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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 9667
92 External Growth 9872
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9262
94 Field Services 7622
95 Field Warehouse 9745
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8530
97 Fishbone Diagram 14398
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26658
99 Flow Through Distribution 12114
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7986
101 FOB Destination 12783
102 Forward buying 29820
103 Freight Charge 10151
104 Freight Consolidation 7380
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11512
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29280
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12490
109 Hub 23148
110 Idle Time 7912
111 Import/Export License 8545
112 In Bond Shipment 13702
113 Inbound Logistics 13304
114 Interstate System 10824
115 Inventory Costs 53001
116 Inventory in Transit 16192
117 Inventory Management 54077
118 Inventory Planning System 9638
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22036
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41732
121 JIT 2 18271
122 Job Production 26908
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8850
124 Kanban Squares 6686
125 Laid-Down Cost 9950
126 Lean Office 5869
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10768
128 Lee's Notation 8412
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13930
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36535
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9018
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7320
133 Logistics Channel 22647
134 Logistics Costs 26384
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6578
136 Manifest 10327
137 Marks and Numbers 12333
138 Material Planning 34738
139 Materials Management 26108
140 Milk Run 42664
141 Mini Land Bridge 14215
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9293
143 Modal Split 15107
144 Movement of Goods 19210
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31208
146 North West Corner Method 16701
147 Numeric Distribution 13941
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28249
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48007
150 Operational Efficiency 9764
151 Operational Objectives 13170
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17983
153 Operational Sustainability 27603
154 Operations Management 20127
155 Order Cancellation 10541
156 Order Cycle 18241
157 Order Cycle Time 23299
158 Order Fill Rate 33743
159 Order Fulfillment 6338
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10094
161 Parts Standardization 9141
162 PDCA Cycle 7858
163 Peak Load Pricing 13198
164 Perfect Order 12922
165 Physical Distribution 24675
166 Pick List 9677
167 Pipeline inventory 42076
168 Postponement 15097
169 Process Bottleneck 6112
170 Process Checklist Template 6756
171 Process Yield 19945
172 Product ID 15713
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10242
174 Production Capacity 27284
175 Production Orientation 25358
176 Production Planning 35915
177 Production Related Materials 7403
178 Production Scheduling 35340
179 Purchasing 22370
180 Quality Audit 6986
181 Quality Control 35443
182 Quality Standards 56100
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13968
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11782
185 Quick Response 11031
186 Raw Material 24695
187 Return Goods Handling 10257
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10945
189 Root Cause Analysis 9049
190 Routing 6866
 
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