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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Software; Supply chain

Capacity or inventory allocated to a requirement but not yet used.

A cost accounting methodology that assigns costs to activities based on their use of resources, and assigns costs to cost objects (products, functions, projects) based on their use of activities. It ...

electronic data interchange for administration, commerce, transport (EDIFACT)

Software; Supply chain

United Nations-sponsored syntax rules for EDI message exchange.

machine hours

Software; Supply chain

The actual time recorded by a machine when used for production, and used in efficiency and utilization calculations.

program

Software; Supply chain

An ongoing, long term effort that often includes multiple projects and significant budgeted expenditures.

usage variance

Software; Supply chain

Actual material usage for a given order or schedule that is different than the standard amount. Variance analysis seeks to isolate dollar variances due to usage (using more or less of the correct ...