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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enterprise system

Software; Supply chain

A system that supports enterprise-wide or cross-functional requirements, rather than a single department or group within the organization.

To change the expected date of an open production, purchase or interplant order by a planner or other person, based on a suggestion from MRP or other information. It requires a review process that ...

promise date

Software; Supply chain

The shipment date committed to by a vendor. In some industries and contracts, the promise date is the date of delivery at the customer site.

variable cost

Software; Supply chain

A cost for material, labor or overhead that changes in a traceable and measurable way due to changes in the volume of production units or operating hours in a given period.

blanket order

Software; Supply chain

A purchase order or customer order combining requirements for a given vendor or customer and group of items over an agreed-upon time frame. It creates a purchase commitment and pricing definition for ...

forecast

Software; Supply chain

The projection of future demand, normally to supply the independent portion of demand such as customer or interplant orders, based on past history and known market changes. The prime driver for ...

multilevel bill of material

Software; Supply chain

A bill of material that contains multiple successive levels, with the top level typically coded as level 0, its immediate components as level 1, and so on. It can be used to track all requirements ...