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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 9773
92 External Growth 10005
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10157
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14535
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26894
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8107
101 FOB Destination 12956
102 Forward buying 29980
103 Freight Charge 10265
104 Freight Consolidation 7478
105 Gantt Chart 8242
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29470
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12615
109 Hub 23322
110 Idle Time 8008
111 Import/Export License 8655
112 In Bond Shipment 13850
113 Inbound Logistics 13491
114 Interstate System 10943
115 Inventory Costs 53385
116 Inventory in Transit 16354
117 Inventory Management 54517
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22211
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42382
121 JIT 2 18379
122 Job Production 27388
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8988
124 Kanban Squares 6782
125 Laid-Down Cost 10092
126 Lean Office 5970
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10826
128 Lee's Notation 8515
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14124
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37017
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9181
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22815
134 Logistics Costs 26555
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6642
136 Manifest 10471
137 Marks and Numbers 12536
138 Material Planning 34988
139 Materials Management 26285
140 Milk Run 42964
141 Mini Land Bridge 14350
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9466
143 Modal Split 15336
144 Movement of Goods 19375
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31459
146 North West Corner Method 16809
147 Numeric Distribution 14127
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28452
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48288
150 Operational Efficiency 9886
151 Operational Objectives 13285
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18082
153 Operational Sustainability 27816
154 Operations Management 20523
155 Order Cancellation 10740
156 Order Cycle 18375
157 Order Cycle Time 23433
158 Order Fill Rate 33930
159 Order Fulfillment 6430
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10238
161 Parts Standardization 9257
162 PDCA Cycle 7934
163 Peak Load Pricing 13311
164 Perfect Order 13126
165 Physical Distribution 24841
166 Pick List 9784
167 Pipeline inventory 42273
168 Postponement 15229
169 Process Bottleneck 6235
170 Process Checklist Template 6877
171 Process Yield 20076
172 Product ID 15834
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10333
174 Production Capacity 27556
175 Production Orientation 25548
176 Production Planning 36371
177 Production Related Materials 7617
178 Production Scheduling 35838
179 Purchasing 22633
180 Quality Audit 7101
181 Quality Control 36028
182 Quality Standards 56418
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14115
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11888
185 Quick Response 11195
186 Raw Material 25134
187 Return Goods Handling 10366
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11176
189 Root Cause Analysis 9158
190 Routing 6959
 
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