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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Bill of material (BOM)

Software; Supply chain

A structured list of the items used in making a parent assembly that reflects the actual production process in terms of timing and quantities consumed. It is constructed in conjunction with the ...

Flow process

Software; Supply chain

A process manufacturing environment where material moves in a continuous stream instead of a discrete batch.

Five why's

Software; Supply chain

A Japanese problem-analysis technique that asks 'why' five times when reviewing a problem or situation, with the belief that by the fifth 'why' the root cause will be discovered.

Metering

Software; Supply chain

The process of measuring the usage of volume of a system, such as software functions that monitor and sometimes control the number of concurrent users as specified in the licencing agreement.

1) In production, a lot or given quantity processed at the same time with the same process parameters. A batch may consist of more than one item number but all items are considered to have the same ...