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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multiple units of measure

Software; Supply chain

The use of more than one unit of measure for a given item for orders and transactions. A given item may be internally stocked in units but entered on customer orders in cases, packs or some other ...

robust

Software; Supply chain

The categorization of a system that has high functionality, reliability and consistency when operating in a normal capacity and can endure periodic stress conditions.

In exponential smoothing, the factor used to smooth or filter the data from the most recent period. (ex.- an alpha factor of 0.1 means to give the most recent data period a weighting of 0.1 and the ...

execution

Software; Supply chain

The systems and functions that fulfill planned activities, such as production against work orders or the shipment of requirements to supply chain partners. The 'actual' that measures the success of ...

manufacturing environment

Software; Supply chain

The overall set of factors that influence planning, scheduling and strategic production decisions which include type and timing of demand, product and process complexity, physical product form, ...

pull system

Software; Supply chain

A system where the production or movement of inventory items is initiated as required by the using department or location, or to replace items removed from an authorization queue. Production and ...