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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 9836
92 External Growth 10080
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9527
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10480
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8771
97 Fishbone Diagram 14616
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27046
99 Flow Through Distribution 12317
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
101 FOB Destination 13037
102 Forward buying 30174
103 Freight Charge 10416
104 Freight Consolidation 7537
105 Gantt Chart 8292
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11740
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29596
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12690
109 Hub 23439
110 Idle Time 8075
111 Import/Export License 8728
112 In Bond Shipment 13963
113 Inbound Logistics 13592
114 Interstate System 11012
115 Inventory Costs 53647
116 Inventory in Transit 16538
117 Inventory Management 54822
118 Inventory Planning System 9877
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22311
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42750
121 JIT 2 18448
122 Job Production 27698
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9153
124 Kanban Squares 6842
125 Laid-Down Cost 10197
126 Lean Office 6131
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10863
128 Lee's Notation 8574
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14240
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37296
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9280
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7534
133 Logistics Channel 22923
134 Logistics Costs 26694
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6695
136 Manifest 10543
137 Marks and Numbers 12615
138 Material Planning 35115
139 Materials Management 26385
140 Milk Run 43123
141 Mini Land Bridge 14426
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9573
143 Modal Split 15432
144 Movement of Goods 19491
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31662
146 North West Corner Method 16875
147 Numeric Distribution 14239
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28564
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48463
150 Operational Efficiency 9952
151 Operational Objectives 13360
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18128
153 Operational Sustainability 28036
154 Operations Management 20801
155 Order Cancellation 10835
156 Order Cycle 18453
157 Order Cycle Time 23526
158 Order Fill Rate 34041
159 Order Fulfillment 6481
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10326
161 Parts Standardization 9327
162 PDCA Cycle 8060
163 Peak Load Pricing 13375
164 Perfect Order 13244
165 Physical Distribution 24954
166 Pick List 9850
167 Pipeline inventory 42379
168 Postponement 15298
169 Process Bottleneck 6307
170 Process Checklist Template 6938
171 Process Yield 20240
172 Product ID 15924
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10374
174 Production Capacity 27725
175 Production Orientation 25682
176 Production Planning 36636
177 Production Related Materials 7705
178 Production Scheduling 36078
179 Purchasing 22885
180 Quality Audit 7180
181 Quality Control 36374
182 Quality Standards 56607
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14223
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11961
185 Quick Response 11278
186 Raw Material 25375
187 Return Goods Handling 10432
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11394
189 Root Cause Analysis 9224
190 Routing 7017
 
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