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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 9576
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9171
94 Field Services 7565
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8368
97 Fishbone Diagram 14259
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26452
99 Flow Through Distribution 11997
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7882
101 FOB Destination 12629
102 Forward buying 29655
103 Freight Charge 10061
104 Freight Consolidation 7280
105 Gantt Chart 8086
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11355
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29110
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12392
109 Hub 22986
110 Idle Time 7829
111 Import/Export License 8436
112 In Bond Shipment 13556
113 Inbound Logistics 13164
114 Interstate System 10754
115 Inventory Costs 52585
116 Inventory in Transit 16038
117 Inventory Management 53705
118 Inventory Planning System 9543
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21834
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41137
121 JIT 2 18178
122 Job Production 26457
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8715
124 Kanban Squares 6581
125 Laid-Down Cost 9857
126 Lean Office 5770
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10715
128 Lee's Notation 8323
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13751
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36152
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8923
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7217
133 Logistics Channel 22510
134 Logistics Costs 26222
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6513
136 Manifest 10189
137 Marks and Numbers 12220
138 Material Planning 34484
139 Materials Management 25978
140 Milk Run 42317
141 Mini Land Bridge 14086
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9135
143 Modal Split 14907
144 Movement of Goods 19068
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30995
146 North West Corner Method 16613
147 Numeric Distribution 13789
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28081
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47766
150 Operational Efficiency 9634
151 Operational Objectives 13068
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17905
153 Operational Sustainability 27410
154 Operations Management 19745
155 Order Cancellation 10359
156 Order Cycle 18122
157 Order Cycle Time 23133
158 Order Fill Rate 33558
159 Order Fulfillment 6254
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10009
161 Parts Standardization 9040
162 PDCA Cycle 7793
163 Peak Load Pricing 13073
164 Perfect Order 12754
165 Physical Distribution 24489
166 Pick List 9564
167 Pipeline inventory 41867
168 Postponement 14979
169 Process Bottleneck 6001
170 Process Checklist Template 6686
171 Process Yield 19830
172 Product ID 15585
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10172
174 Production Capacity 26955
175 Production Orientation 25223
176 Production Planning 35436
177 Production Related Materials 7264
178 Production Scheduling 34933
179 Purchasing 22118
180 Quality Audit 6853
181 Quality Control 34849
182 Quality Standards 55805
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13850
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11670
185 Quick Response 10853
186 Raw Material 24219
187 Return Goods Handling 10162
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10738
189 Root Cause Analysis 8958
190 Routing 6812
 
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