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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 9727
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9834
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8608
97 Fishbone Diagram 14469
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26783
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12873
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10212
104 Freight Consolidation 7425
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11578
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29372
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12551
109 Hub 23230
110 Idle Time 7960
111 Import/Export License 8597
112 In Bond Shipment 13757
113 Inbound Logistics 13402
114 Interstate System 10881
115 Inventory Costs 53186
116 Inventory in Transit 16277
117 Inventory Management 54313
118 Inventory Planning System 9684
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22118
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42039
121 JIT 2 18320
122 Job Production 27153
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8920
124 Kanban Squares 6738
125 Laid-Down Cost 10018
126 Lean Office 5922
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8463
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14030
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36772
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9097
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7354
133 Logistics Channel 22735
134 Logistics Costs 26463
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6610
136 Manifest 10399
137 Marks and Numbers 12433
138 Material Planning 34877
139 Materials Management 26206
140 Milk Run 42813
141 Mini Land Bridge 14277
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9373
143 Modal Split 15226
144 Movement of Goods 19294
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31328
146 North West Corner Method 16759
147 Numeric Distribution 14015
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28346
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48139
150 Operational Efficiency 9827
151 Operational Objectives 13231
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18028
153 Operational Sustainability 27700
154 Operations Management 20325
155 Order Cancellation 10649
156 Order Cycle 18309
157 Order Cycle Time 23372
158 Order Fill Rate 33828
159 Order Fulfillment 6381
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10167
161 Parts Standardization 9199
162 PDCA Cycle 7899
163 Peak Load Pricing 13256
164 Perfect Order 13009
165 Physical Distribution 24764
166 Pick List 9723
167 Pipeline inventory 42170
168 Postponement 15152
169 Process Bottleneck 6172
170 Process Checklist Template 6825
171 Process Yield 20017
172 Product ID 15773
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10288
174 Production Capacity 27409
175 Production Orientation 25438
176 Production Planning 36145
177 Production Related Materials 7520
178 Production Scheduling 35551
179 Purchasing 22487
180 Quality Audit 7046
181 Quality Control 35716
182 Quality Standards 56246
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14042
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11828
185 Quick Response 11122
186 Raw Material 24908
187 Return Goods Handling 10304
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11050
189 Root Cause Analysis 9106
190 Routing 6911
 
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