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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bin

Software; Supply chain

1) A standard container for components 2) An inventory shelf or rack location with a specific identifier.

focus forecasting

Software; Supply chain

A forecast technique that tests the performance of a variety of forecast models and suggests the best fit for a given set of products and demand parameters.

multiple currency

Software; Supply chain

Financial systems that allow orders and transactions to use more than one currency, and use exchange rate tables to perform conversions and revaluations into a base currency when specified.

reverse engineering

Software; Supply chain

The disassembly and analysis of a competing product to evaluate its comparative strengths and weaknesses in preparation for the possible manufacture of a similar item.

The separation of invoices, orders, inventory and production lots into time buckets based on due dates, receipt dates, expiration dates, or other factors. Used to focus attention on past due and most ...

enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Software; Supply chain

An enterprise-wide system that extends manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) by incorporating all system and organizational functions required to plan and support manufacturing, finance, ...

man-hour

Software; Supply chain

The period of time measured by a single person working for one hour. Standard man-hours specify the amount of time normally expected to be used in a process or operation, based on estimation or past ...