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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

knowledge management

Software; Supply chain

A system or framework for managing the organizational processes that create, store and distribute knowledge, as defined by its collective data, information and body of experience.

point-to-multipoint

Software; Supply chain

A communications, logistics or other network in which data travels in a one-way direction from a central point to multiple remote sites.

task

Software; Supply chain

syn: activity.

cycle count

Software; Supply chain

An inventory verification method that uses periodic, scheduled counts of inventory and associated locations to determine accuracy. Count schemes may be designed based on usage volume, all parts in ...

knowledge worker

Software; Supply chain

Someone whose primary job focus is the accumulation, processing or analysis of data and information, as opposed to physical goods.

point-to-point

Software; Supply chain

A communications or network system in which two connected entities pass data only to each other, and the data travels in both directions.

teardown

Software; Supply chain

The activities required to remove tooling and preset parameters used for the last production run that must occur before setup for the next run can start.

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