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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 9778
92 External Growth 10011
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10187
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8694
97 Fishbone Diagram 14543
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26903
99 Flow Through Distribution 12249
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12958
102 Forward buying 29987
103 Freight Charge 10269
104 Freight Consolidation 7482
105 Gantt Chart 8248
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11659
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29479
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12622
109 Hub 23328
110 Idle Time 8010
111 Import/Export License 8658
112 In Bond Shipment 13855
113 Inbound Logistics 13499
114 Interstate System 10947
115 Inventory Costs 53402
116 Inventory in Transit 16359
117 Inventory Management 54539
118 Inventory Planning System 9734
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22218
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42403
121 JIT 2 18383
122 Job Production 27408
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8993
124 Kanban Squares 6784
125 Laid-Down Cost 10096
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14133
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37034
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9188
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7397
133 Logistics Channel 22821
134 Logistics Costs 26563
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10477
137 Marks and Numbers 12540
138 Material Planning 34994
139 Materials Management 26292
140 Milk Run 42980
141 Mini Land Bridge 14355
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9473
143 Modal Split 15339
144 Movement of Goods 19382
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31471
146 North West Corner Method 16812
147 Numeric Distribution 14135
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28456
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48299
150 Operational Efficiency 9891
151 Operational Objectives 13289
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18083
153 Operational Sustainability 27824
154 Operations Management 20534
155 Order Cancellation 10747
156 Order Cycle 18379
157 Order Cycle Time 23438
158 Order Fill Rate 33937
159 Order Fulfillment 6431
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10242
161 Parts Standardization 9262
162 PDCA Cycle 7936
163 Peak Load Pricing 13314
164 Perfect Order 13133
165 Physical Distribution 24845
166 Pick List 9789
167 Pipeline inventory 42278
168 Postponement 15234
169 Process Bottleneck 6240
170 Process Checklist Template 6880
171 Process Yield 20079
172 Product ID 15838
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10334
174 Production Capacity 27570
175 Production Orientation 25557
176 Production Planning 36386
177 Production Related Materials 7620
178 Production Scheduling 35857
179 Purchasing 22645
180 Quality Audit 7104
181 Quality Control 36051
182 Quality Standards 56426
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14119
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11889
185 Quick Response 11203
186 Raw Material 25150
187 Return Goods Handling 10366
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11187
189 Root Cause Analysis 9160
190 Routing 6961
 
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