1. Business Concepts
    2. ›
  2. Operations and Supply Chain

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.

Title Filter 
# Name Hits
91 Exponential smoothing 9578
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9175
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9646
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8372
97 Fishbone Diagram 14266
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26460
99 Flow Through Distribution 11999
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7885
101 FOB Destination 12634
102 Forward buying 29659
103 Freight Charge 10063
104 Freight Consolidation 7284
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11358
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29113
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12395
109 Hub 22989
110 Idle Time 7832
111 Import/Export License 8440
112 In Bond Shipment 13563
113 Inbound Logistics 13167
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52606
116 Inventory in Transit 16044
117 Inventory Management 53720
118 Inventory Planning System 9546
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21843
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41156
121 JIT 2 18180
122 Job Production 26473
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8720
124 Kanban Squares 6583
125 Laid-Down Cost 9860
126 Lean Office 5773
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8325
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13756
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36169
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8925
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7219
133 Logistics Channel 22515
134 Logistics Costs 26228
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6516
136 Manifest 10193
137 Marks and Numbers 12223
138 Material Planning 34494
139 Materials Management 25981
140 Milk Run 42329
141 Mini Land Bridge 14091
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9139
143 Modal Split 14911
144 Movement of Goods 19073
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31001
146 North West Corner Method 16616
147 Numeric Distribution 13798
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28090
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47773
150 Operational Efficiency 9639
151 Operational Objectives 13072
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17908
153 Operational Sustainability 27417
154 Operations Management 19758
155 Order Cancellation 10363
156 Order Cycle 18127
157 Order Cycle Time 23139
158 Order Fill Rate 33561
159 Order Fulfillment 6257
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10011
161 Parts Standardization 9042
162 PDCA Cycle 7796
163 Peak Load Pricing 13076
164 Perfect Order 12757
165 Physical Distribution 24496
166 Pick List 9566
167 Pipeline inventory 41873
168 Postponement 14982
169 Process Bottleneck 6007
170 Process Checklist Template 6689
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15588
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10174
174 Production Capacity 26964
175 Production Orientation 25227
176 Production Planning 35455
177 Production Related Materials 7268
178 Production Scheduling 34944
179 Purchasing 22128
180 Quality Audit 6855
181 Quality Control 34873
182 Quality Standards 55816
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13855
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11672
185 Quick Response 10859
186 Raw Material 24236
187 Return Goods Handling 10163
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10744
189 Root Cause Analysis 8959
190 Routing 6813
 
Page 1 of 3