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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 9744
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9920
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8070
101 FOB Destination 12911
102 Forward buying 29924
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7445
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11611
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29408
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7979
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13791
113 Inbound Logistics 13439
114 Interstate System 10907
115 Inventory Costs 53273
116 Inventory in Transit 16306
117 Inventory Management 54411
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22156
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42183
121 JIT 2 18343
122 Job Production 27253
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8945
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10047
126 Lean Office 5943
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8487
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14071
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36876
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9133
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7371
133 Logistics Channel 22765
134 Logistics Costs 26499
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10430
137 Marks and Numbers 12470
138 Material Planning 34928
139 Materials Management 26236
140 Milk Run 42873
141 Mini Land Bridge 14314
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9407
143 Modal Split 15272
144 Movement of Goods 19327
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31381
146 North West Corner Method 16775
147 Numeric Distribution 14063
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28396
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48197
150 Operational Efficiency 9850
151 Operational Objectives 13250
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18053
153 Operational Sustainability 27745
154 Operations Management 20415
155 Order Cancellation 10688
156 Order Cycle 18341
157 Order Cycle Time 23404
158 Order Fill Rate 33874
159 Order Fulfillment 6398
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10193
161 Parts Standardization 9221
162 PDCA Cycle 7915
163 Peak Load Pricing 13280
164 Perfect Order 13056
165 Physical Distribution 24799
166 Pick List 9749
167 Pipeline inventory 42212
168 Postponement 15189
169 Process Bottleneck 6198
170 Process Checklist Template 6843
171 Process Yield 20038
172 Product ID 15797
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10305
174 Production Capacity 27461
175 Production Orientation 25484
176 Production Planning 36224
177 Production Related Materials 7568
178 Production Scheduling 35637
179 Purchasing 22555
180 Quality Audit 7065
181 Quality Control 35831
182 Quality Standards 56311
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14070
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11851
185 Quick Response 11153
186 Raw Material 24994
187 Return Goods Handling 10328
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11105
189 Root Cause Analysis 9125
190 Routing 6929
 
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