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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materials handling systems

Software; Supply chain

Equipment that moves items between required locations on either a programmed (automatic) or manually-initiated basis. They sometimes perform weighing and other measurement functions, are designed ...

run size

Software; Supply chain

Used synonymously with lot or batch size.

A report of production or purchase orders that are projected to be delayed past the current schedule date. It should include the orders, products and facilities affected and provide reasons for the ...

exogenous variable

Software; Supply chain

A variable caused by one or more variables not contained within the given model.

manufacturing system

Software; Supply chain

In an ERP system, the functions and modules used to identify and plan demand and materials, analyze resource availability and requirements, and schedule, release and report production.

purchasing

Software; Supply chain

The functions, processes and department that source material and services, negotiates terms and availability agreements, responds to requests for material by user departments and communicates order ...