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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 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9657
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10975
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8971
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27328
99 Flow Through Distribution 12474
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8325
101 FOB Destination 13217
102 Forward buying 30409
103 Freight Charge 10520
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11908
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29766
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23629
110 Idle Time 8181
111 Import/Export License 8845
112 In Bond Shipment 14127
113 Inbound Logistics 13748
114 Interstate System 11133
115 Inventory Costs 54085
116 Inventory in Transit 16725
117 Inventory Management 55253
118 Inventory Planning System 9988
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22504
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43406
121 JIT 2 18570
122 Job Production 28237
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9270
124 Kanban Squares 6970
125 Laid-Down Cost 10375
126 Lean Office 6250
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14457
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37656
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9436
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7619
133 Logistics Channel 23071
134 Logistics Costs 26877
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10696
137 Marks and Numbers 12803
138 Material Planning 35370
139 Materials Management 26557
140 Milk Run 43379
141 Mini Land Bridge 14561
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9736
143 Modal Split 15605
144 Movement of Goods 19701
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31936
146 North West Corner Method 16979
147 Numeric Distribution 14398
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28760
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48810
150 Operational Efficiency 10061
151 Operational Objectives 13492
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18217
153 Operational Sustainability 28292
154 Operations Management 21102
155 Order Cancellation 10985
156 Order Cycle 18587
157 Order Cycle Time 23682
158 Order Fill Rate 34229
159 Order Fulfillment 6578
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10478
161 Parts Standardization 9431
162 PDCA Cycle 8138
163 Peak Load Pricing 13477
164 Perfect Order 13431
165 Physical Distribution 25169
166 Pick List 9975
167 Pipeline inventory 42599
168 Postponement 15452
169 Process Bottleneck 6421
170 Process Checklist Template 7022
171 Process Yield 20375
172 Product ID 16068
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10483
174 Production Capacity 28025
175 Production Orientation 25895
176 Production Planning 37088
177 Production Related Materials 7891
178 Production Scheduling 36448
179 Purchasing 23199
180 Quality Audit 7317
181 Quality Control 36904
182 Quality Standards 56920
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14362
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12072
185 Quick Response 11445
186 Raw Material 25782
187 Return Goods Handling 10568
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11642
189 Root Cause Analysis 9343
190 Routing 7105
 
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