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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 9768
92 External Growth 9995
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9362
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10109
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26880
99 Flow Through Distribution 12235
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8099
101 FOB Destination 12947
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10259
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8236
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11644
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29461
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12608
109 Hub 23308
110 Idle Time 8003
111 Import/Export License 8648
112 In Bond Shipment 13834
113 Inbound Logistics 13481
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53368
116 Inventory in Transit 16345
117 Inventory Management 54501
118 Inventory Planning System 9729
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22198
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42349
121 JIT 2 18372
122 Job Production 27355
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8979
124 Kanban Squares 6773
125 Laid-Down Cost 10081
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10823
128 Lee's Notation 8512
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14115
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36980
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9175
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7390
133 Logistics Channel 22805
134 Logistics Costs 26550
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6638
136 Manifest 10464
137 Marks and Numbers 12522
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26279
140 Milk Run 42947
141 Mini Land Bridge 14343
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9453
143 Modal Split 15324
144 Movement of Goods 19366
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31439
146 North West Corner Method 16805
147 Numeric Distribution 14115
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28440
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48267
150 Operational Efficiency 9879
151 Operational Objectives 13280
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18077
153 Operational Sustainability 27802
154 Operations Management 20510
155 Order Cancellation 10733
156 Order Cycle 18370
157 Order Cycle Time 23427
158 Order Fill Rate 33919
159 Order Fulfillment 6422
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10226
161 Parts Standardization 9248
162 PDCA Cycle 7930
163 Peak Load Pricing 13306
164 Perfect Order 13110
165 Physical Distribution 24838
166 Pick List 9777
167 Pipeline inventory 42261
168 Postponement 15219
169 Process Bottleneck 6228
170 Process Checklist Template 6871
171 Process Yield 20071
172 Product ID 15827
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10326
174 Production Capacity 27538
175 Production Orientation 25533
176 Production Planning 36341
177 Production Related Materials 7609
178 Production Scheduling 35801
179 Purchasing 22618
180 Quality Audit 7093
181 Quality Control 35988
182 Quality Standards 56395
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14100
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11882
185 Quick Response 11188
186 Raw Material 25110
187 Return Goods Handling 10356
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11163
189 Root Cause Analysis 9152
190 Routing 6953
 
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