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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 9718
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9305
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9804
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8592
97 Fishbone Diagram 14455
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26755
99 Flow Through Distribution 12161
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8038
101 FOB Destination 12857
102 Forward buying 29874
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11566
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29356
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23216
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8588
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13385
114 Interstate System 10870
115 Inventory Costs 53154
116 Inventory in Transit 16262
117 Inventory Management 54264
118 Inventory Planning System 9674
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22101
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41994
121 JIT 2 18315
122 Job Production 27099
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8909
124 Kanban Squares 6729
125 Laid-Down Cost 10006
126 Lean Office 5913
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10788
128 Lee's Notation 8456
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14011
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36721
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22722
134 Logistics Costs 26444
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10388
137 Marks and Numbers 12418
138 Material Planning 34851
139 Materials Management 26189
140 Milk Run 42787
141 Mini Land Bridge 14267
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9360
143 Modal Split 15199
144 Movement of Goods 19271
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31312
146 North West Corner Method 16744
147 Numeric Distribution 14000
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28328
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48112
150 Operational Efficiency 9816
151 Operational Objectives 13217
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18019
153 Operational Sustainability 27673
154 Operations Management 20291
155 Order Cancellation 10625
156 Order Cycle 18294
157 Order Cycle Time 23354
158 Order Fill Rate 33810
159 Order Fulfillment 6372
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10149
161 Parts Standardization 9188
162 PDCA Cycle 7893
163 Peak Load Pricing 13249
164 Perfect Order 12995
165 Physical Distribution 24751
166 Pick List 9715
167 Pipeline inventory 42162
168 Postponement 15140
169 Process Bottleneck 6162
170 Process Checklist Template 6817
171 Process Yield 20004
172 Product ID 15767
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10278
174 Production Capacity 27390
175 Production Orientation 25419
176 Production Planning 36102
177 Production Related Materials 7508
178 Production Scheduling 35508
179 Purchasing 22461
180 Quality Audit 7035
181 Quality Control 35670
182 Quality Standards 56215
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14029
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11819
185 Quick Response 11111
186 Raw Material 24875
187 Return Goods Handling 10297
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11029
189 Root Cause Analysis 9095
190 Routing 6906
 
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