1. Business Concepts
    2. ›
  2. Operations and Supply Chain

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.

Title Filter 
# Name Hits
91 Exponential smoothing 9372
92 External Growth 9596
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8999
94 Field Services 7409
95 Field Warehouse 9438
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8043
97 Fishbone Diagram 13970
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25998
99 Flow Through Distribution 11739
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7666
101 FOB Destination 12316
102 Forward buying 29263
103 Freight Charge 9851
104 Freight Consolidation 7085
105 Gantt Chart 7905
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11076
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28512
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12196
109 Hub 22625
110 Idle Time 7631
111 Import/Export License 8200
112 In Bond Shipment 13243
113 Inbound Logistics 12829
114 Interstate System 10590
115 Inventory Costs 51671
116 Inventory in Transit 15733
117 Inventory Management 52955
118 Inventory Planning System 9333
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21468
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39769
121 JIT 2 17959
122 Job Production 25693
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8456
124 Kanban Squares 6387
125 Laid-Down Cost 9604
126 Lean Office 5590
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10593
128 Lee's Notation 8093
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13391
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35345
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8696
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7016
133 Logistics Channel 22210
134 Logistics Costs 25826
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6362
136 Manifest 9873
137 Marks and Numbers 11948
138 Material Planning 33886
139 Materials Management 25654
140 Milk Run 41496
141 Mini Land Bridge 13839
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 8826
143 Modal Split 14555
144 Movement of Goods 18677
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30584
146 North West Corner Method 16402
147 Numeric Distribution 13411
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27763
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47272
150 Operational Efficiency 9383
151 Operational Objectives 12781
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17731
153 Operational Sustainability 26948
154 Operations Management 18930
155 Order Cancellation 10032
156 Order Cycle 17881
157 Order Cycle Time 22763
158 Order Fill Rate 33177
159 Order Fulfillment 6072
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9796
161 Parts Standardization 8821
162 PDCA Cycle 7660
163 Peak Load Pricing 12856
164 Perfect Order 12428
165 Physical Distribution 24139
166 Pick List 9332
167 Pipeline inventory 41417
168 Postponement 14695
169 Process Bottleneck 5764
170 Process Checklist Template 6527
171 Process Yield 19524
172 Product ID 15321
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10021
174 Production Capacity 26283
175 Production Orientation 24910
176 Production Planning 34291
177 Production Related Materials 6993
178 Production Scheduling 34011
179 Purchasing 21504
180 Quality Audit 6605
181 Quality Control 33387
182 Quality Standards 55124
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13610
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11400
185 Quick Response 10540
186 Raw Material 23180
187 Return Goods Handling 10003
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10211
189 Root Cause Analysis 8733
190 Routing 6689
 
Page 1 of 3