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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 9662
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9257
94 Field Services 7618
95 Field Warehouse 9740
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14391
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26649
99 Flow Through Distribution 12107
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7982
101 FOB Destination 12774
102 Forward buying 29812
103 Freight Charge 10149
104 Freight Consolidation 7377
105 Gantt Chart 8157
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11507
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29270
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12483
109 Hub 23140
110 Idle Time 7909
111 Import/Export License 8541
112 In Bond Shipment 13697
113 Inbound Logistics 13299
114 Interstate System 10819
115 Inventory Costs 52980
116 Inventory in Transit 16185
117 Inventory Management 54067
118 Inventory Planning System 9630
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22028
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41707
121 JIT 2 18269
122 Job Production 26894
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8843
124 Kanban Squares 6682
125 Laid-Down Cost 9948
126 Lean Office 5864
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8409
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13925
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36520
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9012
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7316
133 Logistics Channel 22641
134 Logistics Costs 26376
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6578
136 Manifest 10323
137 Marks and Numbers 12326
138 Material Planning 34723
139 Materials Management 26104
140 Milk Run 42653
141 Mini Land Bridge 14211
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9286
143 Modal Split 15094
144 Movement of Goods 19204
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31198
146 North West Corner Method 16693
147 Numeric Distribution 13933
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28244
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48000
150 Operational Efficiency 9758
151 Operational Objectives 13167
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17981
153 Operational Sustainability 27596
154 Operations Management 20110
155 Order Cancellation 10530
156 Order Cycle 18238
157 Order Cycle Time 23296
158 Order Fill Rate 33733
159 Order Fulfillment 6336
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10090
161 Parts Standardization 9139
162 PDCA Cycle 7855
163 Peak Load Pricing 13195
164 Perfect Order 12915
165 Physical Distribution 24667
166 Pick List 9669
167 Pipeline inventory 42066
168 Postponement 15093
169 Process Bottleneck 6108
170 Process Checklist Template 6752
171 Process Yield 19939
172 Product ID 15708
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10237
174 Production Capacity 27269
175 Production Orientation 25351
176 Production Planning 35890
177 Production Related Materials 7395
178 Production Scheduling 35319
179 Purchasing 22358
180 Quality Audit 6982
181 Quality Control 35424
182 Quality Standards 56089
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13964
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11777
185 Quick Response 11021
186 Raw Material 24677
187 Return Goods Handling 10251
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10938
189 Root Cause Analysis 9045
190 Routing 6863
 
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