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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 9570
92 External Growth 9769
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8355
97 Fishbone Diagram 14246
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26430
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7870
101 FOB Destination 12614
102 Forward buying 29635
103 Freight Charge 10053
104 Freight Consolidation 7271
105 Gantt Chart 8076
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11343
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29054
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12383
109 Hub 22965
110 Idle Time 7821
111 Import/Export License 8422
112 In Bond Shipment 13542
113 Inbound Logistics 13149
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52531
116 Inventory in Transit 16023
117 Inventory Management 53672
118 Inventory Planning System 9537
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21822
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41066
121 JIT 2 18169
122 Job Production 26410
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8706
124 Kanban Squares 6575
125 Laid-Down Cost 9848
126 Lean Office 5762
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10710
128 Lee's Notation 8303
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13735
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36094
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8917
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7214
133 Logistics Channel 22494
134 Logistics Costs 26206
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6510
136 Manifest 10177
137 Marks and Numbers 12208
138 Material Planning 34454
139 Materials Management 25966
140 Milk Run 42280
141 Mini Land Bridge 14072
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9119
143 Modal Split 14890
144 Movement of Goods 19058
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30976
146 North West Corner Method 16604
147 Numeric Distribution 13769
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28067
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47742
150 Operational Efficiency 9623
151 Operational Objectives 13059
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17900
153 Operational Sustainability 27389
154 Operations Management 19711
155 Order Cancellation 10347
156 Order Cycle 18112
157 Order Cycle Time 23094
158 Order Fill Rate 33544
159 Order Fulfillment 6244
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10001
161 Parts Standardization 9034
162 PDCA Cycle 7790
163 Peak Load Pricing 13065
164 Perfect Order 12742
165 Physical Distribution 24470
166 Pick List 9555
167 Pipeline inventory 41837
168 Postponement 14965
169 Process Bottleneck 5992
170 Process Checklist Template 6676
171 Process Yield 19809
172 Product ID 15576
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10164
174 Production Capacity 26917
175 Production Orientation 25206
176 Production Planning 35385
177 Production Related Materials 7253
178 Production Scheduling 34885
179 Purchasing 22093
180 Quality Audit 6844
181 Quality Control 34781
182 Quality Standards 55768
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13836
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11662
185 Quick Response 10842
186 Raw Material 24167
187 Return Goods Handling 10155
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10712
189 Root Cause Analysis 8946
190 Routing 6807
 
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