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.

Industry: Software

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Work breakdown structure

Software; Supply chain

A hierarchical definition of the tasks and activities of a project that normally begins with the highest-level activities and works downward into the individual tasks and components.

Discrete event

Software; Supply chain

A measurable, individual transaction or status change with specific start and end timing that can be attributed as a source of requirements or a trigger for other events.

A software contract that specifies acceptable usage and normally includes clauses regarding the right to copy, distribute and modify; the number of overall or concurrent users able to use the system; ...

Primary operation

Software; Supply chain

A routing operation used unless an alternate is selected when opening production orders, and the normal basis for MRP processing, capacity planning and standard cost estimation.

Tool crib

Software; Supply chain

A specific area dedicated to the storage of tooling items, which typically does not include production components. Locator and limited-physical access systems are often useful based on the amount of ...

Family

Software; Supply chain

A group of individual items considered to have the same characteristics for purposes of creating aggregate production, capacity, financial or sales plans.