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 part number composed of characters that do not imply anything about the characteristics of the part or the family it belongs to. Separate code and description fields are used to convey associated ...

Run time

Software; Supply chain

Time spent processing or transforming material against an order or schedule, and does not include setup, queue or move time.

Business intelligence

Software; Supply chain

Systems that provide directed background data and reporting tools to support and improve the decision-making process.

Green belt

Software; Supply chain

In the six sigma quality improvement methodology, a person who helps lead a team but is assigned on a project or part-time basis, as opposed to black belts who have fulltime responsibility.

Non-stationary demand

Software; Supply chain

A pattern in which demand is not constant for each time frame but varies due to seasonality, trend or other factors.

Rules-based

Software; Supply chain

A system that includes if, then, not equal to, not greater than or less than and other parameters to construct an allowable process or product. In describing the configuration of a product from a ...

Bulk issue

Software; Supply chain

Components and materials issued to the production floor based on the cumulative requirements for multiple production orders, shifts or days. Not used in to-order environments where lot traceability ...