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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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cumulative lead time
Software; Supply chain
Total lead time for an end item, calculated by taking the individual lead times for all items on the critical path through all levels of the bill of material. The cumulative lead time describes the ...
job costing
Software; Supply chain
The identification of standard or actual costs with items produced on a specific job, or run, as compared to an allocation based on department or time.
pipeline
Software; Supply chain
The backlog of unfilled orders, or of material ready to be or already being processed.
supply chain
Software; Supply chain
The linked set of resources and processes that begins with the sourcing of raw material and extends through the delivery of end items to the final customer. It includes vendors, manufacturing ...
current asset
Software; Supply chain
Assets normally expected to be converted to cash or consumed during the normal operating business cycle (or one year), which usually includes cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable and ...
plan-do-check-action (PDCA)
Software; Supply chain
A four step quality improvement cycle, based on a process described by Walter Shewhart, that involves continuous improvement based on analysis, design, execution and evaluation. Sometimes referred to ...
