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

Material that has been partially processed but not yet transformed into its final state and not normally usable as is. The status of WIP material is usually described by its current routing operation ...

cascading receipts

Software; Supply chain

A feature in which a purchase order receipt quantity is applied to multiple open line items, beginning with the oldest open line and continuing to succeeding lines until the receipt quantity is ...

hockey stick

Software; Supply chain

The situation where the volume of shipments rises sharply at the end of the month as represented by the size of the bottom of the hockey stick as compared to the handle.

one-touch exchange of die (OTED)

Software; Supply chain

A setup reduction goal that reduces the process to a single step, or one touch.

serial number

Software; Supply chain

A set of characters that uniquely identifies a single unit and can be used for traceability and warranty purposes. It does not normally refer to the use of a single identifier for a batch or lot ...

receiving disposition

Software; Supply chain

A stocking location used in the receiving process, which may include the receiving dock, inspection, hold or material review, final primary or random location and others.