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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.

Contributors in Supply chain

Supply chain

Cost of sales

Software; Supply chain

Cost of good sold (COGS) for a given sales period, or used in place of COGS in service industries.

Inventory usage

Software; Supply chain

The volume of inventory consumed for a given period of time, sometimes broken into demand from recurring requirements and from miscellaneous adjustments not considered as normal, or repeating.

Percent complete

Software; Supply chain

The estimated or measured completion status of a process or project used to analyse the probability of meeting a projected date, or in initiating a contracted progress payment.

Standard cost

Software; Supply chain

The normal or specified cost used as the basis for measurement against an actual. Standard costs for manufactured items include labor, material and overhead, and vendor acquisition, freight, duty ...

Parts list

Software; Supply chain

A listing of all components used in the production of a parent item that does not reflect its structure or intermediate levels, and is not useful in time-phasing requirements based on lead time ...

Special

Software; Supply chain

An ordered item that requires custom engineering, components or processing and is not considered a standard offering.

Cost accounting

Software; Supply chain

The discipline of estimating, tracking and controlling product and service costs. Accurate cost analysis helps provides the basis for make/buy decisions, market entry and exit, product and process ...

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