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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 9843
92 External Growth 10096
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7756
95 Field Warehouse 10539
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8791
97 Fishbone Diagram 14628
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27072
99 Flow Through Distribution 12332
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8198
101 FOB Destination 13059
102 Forward buying 30200
103 Freight Charge 10426
104 Freight Consolidation 7544
105 Gantt Chart 8303
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11753
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29614
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12708
109 Hub 23460
110 Idle Time 8085
111 Import/Export License 8740
112 In Bond Shipment 13985
113 Inbound Logistics 13613
114 Interstate System 11026
115 Inventory Costs 53719
116 Inventory in Transit 16558
117 Inventory Management 54873
118 Inventory Planning System 9888
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22329
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42830
121 JIT 2 18461
122 Job Production 27755
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9163
124 Kanban Squares 6855
125 Laid-Down Cost 10214
126 Lean Office 6141
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10869
128 Lee's Notation 8581
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14266
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37333
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9296
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7544
133 Logistics Channel 22941
134 Logistics Costs 26710
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6702
136 Manifest 10559
137 Marks and Numbers 12631
138 Material Planning 35148
139 Materials Management 26398
140 Milk Run 43145
141 Mini Land Bridge 14440
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9586
143 Modal Split 15456
144 Movement of Goods 19509
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31698
146 North West Corner Method 16883
147 Numeric Distribution 14250
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28584
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48497
150 Operational Efficiency 9963
151 Operational Objectives 13378
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18136
153 Operational Sustainability 28067
154 Operations Management 20850
155 Order Cancellation 10852
156 Order Cycle 18465
157 Order Cycle Time 23545
158 Order Fill Rate 34059
159 Order Fulfillment 6488
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10340
161 Parts Standardization 9340
162 PDCA Cycle 8068
163 Peak Load Pricing 13385
164 Perfect Order 13265
165 Physical Distribution 24975
166 Pick List 9864
167 Pipeline inventory 42403
168 Postponement 15310
169 Process Bottleneck 6319
170 Process Checklist Template 6946
171 Process Yield 20254
172 Product ID 15938
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10382
174 Production Capacity 27757
175 Production Orientation 25695
176 Production Planning 36690
177 Production Related Materials 7721
178 Production Scheduling 36121
179 Purchasing 22928
180 Quality Audit 7195
181 Quality Control 36428
182 Quality Standards 56643
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14240
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11970
185 Quick Response 11295
186 Raw Material 25417
187 Return Goods Handling 10445
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11419
189 Root Cause Analysis 9235
190 Routing 7027
 
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