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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Supply chain

A report of production or purchase orders that are projected to be delayed past the current schedule date. It should include the orders, products and facilities affected and provide reasons for the ...

Exogenous variable

Software; Supply chain

A variable caused by one or more variables not contained within the given model.

Manufacturing system

Software; Supply chain

In an ERP system, the functions and modules used to identify and plan demand and materials, analyse resource availability and requirements, and schedule, release and report production.

Rack

Software; Supply chain

A multi-tier storage system normally designed to handle pallets, cartons or other standard containers and designed for manual or automated pick/putaway access.

Warranty return

Software; Supply chain

An item returned by a customer for credit or repair under the terms specified at time of sale. Warranty tracking requires the use of individual order and/or serial numbers to properly recreate the ...

Design for test

Software; Supply chain

A design process that creates products and processes with automatic or integrated test and measurement systems.

Legacy system

Software; Supply chain

An existing or inherited system used to run significant business functions that will be used as the base for conversion to or integration with a new system. Legacy systems are typically replaced due ...