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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 9932
92 External Growth 10220
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9646
94 Field Services 7824
95 Field Warehouse 10953
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8958
97 Fishbone Diagram 14754
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27309
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8316
101 FOB Destination 13206
102 Forward buying 30398
103 Freight Charge 10515
104 Freight Consolidation 7624
105 Gantt Chart 8373
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11900
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29757
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12823
109 Hub 23617
110 Idle Time 8171
111 Import/Export License 8839
112 In Bond Shipment 14116
113 Inbound Logistics 13738
114 Interstate System 11124
115 Inventory Costs 54066
116 Inventory in Transit 16713
117 Inventory Management 55230
118 Inventory Planning System 9982
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22492
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43372
121 JIT 2 18563
122 Job Production 28212
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9264
124 Kanban Squares 6965
125 Laid-Down Cost 10366
126 Lean Office 6243
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8654
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14446
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37631
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9428
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7614
133 Logistics Channel 23064
134 Logistics Costs 26873
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6762
136 Manifest 10683
137 Marks and Numbers 12792
138 Material Planning 35353
139 Materials Management 26547
140 Milk Run 43361
141 Mini Land Bridge 14556
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9728
143 Modal Split 15594
144 Movement of Goods 19685
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31922
146 North West Corner Method 16973
147 Numeric Distribution 14389
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28745
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48798
150 Operational Efficiency 10055
151 Operational Objectives 13484
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18211
153 Operational Sustainability 28282
154 Operations Management 21093
155 Order Cancellation 10976
156 Order Cycle 18578
157 Order Cycle Time 23673
158 Order Fill Rate 34222
159 Order Fulfillment 6572
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10468
161 Parts Standardization 9422
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13472
164 Perfect Order 13423
165 Physical Distribution 25161
166 Pick List 9969
167 Pipeline inventory 42581
168 Postponement 15442
169 Process Bottleneck 6413
170 Process Checklist Template 7017
171 Process Yield 20369
172 Product ID 16061
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10476
174 Production Capacity 28013
175 Production Orientation 25889
176 Production Planning 37069
177 Production Related Materials 7885
178 Production Scheduling 36429
179 Purchasing 23187
180 Quality Audit 7306
181 Quality Control 36872
182 Quality Standards 56902
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14357
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12063
185 Quick Response 11437
186 Raw Material 25766
187 Return Goods Handling 10555
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11629
189 Root Cause Analysis 9337
190 Routing 7096
 
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