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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 9503
92 External Growth 9712
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9115
94 Field Services 7508
95 Field Warehouse 9563
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8268
97 Fishbone Diagram 14176
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26309
99 Flow Through Distribution 11924
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7813
101 FOB Destination 12518
102 Forward buying 29523
103 Freight Charge 10005
104 Freight Consolidation 7209
105 Gantt Chart 8020
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11270
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28882
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12338
109 Hub 22868
110 Idle Time 7766
111 Import/Export License 8362
112 In Bond Shipment 13443
113 Inbound Logistics 13053
114 Interstate System 10709
115 Inventory Costs 52281
116 Inventory in Transit 15941
117 Inventory Management 53468
118 Inventory Planning System 9481
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21727
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40685
121 JIT 2 18105
122 Job Production 26206
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8638
124 Kanban Squares 6516
125 Laid-Down Cost 9769
126 Lean Office 5703
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10677
128 Lee's Notation 8240
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13637
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35864
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8845
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7159
133 Logistics Channel 22420
134 Logistics Costs 26090
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6476
136 Manifest 10094
137 Marks and Numbers 12116
138 Material Planning 34283
139 Materials Management 25887
140 Milk Run 42065
141 Mini Land Bridge 14008
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9035
143 Modal Split 14789
144 Movement of Goods 18937
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30857
146 North West Corner Method 16547
147 Numeric Distribution 13669
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27964
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47609
150 Operational Efficiency 9562
151 Operational Objectives 12999
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17858
153 Operational Sustainability 27256
154 Operations Management 19488
155 Order Cancellation 10254
156 Order Cycle 18035
157 Order Cycle Time 22960
158 Order Fill Rate 33452
159 Order Fulfillment 6192
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9934
161 Parts Standardization 8985
162 PDCA Cycle 7752
163 Peak Load Pricing 13005
164 Perfect Order 12648
165 Physical Distribution 24356
166 Pick List 9489
167 Pipeline inventory 41695
168 Postponement 14881
169 Process Bottleneck 5933
170 Process Checklist Template 6639
171 Process Yield 19727
172 Product ID 15491
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10123
174 Production Capacity 26740
175 Production Orientation 25126
176 Production Planning 35096
177 Production Related Materials 7176
178 Production Scheduling 34624
179 Purchasing 21941
180 Quality Audit 6768
181 Quality Control 34361
182 Quality Standards 55565
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13761
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11592
185 Quick Response 10752
186 Raw Material 23885
187 Return Goods Handling 10112
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10573
189 Root Cause Analysis 8885
190 Routing 6770
 
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