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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Supply chain

The verification that a new system or program will adequately process expected transaction volumes while providing acceptable response time. Volume tests of batch programs are required to estimate ...

bucketless

Software; Supply chain

A reporting system that presents a view of orders or records based on individual dates rather than accumulating into a larger time frame. Useful for short-term detail planning and analysis.

functional silo

Software; Supply chain

A functional group or department within an organization that acts as a silo or island in its lack of interaction with other groups and in not sharing its internal data or processes.

noise

Software; Supply chain

The difference between the predicted and observed values of a model due to random error including missing and incomplete data.

sales plan

Software; Supply chain

The aggregate or family-level plan used to provide the demand portion of the sales and operations planning process. It contains unit projections and the associated dollar value, and provides the ...

audit trail

Software; Supply chain

A system or report that provides the transactions and background data that created a current status.

fair share allocation

Software; Supply chain

An allocation of available inventory to customer and interplant orders, when the availability is less than the total required. If the total available quantity is 80% of the total required, it may ...