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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 9767
92 External Growth 9994
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9360
94 Field Services 7696
95 Field Warehouse 10099
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26879
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8096
101 FOB Destination 12946
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10258
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8235
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11644
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29459
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12607
109 Hub 23306
110 Idle Time 8001
111 Import/Export License 8647
112 In Bond Shipment 13833
113 Inbound Logistics 13480
114 Interstate System 10934
115 Inventory Costs 53359
116 Inventory in Transit 16341
117 Inventory Management 54497
118 Inventory Planning System 9728
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22197
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42342
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27353
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10078
126 Lean Office 5968
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10821
128 Lee's Notation 8511
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36977
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9172
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7386
133 Logistics Channel 22804
134 Logistics Costs 26545
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6638
136 Manifest 10463
137 Marks and Numbers 12520
138 Material Planning 34976
139 Materials Management 26276
140 Milk Run 42944
141 Mini Land Bridge 14340
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9449
143 Modal Split 15323
144 Movement of Goods 19365
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31437
146 North West Corner Method 16804
147 Numeric Distribution 14113
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28439
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48265
150 Operational Efficiency 9875
151 Operational Objectives 13278
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18076
153 Operational Sustainability 27798
154 Operations Management 20507
155 Order Cancellation 10731
156 Order Cycle 18369
157 Order Cycle Time 23424
158 Order Fill Rate 33917
159 Order Fulfillment 6421
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10223
161 Parts Standardization 9245
162 PDCA Cycle 7930
163 Peak Load Pricing 13304
164 Perfect Order 13107
165 Physical Distribution 24836
166 Pick List 9775
167 Pipeline inventory 42257
168 Postponement 15218
169 Process Bottleneck 6226
170 Process Checklist Template 6869
171 Process Yield 20071
172 Product ID 15827
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10326
174 Production Capacity 27533
175 Production Orientation 25533
176 Production Planning 36335
177 Production Related Materials 7606
178 Production Scheduling 35787
179 Purchasing 22614
180 Quality Audit 7090
181 Quality Control 35979
182 Quality Standards 56391
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14098
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11879
185 Quick Response 11186
186 Raw Material 25105
187 Return Goods Handling 10350
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11161
189 Root Cause Analysis 9152
190 Routing 6953
 
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