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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 9836
92 External Growth 10081
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9527
94 Field Services 7746
95 Field Warehouse 10483
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8773
97 Fishbone Diagram 14616
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27048
99 Flow Through Distribution 12317
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
101 FOB Destination 13038
102 Forward buying 30175
103 Freight Charge 10418
104 Freight Consolidation 7538
105 Gantt Chart 8293
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11740
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29597
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12692
109 Hub 23441
110 Idle Time 8075
111 Import/Export License 8729
112 In Bond Shipment 13966
113 Inbound Logistics 13592
114 Interstate System 11013
115 Inventory Costs 53652
116 Inventory in Transit 16540
117 Inventory Management 54825
118 Inventory Planning System 9878
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22313
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42755
121 JIT 2 18448
122 Job Production 27705
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9153
124 Kanban Squares 6843
125 Laid-Down Cost 10198
126 Lean Office 6131
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10863
128 Lee's Notation 8575
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14243
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37300
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9281
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7534
133 Logistics Channel 22923
134 Logistics Costs 26694
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6695
136 Manifest 10544
137 Marks and Numbers 12616
138 Material Planning 35115
139 Materials Management 26385
140 Milk Run 43127
141 Mini Land Bridge 14426
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9573
143 Modal Split 15435
144 Movement of Goods 19494
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31665
146 North West Corner Method 16876
147 Numeric Distribution 14240
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28566
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48466
150 Operational Efficiency 9953
151 Operational Objectives 13360
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18128
153 Operational Sustainability 28038
154 Operations Management 20804
155 Order Cancellation 10836
156 Order Cycle 18454
157 Order Cycle Time 23526
158 Order Fill Rate 34043
159 Order Fulfillment 6481
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10326
161 Parts Standardization 9327
162 PDCA Cycle 8061
163 Peak Load Pricing 13376
164 Perfect Order 13244
165 Physical Distribution 24954
166 Pick List 9852
167 Pipeline inventory 42379
168 Postponement 15299
169 Process Bottleneck 6308
170 Process Checklist Template 6938
171 Process Yield 20241
172 Product ID 15924
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10374
174 Production Capacity 27727
175 Production Orientation 25682
176 Production Planning 36639
177 Production Related Materials 7706
178 Production Scheduling 36080
179 Purchasing 22890
180 Quality Audit 7180
181 Quality Control 36379
182 Quality Standards 56609
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14224
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11961
185 Quick Response 11280
186 Raw Material 25376
187 Return Goods Handling 10432
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11394
189 Root Cause Analysis 9224
190 Routing 7017
 
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