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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 9606
92 External Growth 9818
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9204
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9683
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8424
97 Fishbone Diagram 14301
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26513
99 Flow Through Distribution 12039
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7920
101 FOB Destination 12676
102 Forward buying 29712
103 Freight Charge 10092
104 Freight Consolidation 7317
105 Gantt Chart 8109
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11412
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29173
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12423
109 Hub 23046
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8476
112 In Bond Shipment 13609
113 Inbound Logistics 13208
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52743
116 Inventory in Transit 16092
117 Inventory Management 53835
118 Inventory Planning System 9578
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21916
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41365
121 JIT 2 18205
122 Job Production 26620
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8760
124 Kanban Squares 6616
125 Laid-Down Cost 9884
126 Lean Office 5800
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10733
128 Lee's Notation 8350
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13818
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36277
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8951
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7259
133 Logistics Channel 22561
134 Logistics Costs 26277
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6534
136 Manifest 10234
137 Marks and Numbers 12257
138 Material Planning 34568
139 Materials Management 26021
140 Milk Run 42427
141 Mini Land Bridge 14127
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9182
143 Modal Split 14977
144 Movement of Goods 19123
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31064
146 North West Corner Method 16642
147 Numeric Distribution 13844
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28138
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47847
150 Operational Efficiency 9675
151 Operational Objectives 13106
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17928
153 Operational Sustainability 27481
154 Operations Management 19867
155 Order Cancellation 10412
156 Order Cycle 18163
157 Order Cycle Time 23186
158 Order Fill Rate 33625
159 Order Fulfillment 6283
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10041
161 Parts Standardization 9073
162 PDCA Cycle 7813
163 Peak Load Pricing 13123
164 Perfect Order 12817
165 Physical Distribution 24552
166 Pick List 9602
167 Pipeline inventory 41940
168 Postponement 15020
169 Process Bottleneck 6045
170 Process Checklist Template 6710
171 Process Yield 19862
172 Product ID 15627
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10188
174 Production Capacity 27085
175 Production Orientation 25262
176 Production Planning 35623
177 Production Related Materials 7312
178 Production Scheduling 35078
179 Purchasing 22210
180 Quality Audit 6904
181 Quality Control 35063
182 Quality Standards 55906
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13895
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11703
185 Quick Response 10909
186 Raw Material 24402
187 Return Goods Handling 10190
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10815
189 Root Cause Analysis 8986
190 Routing 6827
 
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