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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 9799
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10324
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8718
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26953
99 Flow Through Distribution 12276
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12983
102 Forward buying 30026
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7495
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11690
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29523
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12644
109 Hub 23368
110 Idle Time 8035
111 Import/Export License 8680
112 In Bond Shipment 13894
113 Inbound Logistics 13540
114 Interstate System 10968
115 Inventory Costs 53486
116 Inventory in Transit 16398
117 Inventory Management 54610
118 Inventory Planning System 9751
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22247
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42532
121 JIT 2 18404
122 Job Production 27513
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9018
124 Kanban Squares 6806
125 Laid-Down Cost 10127
126 Lean Office 6003
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10835
128 Lee's Notation 8540
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14173
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37119
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9220
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7409
133 Logistics Channel 22858
134 Logistics Costs 26610
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6659
136 Manifest 10499
137 Marks and Numbers 12568
138 Material Planning 35031
139 Materials Management 26318
140 Milk Run 43041
141 Mini Land Bridge 14384
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9506
143 Modal Split 15372
144 Movement of Goods 19416
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31543
146 North West Corner Method 16830
147 Numeric Distribution 14169
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28495
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48351
150 Operational Efficiency 9911
151 Operational Objectives 13313
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18099
153 Operational Sustainability 27877
154 Operations Management 20602
155 Order Cancellation 10780
156 Order Cycle 18408
157 Order Cycle Time 23469
158 Order Fill Rate 33968
159 Order Fulfillment 6447
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10276
161 Parts Standardization 9279
162 PDCA Cycle 7945
163 Peak Load Pricing 13336
164 Perfect Order 13180
165 Physical Distribution 24882
166 Pick List 9811
167 Pipeline inventory 42320
168 Postponement 15261
169 Process Bottleneck 6256
170 Process Checklist Template 6898
171 Process Yield 20105
172 Product ID 15865
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10345
174 Production Capacity 27637
175 Production Orientation 25595
176 Production Planning 36478
177 Production Related Materials 7655
178 Production Scheduling 35951
179 Purchasing 22712
180 Quality Audit 7129
181 Quality Control 36183
182 Quality Standards 56498
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14155
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11914
185 Quick Response 11223
186 Raw Material 25226
187 Return Goods Handling 10390
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11237
189 Root Cause Analysis 9182
190 Routing 6982
 
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