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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 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9593
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8888
97 Fishbone Diagram 14693
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27207
99 Flow Through Distribution 12404
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8263
101 FOB Destination 13145
102 Forward buying 30331
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7593
105 Gantt Chart 8346
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11828
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29698
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23556
110 Idle Time 8137
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14069
113 Inbound Logistics 13682
114 Interstate System 11085
115 Inventory Costs 53932
116 Inventory in Transit 16636
117 Inventory Management 55070
118 Inventory Planning System 9941
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22412
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43161
121 JIT 2 18519
122 Job Production 28013
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9215
124 Kanban Squares 6916
125 Laid-Down Cost 10302
126 Lean Office 6198
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10899
128 Lee's Notation 8629
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14367
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37488
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9369
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7580
133 Logistics Channel 23011
134 Logistics Costs 26803
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6735
136 Manifest 10632
137 Marks and Numbers 12723
138 Material Planning 35271
139 Materials Management 26482
140 Milk Run 43277
141 Mini Land Bridge 14499
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9665
143 Modal Split 15536
144 Movement of Goods 19591
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31836
146 North West Corner Method 16932
147 Numeric Distribution 14330
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28675
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48667
150 Operational Efficiency 10015
151 Operational Objectives 13444
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18182
153 Operational Sustainability 28195
154 Operations Management 20990
155 Order Cancellation 10921
156 Order Cycle 18529
157 Order Cycle Time 23618
158 Order Fill Rate 34151
159 Order Fulfillment 6535
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10411
161 Parts Standardization 9390
162 PDCA Cycle 8109
163 Peak Load Pricing 13436
164 Perfect Order 13354
165 Physical Distribution 25088
166 Pick List 9924
167 Pipeline inventory 42509
168 Postponement 15370
169 Process Bottleneck 6374
170 Process Checklist Template 6991
171 Process Yield 20318
172 Product ID 16010
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10433
174 Production Capacity 27901
175 Production Orientation 25793
176 Production Planning 36916
177 Production Related Materials 7800
178 Production Scheduling 36299
179 Purchasing 23076
180 Quality Audit 7251
181 Quality Control 36689
182 Quality Standards 56792
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14293
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12029
185 Quick Response 11375
186 Raw Material 25634
187 Return Goods Handling 10507
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11539
189 Root Cause Analysis 9292
190 Routing 7068
 
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