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.

Industry: Software

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final assembly

Software; Supply chain

A highest level, end-item assembly that fills customer order or interplant demand and is not used as a subassembly for other items.

material requirements planning (MRP)

The process that uses the MPS as demand, explodes the bill of material for specified MPS items, nets those requirements against on-hand inventory and existing open orders, and recommends placing new ...

radio frequency automatic identification (RFID)

Software; Supply chain

A location and identification system using radio frequency signals that employs a transceiver, antenna and tag associated with a product and location to transmit data. The systems do not require a ...

waste

Software; Supply chain

Any activity or process that does not add value to the goods or services required by the customer. Examples of waste include move time, counting inventory, inspection, the production of defective ...

business intelligence

Software; Supply chain

Systems that provide directed background data and reporting tools to support and improve the decision-making process.

green belt

Software; Supply chain

In the six sigma quality improvement methodology, a person who helps lead a team but is assigned on a project or part-time basis, as opposed to black belts who have fulltime responsibility.