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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not earlier than

Software; Supply chain

Specification that a project task, shipment or delivery may not occur before a given date. Early product shipments are normally considered as a negative in evaluating delivery performance due to ...

Large variations in product demand that reoccur during the same approximate timeframe on a yearly basis and are not due to a trend or promotion (as in the yearly demand for Halloween candy or snow ...

back office

Software; Supply chain

Internal organizational functions such as production operations or cycle counting that normally do not interact with outside entities.

firm planned order (FPO)

Software; Supply chain

A manufacturing order that reserves capacity and allocates material but, unlike a work order, has not been authorized for release to the production floor. MRP planned orders are automatically changed ...

material usage variance

Software; Supply chain

The variance generated by using a lesser or greater actual quantity of the standard material than specified in producing a given item (which is different than a substitution variance created by using ...

rate-based scheduling

Software; Supply chain

The creation of a production schedule based on the capacity or usage rate for a specified shift, date, week or other timeframe and not by individual order or item.

where-used

Software; Supply chain

A list of the all upper-level items that use a given component or material on their bill of material. Often used in tracing requirements and evaluating the impact of standards changes and material ...