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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 9872
92 External Growth 10145
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7782
95 Field Warehouse 10681
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8860
97 Fishbone Diagram 14677
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27165
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8240
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30294
103 Freight Charge 10461
104 Freight Consolidation 7581
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11802
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29669
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12753
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8120
111 Import/Export License 8783
112 In Bond Shipment 14038
113 Inbound Logistics 13659
114 Interstate System 11068
115 Inventory Costs 53858
116 Inventory in Transit 16607
117 Inventory Management 55004
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22382
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43094
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27926
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9198
124 Kanban Squares 6893
125 Laid-Down Cost 10282
126 Lean Office 6178
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8618
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14338
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37439
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9348
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7571
133 Logistics Channel 22984
134 Logistics Costs 26764
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10607
137 Marks and Numbers 12696
138 Material Planning 35236
139 Materials Management 26459
140 Milk Run 43233
141 Mini Land Bridge 14481
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9643
143 Modal Split 15504
144 Movement of Goods 19563
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31800
146 North West Corner Method 16913
147 Numeric Distribution 14305
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28646
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48607
150 Operational Efficiency 9999
151 Operational Objectives 13418
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18172
153 Operational Sustainability 28163
154 Operations Management 20955
155 Order Cancellation 10900
156 Order Cycle 18514
157 Order Cycle Time 23590
158 Order Fill Rate 34129
159 Order Fulfillment 6520
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10388
161 Parts Standardization 9376
162 PDCA Cycle 8097
163 Peak Load Pricing 13420
164 Perfect Order 13327
165 Physical Distribution 25049
166 Pick List 9906
167 Pipeline inventory 42472
168 Postponement 15355
169 Process Bottleneck 6353
170 Process Checklist Template 6975
171 Process Yield 20298
172 Product ID 15986
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10420
174 Production Capacity 27852
175 Production Orientation 25764
176 Production Planning 36838
177 Production Related Materials 7764
178 Production Scheduling 36252
179 Purchasing 23023
180 Quality Audit 7236
181 Quality Control 36615
182 Quality Standards 56748
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14273
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12006
185 Quick Response 11345
186 Raw Material 25580
187 Return Goods Handling 10485
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11499
189 Root Cause Analysis 9276
190 Routing 7056
 
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