Standardization 9133
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12901
165 Physical Distribution 24655
166 Pick List 9662
167 Pipeline inventory 42053
168 Postponement 15085
169 Process Bottleneck 6099
170 Process Checklist Template 6746
171 Process Yield 19927
172 Product ID 15696
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10233
174 Production Capacity 27247
175 Production Orientation 25342
176 Production Planning 35851
177 Production Related Materials 7380
178 Production Scheduling 35290
179 Purchasing 22342
180 Quality Audit 6972
181 Quality Control 35376
182 Quality Standards 56068
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13958
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11765
185 Quick Response 11008
186 Raw Material 24650
187 Return Goods Handling 10242
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10918
189 Root Cause Analysis 9041
190 Routing 6862
 
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