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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planning horizon

Software; Supply chain

The length of time into the future planning systems generate requirements and messages. The horizon should be at least as far out as the single longest cumulative lead time for any item in the ...

A project implementation activity that tests the interfaces between sets of programs or functional areas in a proposed new system. It verifies the ability of the system to handle data and operating ...

custom

Software; Supply chain

Products and services created for specific orders or events that require nonstandard material, engineering or process resources and may incur extra cost.

key performance indicator (KPI)

Software; Supply chain

Indicators used to provide measurements of the defined priority and key success factors of a project or system.

planning system

Software; Supply chain

The functions and processes that review requirements and defined parameters to suggest new operating, material and capacity plans and changes to existing plans, but are not used for the activities ...

takt time

Software; Supply chain

Based on the German word that indicates pace, the rate or pace of production as matched to the pace of customer sales. Used in lean manufacturing to align production time in linked manufacturing ...

customer

Software; Supply chain

An internal or external person, department or organization that purchases or receives goods and services. Identifying the true customer and the product or service attributes that will satisfy them is ...