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

A planning or schedule report that consolidates individual data into time groups, or buckets that are usually presented horizontally across the page. Enables easier review when the individual detail ...

online analytic processing (OLAP)

Software; Supply chain

Tools and methods that extract and perform multidimensional data analysis and enable a variety of views, such as rotation, summarization and trend analysis.

service level

Software; Supply chain

The extent to which a supplying resource satisfies customer requirements, often expressed in terms of error rate, resource availability or accuracy in meeting requested dates.

reconciliation

Software; Supply chain

The process of comparing two or more sets of data to resolve discrepancies and demonstrate proof of accuracy.

workstation

Software; Supply chain

The assigned location used by labor personnel to perform an operation, which may be composed of multiple tasks. Production lines are often a continuous stream of linked workstations.

cash-to-cash cycle

Software; Supply chain

The average elapsed time between payment to a vendor for materials or services and the receipt of payment from a customer for shipments.

hosted

Software; Supply chain

A software, functional or network system provided by a third party who owns the underlying resource and provides access on a subscription basis determined by usage and service levels.