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Supply Chain Glossary - L
Supply Chain Glossary - L
- labor cost
- labor efficiency variance
- labor efficiency
- labor grade
- labor ticket also labor claim
- labor usage variance also labor efficiency variance
- labor voucher also labor claim
- laboratory order also experimental order
- laid-down cost
- LAN
- lap phasing also overlapped schedule
- late finish date (LF) or LF
- late order also past due order
- late start date (LS) or LS
- lateness
- law of diminishing marginal returns
- layout
- LBO
- LCL
- lead-time inventory
- lead time
- leading indicator
- lean also lean production
- lean manufacturing also lean production
- lease
- level loading also load leveling
- level production schedule also level schedule
- level strategy also level production method
- leveling also resource leveling
- leverage-capital structure ratio
- leveraged buyout (LBO) or LBO
- LF
- licensing
- life cycle analysis
- life-cycle costing
- life testing
- LIFO
- lightless plant also dark factory
- LIMIT
- limited liability company
- limited life material
- limited partnership
- line item
- line loading
- line manager
- line manufacturing
- line of credit
- linear decision rules
- linear layout
- linear production
- linearity
- liquidity ratio
- liquidity
- listserve also listserver
- listserver
- live load also available work
- load center also work center
- load profile
- load projection also load profile
- local area network (LAN) or LAN
- local measures
- location audit
- locator file
- locator system
- log normal distribution
- logistics system
- long-term planning
- loose standard
- loss leader pricing
- lot control
- lot cost
- lot number traceability
- lot number
- lot operation cycle time
- lot-size code
- lot-size inventory management interpolation technique (LIMIT) or LIMIT
- lot-size inventory
- lot-size system also fixed reorder quantity inventory model
- lot size
- lot sizing
- lot splitting
- lot tolerance percent defective (LTPD) or LTPD
- lot traceability
- lot
- lower control limit (LCL) or LCL
- lower specification limit (LSL) or LSL
- LS
- LSL
- LTL
- LTPD
- lumpy demand also discontinuous demand
locator system
A system for maintaining a record of the storage locations of items in inventory. See: locator file.
In project management, a dependency between two activities or between a milestone and an activity. The four possible relationships are (1) finish-to-start-activity A must be finished before activity B can start; (2) finish-to-finish-activity A must be finished before activity B can finish; (3) start-to-start-activity A must start before activity B can start; and (4) start-to-finish
activity A must start before activity B can finish.
1) In an industrial context, the art and science of obtaining, producing, and distributing material and product in the proper place and in proper quantities. 2) In a military sense (where it has greater usage), its meaning can also include the movement of personnel.
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