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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 9949
92 External Growth 10243
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9674
94 Field Services 7838
95 Field Warehouse 11047
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8995
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12492
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8346
101 FOB Destination 13232
102 Forward buying 30438
103 Freight Charge 10533
104 Freight Consolidation 7637
105 Gantt Chart 8387
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11937
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29780
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12851
109 Hub 23656
110 Idle Time 8197
111 Import/Export License 8858
112 In Bond Shipment 14142
113 Inbound Logistics 13761
114 Interstate System 11143
115 Inventory Costs 54122
116 Inventory in Transit 16755
117 Inventory Management 55310
118 Inventory Planning System 10006
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22523
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43484
121 JIT 2 18585
122 Job Production 28299
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9283
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10395
126 Lean Office 6261
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10927
128 Lee's Notation 8674
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14482
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37682
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9454
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7628
133 Logistics Channel 23087
134 Logistics Costs 26898
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6773
136 Manifest 10711
137 Marks and Numbers 12827
138 Material Planning 35395
139 Materials Management 26579
140 Milk Run 43403
141 Mini Land Bridge 14573
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9749
143 Modal Split 15620
144 Movement of Goods 19732
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31958
146 North West Corner Method 16985
147 Numeric Distribution 14415
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28776
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48845
150 Operational Efficiency 10075
151 Operational Objectives 13500
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18229
153 Operational Sustainability 28316
154 Operations Management 21127
155 Order Cancellation 11001
156 Order Cycle 18598
157 Order Cycle Time 23700
158 Order Fill Rate 34258
159 Order Fulfillment 6593
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10491
161 Parts Standardization 9441
162 PDCA Cycle 8145
163 Peak Load Pricing 13488
164 Perfect Order 13444
165 Physical Distribution 25192
166 Pick List 9991
167 Pipeline inventory 42614
168 Postponement 15466
169 Process Bottleneck 6435
170 Process Checklist Template 7029
171 Process Yield 20385
172 Product ID 16082
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10497
174 Production Capacity 28055
175 Production Orientation 25922
176 Production Planning 37131
177 Production Related Materials 7906
178 Production Scheduling 36488
179 Purchasing 23233
180 Quality Audit 7331
181 Quality Control 36956
182 Quality Standards 56948
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14379
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12089
185 Quick Response 11468
186 Raw Material 25814
187 Return Goods Handling 10579
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11670
189 Root Cause Analysis 9352
190 Routing 7116
 
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