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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 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12033
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7911
101 FOB Destination 12670
102 Forward buying 29699
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8105
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29154
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12416
109 Hub 23037
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8469
112 In Bond Shipment 13602
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52719
116 Inventory in Transit 16080
117 Inventory Management 53812
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21902
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41325
121 JIT 2 18200
122 Job Production 26588
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8750
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9881
126 Lean Office 5792
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13804
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36256
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8945
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7252
133 Logistics Channel 22551
134 Logistics Costs 26270
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10224
137 Marks and Numbers 12251
138 Material Planning 34547
139 Materials Management 26015
140 Milk Run 42408
141 Mini Land Bridge 14121
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9168
143 Modal Split 14960
144 Movement of Goods 19113
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31049
146 North West Corner Method 16638
147 Numeric Distribution 13832
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28127
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47833
150 Operational Efficiency 9670
151 Operational Objectives 13099
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17924
153 Operational Sustainability 27466
154 Operations Management 19850
155 Order Cancellation 10402
156 Order Cycle 18158
157 Order Cycle Time 23176
158 Order Fill Rate 33612
159 Order Fulfillment 6277
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10033
161 Parts Standardization 9066
162 PDCA Cycle 7809
163 Peak Load Pricing 13112
164 Perfect Order 12801
165 Physical Distribution 24541
166 Pick List 9597
167 Pipeline inventory 41928
168 Postponement 15015
169 Process Bottleneck 6037
170 Process Checklist Template 6707
171 Process Yield 19853
172 Product ID 15619
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10184
174 Production Capacity 27049
175 Production Orientation 25255
176 Production Planning 35586
177 Production Related Materials 7304
178 Production Scheduling 35052
179 Purchasing 22196
180 Quality Audit 6893
181 Quality Control 35022
182 Quality Standards 55887
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13882
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11696
185 Quick Response 10901
186 Raw Material 24375
187 Return Goods Handling 10184
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10802
189 Root Cause Analysis 8978
190 Routing 6825
 
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