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 9617
92 External Growth 9833
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9216
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8444
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26548
99 Flow Through Distribution 12059
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7934
101 FOB Destination 12695
102 Forward buying 29737
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11433
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29197
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12435
109 Hub 23066
110 Idle Time 7873
111 Import/Export License 8491
112 In Bond Shipment 13626
113 Inbound Logistics 13231
114 Interstate System 10784
115 Inventory Costs 52793
116 Inventory in Transit 16111
117 Inventory Management 53885
118 Inventory Planning System 9594
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21943
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41450
121 JIT 2 18220
122 Job Production 26683
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8774
124 Kanban Squares 6631
125 Laid-Down Cost 9899
126 Lean Office 5813
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10744
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13841
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36336
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8967
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22574
134 Logistics Costs 26302
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6544
136 Manifest 10249
137 Marks and Numbers 12270
138 Material Planning 34597
139 Materials Management 26041
140 Milk Run 42475
141 Mini Land Bridge 14147
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9208
143 Modal Split 14995
144 Movement of Goods 19144
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31088
146 North West Corner Method 16655
147 Numeric Distribution 13863
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28158
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47877
150 Operational Efficiency 9693
151 Operational Objectives 13120
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17940
153 Operational Sustainability 27514
154 Operations Management 19922
155 Order Cancellation 10431
156 Order Cycle 18179
157 Order Cycle Time 23205
158 Order Fill Rate 33652
159 Order Fulfillment 6294
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10050
161 Parts Standardization 9087
162 PDCA Cycle 7824
163 Peak Load Pricing 13141
164 Perfect Order 12839
165 Physical Distribution 24578
166 Pick List 9619
167 Pipeline inventory 41965
168 Postponement 15039
169 Process Bottleneck 6058
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19879
172 Product ID 15642
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10196
174 Production Capacity 27133
175 Production Orientation 25283
176 Production Planning 35681
177 Production Related Materials 7326
178 Production Scheduling 35128
179 Purchasing 22242
180 Quality Audit 6924
181 Quality Control 35137
182 Quality Standards 55951
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13911
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11719
185 Quick Response 10933
186 Raw Material 24472
187 Return Goods Handling 10199
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10842
189 Root Cause Analysis 9000
190 Routing 6836
 
Page 1 of 3