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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 9571
92 External Growth 9776
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9165
94 Field Services 7562
95 Field Warehouse 9634
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8358
97 Fishbone Diagram 14251
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26436
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7877
101 FOB Destination 12619
102 Forward buying 29643
103 Freight Charge 10056
104 Freight Consolidation 7273
105 Gantt Chart 8081
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11348
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29061
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12387
109 Hub 22973
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8428
112 In Bond Shipment 13547
113 Inbound Logistics 13153
114 Interstate System 10749
115 Inventory Costs 52549
116 Inventory in Transit 16027
117 Inventory Management 53680
118 Inventory Planning System 9538
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21823
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41089
121 JIT 2 18175
122 Job Production 26424
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8710
124 Kanban Squares 6576
125 Laid-Down Cost 9852
126 Lean Office 5765
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10712
128 Lee's Notation 8308
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13741
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36116
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8918
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7214
133 Logistics Channel 22497
134 Logistics Costs 26210
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6512
136 Manifest 10182
137 Marks and Numbers 12212
138 Material Planning 34464
139 Materials Management 25969
140 Milk Run 42290
141 Mini Land Bridge 14078
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9126
143 Modal Split 14896
144 Movement of Goods 19059
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30984
146 North West Corner Method 16608
147 Numeric Distribution 13773
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28069
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47753
150 Operational Efficiency 9628
151 Operational Objectives 13063
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17901
153 Operational Sustainability 27397
154 Operations Management 19718
155 Order Cancellation 10349
156 Order Cycle 18113
157 Order Cycle Time 23109
158 Order Fill Rate 33548
159 Order Fulfillment 6247
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10001
161 Parts Standardization 9036
162 PDCA Cycle 7791
163 Peak Load Pricing 13068
164 Perfect Order 12746
165 Physical Distribution 24478
166 Pick List 9560
167 Pipeline inventory 41847
168 Postponement 14974
169 Process Bottleneck 5996
170 Process Checklist Template 6679
171 Process Yield 19813
172 Product ID 15578
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10169
174 Production Capacity 26930
175 Production Orientation 25211
176 Production Planning 35401
177 Production Related Materials 7259
178 Production Scheduling 34901
179 Purchasing 22099
180 Quality Audit 6847
181 Quality Control 34801
182 Quality Standards 55780
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13841
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11664
185 Quick Response 10848
186 Raw Material 24181
187 Return Goods Handling 10157
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10722
189 Root Cause Analysis 8949
190 Routing 6810
 
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