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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 9724
92 External Growth 9934
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9311
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9820
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8601
97 Fishbone Diagram 14461
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26774
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8041
101 FOB Destination 12867
102 Forward buying 29883
103 Freight Charge 10207
104 Freight Consolidation 7421
105 Gantt Chart 8199
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11575
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12545
109 Hub 23225
110 Idle Time 7957
111 Import/Export License 8593
112 In Bond Shipment 13756
113 Inbound Logistics 13396
114 Interstate System 10875
115 Inventory Costs 53171
116 Inventory in Transit 16273
117 Inventory Management 54297
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22114
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42018
121 JIT 2 18317
122 Job Production 27137
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8918
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10011
126 Lean Office 5920
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8461
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14022
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36754
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9094
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7352
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26460
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6605
136 Manifest 10396
137 Marks and Numbers 12424
138 Material Planning 34872
139 Materials Management 26200
140 Milk Run 42799
141 Mini Land Bridge 14271
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9368
143 Modal Split 15217
144 Movement of Goods 19283
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31321
146 North West Corner Method 16751
147 Numeric Distribution 14010
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28341
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48129
150 Operational Efficiency 9823
151 Operational Objectives 13227
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18022
153 Operational Sustainability 27690
154 Operations Management 20306
155 Order Cancellation 10641
156 Order Cycle 18306
157 Order Cycle Time 23364
158 Order Fill Rate 33824
159 Order Fulfillment 6379
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10158
161 Parts Standardization 9193
162 PDCA Cycle 7897
163 Peak Load Pricing 13251
164 Perfect Order 13003
165 Physical Distribution 24758
166 Pick List 9720
167 Pipeline inventory 42168
168 Postponement 15148
169 Process Bottleneck 6169
170 Process Checklist Template 6820
171 Process Yield 20010
172 Product ID 15770
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10283
174 Production Capacity 27402
175 Production Orientation 25430
176 Production Planning 36125
177 Production Related Materials 7515
178 Production Scheduling 35533
179 Purchasing 22476
180 Quality Audit 7041
181 Quality Control 35698
182 Quality Standards 56233
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14037
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11826
185 Quick Response 11119
186 Raw Material 24895
187 Return Goods Handling 10302
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11040
189 Root Cause Analysis 9101
190 Routing 6908
 
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