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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 9709
92 External Growth 9917
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7647
95 Field Warehouse 9786
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8579
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26745
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8029
101 FOB Destination 12845
102 Forward buying 29859
103 Freight Charge 10196
104 Freight Consolidation 7414
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11556
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29345
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12533
109 Hub 23204
110 Idle Time 7945
111 Import/Export License 8583
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13374
114 Interstate System 10859
115 Inventory Costs 53132
116 Inventory in Transit 16252
117 Inventory Management 54232
118 Inventory Planning System 9670
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22096
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41941
121 JIT 2 18308
122 Job Production 27066
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8898
124 Kanban Squares 6720
125 Laid-Down Cost 10003
126 Lean Office 5903
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8447
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13997
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36689
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9072
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7344
133 Logistics Channel 22711
134 Logistics Costs 26434
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6598
136 Manifest 10377
137 Marks and Numbers 12393
138 Material Planning 34834
139 Materials Management 26178
140 Milk Run 42769
141 Mini Land Bridge 14256
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9342
143 Modal Split 15188
144 Movement of Goods 19262
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31295
146 North West Corner Method 16739
147 Numeric Distribution 13990
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28314
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48095
150 Operational Efficiency 9805
151 Operational Objectives 13213
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18011
153 Operational Sustainability 27664
154 Operations Management 20255
155 Order Cancellation 10616
156 Order Cycle 18285
157 Order Cycle Time 23344
158 Order Fill Rate 33796
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10142
161 Parts Standardization 9179
162 PDCA Cycle 7886
163 Peak Load Pricing 13244
164 Perfect Order 12976
165 Physical Distribution 24742
166 Pick List 9708
167 Pipeline inventory 42145
168 Postponement 15135
169 Process Bottleneck 6152
170 Process Checklist Template 6805
171 Process Yield 19993
172 Product ID 15759
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10270
174 Production Capacity 27375
175 Production Orientation 25408
176 Production Planning 36070
177 Production Related Materials 7478
178 Production Scheduling 35477
179 Purchasing 22446
180 Quality Audit 7031
181 Quality Control 35633
182 Quality Standards 56193
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14018
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11811
185 Quick Response 11098
186 Raw Material 24842
187 Return Goods Handling 10289
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11011
189 Root Cause Analysis 9086
190 Routing 6895
 
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