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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 9758
92 External Growth 9980
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9350
94 Field Services 7690
95 Field Warehouse 10032
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8661
97 Fishbone Diagram 14512
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26855
99 Flow Through Distribution 12221
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8085
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29952
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7458
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11629
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29440
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12596
109 Hub 23292
110 Idle Time 7990
111 Import/Export License 8637
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13463
114 Interstate System 10923
115 Inventory Costs 53326
116 Inventory in Transit 16323
117 Inventory Management 54457
118 Inventory Planning System 9717
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22174
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42276
121 JIT 2 18361
122 Job Production 27323
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8967
124 Kanban Squares 6764
125 Laid-Down Cost 10063
126 Lean Office 5957
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8501
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14093
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36933
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9156
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7378
133 Logistics Channel 22784
134 Logistics Costs 26525
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10449
137 Marks and Numbers 12501
138 Material Planning 34947
139 Materials Management 26254
140 Milk Run 42916
141 Mini Land Bridge 14326
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9432
143 Modal Split 15305
144 Movement of Goods 19350
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31420
146 North West Corner Method 16792
147 Numeric Distribution 14093
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28420
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48234
150 Operational Efficiency 9862
151 Operational Objectives 13268
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18068
153 Operational Sustainability 27779
154 Operations Management 20476
155 Order Cancellation 10716
156 Order Cycle 18355
157 Order Cycle Time 23414
158 Order Fill Rate 33895
159 Order Fulfillment 6408
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10210
161 Parts Standardization 9235
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13295
164 Perfect Order 13092
165 Physical Distribution 24817
166 Pick List 9764
167 Pipeline inventory 42238
168 Postponement 15208
169 Process Bottleneck 6216
170 Process Checklist Template 6860
171 Process Yield 20059
172 Product ID 15815
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10317
174 Production Capacity 27506
175 Production Orientation 25513
176 Production Planning 36291
177 Production Related Materials 7595
178 Production Scheduling 35729
179 Purchasing 22584
180 Quality Audit 7078
181 Quality Control 35921
182 Quality Standards 56358
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14082
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11868
185 Quick Response 11175
186 Raw Material 25063
187 Return Goods Handling 10341
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11140
189 Root Cause Analysis 9141
190 Routing 6947
 
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