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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purchase-to-pay cycle

Software; Supply chain

The total elapsed time between the creation and acceptance of a purchase order, and payment for the items or services.

vendor-managed inventory (VMI)

An inventory planning and fulfillment technique in which a supplier is responsible for monitoring and restocking customer inventory at the appropriate time to maintain predefined levels. The vendor ...

bookings

Software; Supply chain

New customer orders taken or accepted over a designated time frame. Cancellations are deducted to arrive at net bookings.

four wall inventory

Software; Supply chain

syn: wall-to-wall inventory.

nested

Software; Supply chain

A process or activity self-contained within a larger entity, that retains its identity and characteristics for reporting and analysis.

run chart

Software; Supply chain

The graphical display of a system's output for a given period of time that indicates trends, individual or summarized data points, ranges and other variables used to evaluate acceptable performance. ...