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Supply chain

Of or referring to a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information, and resources that develops a product from supplier to customer in an efficient manner.

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Supply chain

Gantt chart

Software; Supply chain

A time-phased bar chart display that lists tasks or activities along the left side and a corresponding bar for each task. The length of the bar represents the duration of the activity, and may ...

Holt 2 parameter

Software; Supply chain

A forecast method that incorporates exponential smoothing with trend analysis.

Hoshin planning

Software; Supply chain

A Japanese 1-5 year planning process to achieve quality and other objectives that provides target statements and the corresponding means and measurement systems, and company-wide communication ...

ISO 9000 Standards

Software; Supply chain

A series of standards from the International Standards Organization that specify the internal procedures and documentation required to certify adherence to defined company processes supporting the ...

ISO 14000 Standards

Software; Supply chain

The International Standards Organization set of specifications for environmental management systems.

lorenz curve

Software; Supply chain

The graphical representation of the level of equality between two sets of data (as in cumulative percentage of population and cumulative percentage of net income). Perfect equality is represented as ...

supply chain operations Reference model (SCOR) Model

Software; Supply chain

Developed by the Supply-Chain Council to measure total supply chain performance. It includes delivery and order fulfillment performance, supply chain response time, production flexibility, warranty ...

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