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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 9559
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9156
94 Field Services 7550
95 Field Warehouse 9622
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8341
97 Fishbone Diagram 14233
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26414
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7858
101 FOB Destination 12599
102 Forward buying 29623
103 Freight Charge 10047
104 Freight Consolidation 7260
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11335
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29027
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22950
110 Idle Time 7810
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13522
113 Inbound Logistics 13135
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52496
116 Inventory in Transit 16014
117 Inventory Management 53636
118 Inventory Planning System 9530
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21811
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41000
121 JIT 2 18159
122 Job Production 26378
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8690
124 Kanban Squares 6564
125 Laid-Down Cost 9838
126 Lean Office 5752
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8293
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13712
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36060
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8904
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7206
133 Logistics Channel 22481
134 Logistics Costs 26191
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6506
136 Manifest 10167
137 Marks and Numbers 12195
138 Material Planning 34439
139 Materials Management 25955
140 Milk Run 42251
141 Mini Land Bridge 14063
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9107
143 Modal Split 14871
144 Movement of Goods 19034
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30954
146 North West Corner Method 16595
147 Numeric Distribution 13747
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28051
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47721
150 Operational Efficiency 9614
151 Operational Objectives 13048
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17893
153 Operational Sustainability 27377
154 Operations Management 19676
155 Order Cancellation 10328
156 Order Cycle 18108
157 Order Cycle Time 23065
158 Order Fill Rate 33534
159 Order Fulfillment 6240
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9990
161 Parts Standardization 9025
162 PDCA Cycle 7786
163 Peak Load Pricing 13053
164 Perfect Order 12731
165 Physical Distribution 24452
166 Pick List 9545
167 Pipeline inventory 41816
168 Postponement 14949
169 Process Bottleneck 5980
170 Process Checklist Template 6671
171 Process Yield 19801
172 Product ID 15563
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10155
174 Production Capacity 26887
175 Production Orientation 25199
176 Production Planning 35336
177 Production Related Materials 7242
178 Production Scheduling 34844
179 Purchasing 22072
180 Quality Audit 6834
181 Quality Control 34720
182 Quality Standards 55740
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13824
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11651
185 Quick Response 10829
186 Raw Material 24114
187 Return Goods Handling 10152
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10686
189 Root Cause Analysis 8939
190 Routing 6800
 
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