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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Level inventory plan

Software; Supply chain

A plan that varies production levels in order to maintain a specific, even level of inventory over a given period of time, due to storage or other considerations.

Activities done to insure the operating availability of a production resource and its ability to meet process specifications. They are done on a pre-scheduled basis, or based on the identification by ...

Time-to-market

Software; Supply chain

The cycle time between product conception and fulfillment. Reduction in time-tomarket is a significant competitive advantage in industries with short product life cycles.

Association rules

Software; Supply chain

Rules that relate objects or events based on if this, then that logic.

Where-used

Software; Supply chain

A list of the all upper-level items that use a given component or material on their bill of material. Often used in tracing requirements and evaluating the impact of standards changes and material ...

Direct issue

Software; Supply chain

An issue to a specific production order based on the authorization created by generating a pick slip. Material is pulled from stock, immediately deducted from on-hand and transferred to the category ...