Supply chain

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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lower control limit (LCL)

Software; Supply chain

The measurement point below the centerline in a process control chart or report that indicates an out-of-bounds condition or warning signal.

The process of justifying continued production or sales of a given item, based on a variety of factors such as its usage in single or multiple parents, use of dedicated production facilities, margin, ...

unit test

Software; Supply chain

A test used to verify the acceptable functionality of a single program, operation or process that does not also test the impact and integration points with other programs or operations.

batch pull

Software; Supply chain

An order picking efficiency technique that combines multiple orders for a date or customer range and summarizes the total requirements for items on all orders. It allows going to an inventory ...

fixed interval order

Software; Supply chain

A purchase or production order that occurs at a regular time interval and covers the variable demand during that period.

milk run

Software; Supply chain

The combination of shipments from multiple vendors in close geographic proximity into one shipment received by the customer, normally done for a defined route on a recurring basis.