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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 9682
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9273
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9756
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8547
97 Fishbone Diagram 14415
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26688
99 Flow Through Distribution 12129
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8004
101 FOB Destination 12804
102 Forward buying 29839
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7390
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11523
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29302
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23168
110 Idle Time 7925
111 Import/Export License 8558
112 In Bond Shipment 13714
113 Inbound Logistics 13331
114 Interstate System 10835
115 Inventory Costs 53043
116 Inventory in Transit 16213
117 Inventory Management 54131
118 Inventory Planning System 9648
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22059
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41804
121 JIT 2 18284
122 Job Production 26960
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6698
125 Laid-Down Cost 9961
126 Lean Office 5878
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10772
128 Lee's Notation 8423
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13952
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36585
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9036
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7327
133 Logistics Channel 22665
134 Logistics Costs 26407
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10347
137 Marks and Numbers 12352
138 Material Planning 34768
139 Materials Management 26130
140 Milk Run 42704
141 Mini Land Bridge 14229
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9311
143 Modal Split 15134
144 Movement of Goods 19224
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31244
146 North West Corner Method 16718
147 Numeric Distribution 13958
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28272
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48040
150 Operational Efficiency 9777
151 Operational Objectives 13182
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17992
153 Operational Sustainability 27627
154 Operations Management 20169
155 Order Cancellation 10568
156 Order Cycle 18253
157 Order Cycle Time 23318
158 Order Fill Rate 33758
159 Order Fulfillment 6350
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10110
161 Parts Standardization 9152
162 PDCA Cycle 7863
163 Peak Load Pricing 13213
164 Perfect Order 12938
165 Physical Distribution 24692
166 Pick List 9687
167 Pipeline inventory 42097
168 Postponement 15110
169 Process Bottleneck 6122
170 Process Checklist Template 6773
171 Process Yield 19962
172 Product ID 15729
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10251
174 Production Capacity 27319
175 Production Orientation 25376
176 Production Planning 35967
177 Production Related Materials 7427
178 Production Scheduling 35389
179 Purchasing 22394
180 Quality Audit 7002
181 Quality Control 35510
182 Quality Standards 56134
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13983
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11793
185 Quick Response 11054
186 Raw Material 24743
187 Return Goods Handling 10267
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10965
189 Root Cause Analysis 9060
190 Routing 6876
 
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