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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 9759
92 External Growth 9983
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9351
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10044
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8666
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26861
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8088
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29953
103 Freight Charge 10249
104 Freight Consolidation 7460
105 Gantt Chart 8227
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11632
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29444
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12598
109 Hub 23296
110 Idle Time 7992
111 Import/Export License 8638
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13468
114 Interstate System 10926
115 Inventory Costs 53334
116 Inventory in Transit 16326
117 Inventory Management 54466
118 Inventory Planning System 9718
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22180
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42285
121 JIT 2 18362
122 Job Production 27328
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8968
124 Kanban Squares 6765
125 Laid-Down Cost 10066
126 Lean Office 5959
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8502
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14097
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36942
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9159
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7379
133 Logistics Channel 22790
134 Logistics Costs 26528
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6630
136 Manifest 10451
137 Marks and Numbers 12504
138 Material Planning 34955
139 Materials Management 26258
140 Milk Run 42921
141 Mini Land Bridge 14329
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9434
143 Modal Split 15308
144 Movement of Goods 19353
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31422
146 North West Corner Method 16793
147 Numeric Distribution 14100
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28425
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48239
150 Operational Efficiency 9866
151 Operational Objectives 13268
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18069
153 Operational Sustainability 27782
154 Operations Management 20480
155 Order Cancellation 10719
156 Order Cycle 18358
157 Order Cycle Time 23418
158 Order Fill Rate 33897
159 Order Fulfillment 6410
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10213
161 Parts Standardization 9237
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13296
164 Perfect Order 13095
165 Physical Distribution 24818
166 Pick List 9768
167 Pipeline inventory 42244
168 Postponement 15211
169 Process Bottleneck 6219
170 Process Checklist Template 6861
171 Process Yield 20060
172 Product ID 15817
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10320
174 Production Capacity 27511
175 Production Orientation 25518
176 Production Planning 36303
177 Production Related Materials 7598
178 Production Scheduling 35736
179 Purchasing 22591
180 Quality Audit 7078
181 Quality Control 35931
182 Quality Standards 56367
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14084
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11869
185 Quick Response 11177
186 Raw Material 25070
187 Return Goods Handling 10342
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11142
189 Root Cause Analysis 9141
190 Routing 6948
 
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