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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 9915
92 External Growth 10193
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9618
94 Field Services 7805
95 Field Warehouse 10859
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8922
97 Fishbone Diagram 14725
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27262
99 Flow Through Distribution 12432
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30364
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8357
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11862
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12800
109 Hub 23582
110 Idle Time 8155
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14088
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11103
115 Inventory Costs 53994
116 Inventory in Transit 16678
117 Inventory Management 55150
118 Inventory Planning System 9959
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22451
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43248
121 JIT 2 18542
122 Job Production 28106
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9241
124 Kanban Squares 6943
125 Laid-Down Cost 10335
126 Lean Office 6219
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14410
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37560
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9400
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7597
133 Logistics Channel 23040
134 Logistics Costs 26839
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6750
136 Manifest 10663
137 Marks and Numbers 12765
138 Material Planning 35310
139 Materials Management 26515
140 Milk Run 43320
141 Mini Land Bridge 14531
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9700
143 Modal Split 15565
144 Movement of Goods 19628
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31879
146 North West Corner Method 16951
147 Numeric Distribution 14361
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28712
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48740
150 Operational Efficiency 10038
151 Operational Objectives 13467
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18196
153 Operational Sustainability 28241
154 Operations Management 21041
155 Order Cancellation 10943
156 Order Cycle 18551
157 Order Cycle Time 23644
158 Order Fill Rate 34183
159 Order Fulfillment 6559
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10444
161 Parts Standardization 9407
162 PDCA Cycle 8123
163 Peak Load Pricing 13453
164 Perfect Order 13388
165 Physical Distribution 25119
166 Pick List 9943
167 Pipeline inventory 42540
168 Postponement 15400
169 Process Bottleneck 6396
170 Process Checklist Template 7003
171 Process Yield 20346
172 Product ID 16036
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10448
174 Production Capacity 27952
175 Production Orientation 25843
176 Production Planning 36992
177 Production Related Materials 7846
178 Production Scheduling 36372
179 Purchasing 23124
180 Quality Audit 7275
181 Quality Control 36759
182 Quality Standards 56847
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14318
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12046
185 Quick Response 11406
186 Raw Material 25706
187 Return Goods Handling 10534
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11577
189 Root Cause Analysis 9311
190 Routing 7083
 
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