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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Promise date

Software; Supply chain

The shipment date committed to by a vendor. In some industries and contracts, the promise date is the date of delivery at the customer site.

Variable cost

Software; Supply chain

A cost for material, labour or overhead that changes in a traceable and measurable way due to changes in the volume of production units or operating hours in a given period.

An inventory verification method that uses periodic, scheduled counts of inventory and associated locations to determine accuracy. Count schemes may be designed based on usage volume, all parts in ...

Active ingredient

Software; Supply chain

The material or chemical in a batch or formula responsible for producing the desired result and giving the product its main characteristic. Other substances enhance or buffer the active ingredient, ...

Elapsed time

Software; Supply chain

The actual time between starting and ending an activity. labour and machine time entries are typically made either by directly entering an elapsed time, or by entering the start and end times and ...