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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 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7744
95 Field Warehouse 10469
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8184
101 FOB Destination 13036
102 Forward buying 30169
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7534
105 Gantt Chart 8290
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11737
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29594
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12685
109 Hub 23437
110 Idle Time 8072
111 Import/Export License 8724
112 In Bond Shipment 13960
113 Inbound Logistics 13588
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53643
116 Inventory in Transit 16536
117 Inventory Management 54813
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22308
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42741
121 JIT 2 18444
122 Job Production 27691
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9150
124 Kanban Squares 6840
125 Laid-Down Cost 10192
126 Lean Office 6128
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8573
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14237
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37292
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9276
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22918
134 Logistics Costs 26691
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10540
137 Marks and Numbers 12612
138 Material Planning 35110
139 Materials Management 26380
140 Milk Run 43118
141 Mini Land Bridge 14424
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9570
143 Modal Split 15429
144 Movement of Goods 19487
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31658
146 North West Corner Method 16873
147 Numeric Distribution 14236
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28556
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48456
150 Operational Efficiency 9948
151 Operational Objectives 13356
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18126
153 Operational Sustainability 28029
154 Operations Management 20792
155 Order Cancellation 10831
156 Order Cycle 18451
157 Order Cycle Time 23523
158 Order Fill Rate 34039
159 Order Fulfillment 6478
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10323
161 Parts Standardization 9323
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13374
164 Perfect Order 13241
165 Physical Distribution 24951
166 Pick List 9846
167 Pipeline inventory 42377
168 Postponement 15296
169 Process Bottleneck 6304
170 Process Checklist Template 6934
171 Process Yield 20236
172 Product ID 15920
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10371
174 Production Capacity 27722
175 Production Orientation 25679
176 Production Planning 36629
177 Production Related Materials 7703
178 Production Scheduling 36072
179 Purchasing 22881
180 Quality Audit 7176
181 Quality Control 36366
182 Quality Standards 56600
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14219
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11958
185 Quick Response 11275
186 Raw Material 25366
187 Return Goods Handling 10430
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11391
189 Root Cause Analysis 9221
190 Routing 7015
 
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