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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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Supply chain

network diagram

Software; Supply chain

The depiction of a system in terms of individual points (which may represent a location, resource, status or task) and the links between them used to pass goods, services, data or other ...

sales force automation (SFA)

Software; Supply chain

Software and systems that support sales staff lead generation, contact, scheduling, performance tracking and other functions. SFA functions are normally integrated with base systems that provide ...

attribute chart

Software; Supply chain

Results of quality tests that charts the percent and number of products or quality characteristics that do not conform to specification.

failsafe

Software; Supply chain

A process that uses controls and logic to stop an improper operation or transaction before it occurs and creates an error condition or defect. ex.- an entry program for distributing a single charge ...

marketing automation

Software; Supply chain

A subset of customer relationship management (CRM) functions that focuses on the definition, scheduling and tracking of marketing campaigns. It includes the identification of target markets, ...

quality at the source

Software; Supply chain

A system that certifies the acceptability of a vendor's goods or services by audits or demonstration of conformance to the required process, and eliminates the need for incoming inspection by the ...

volume flexibility

Software; Supply chain

The ability of a process to handle large variations in volume without significant changes in time or facility requirements.

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