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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Restock

Software; Supply chain

Return of goods previously moved/shipped to a stock location without modification or usage.

Bonded

Software; Supply chain

Contractual description of service delivery performance specifying terms and conditions that may involve posting a bond.

Foundry

Software; Supply chain

A contract manufacturing facility that provides production services to customers in the semiconductor and other industries.

A reorder system that places orders when on-hand and scheduled receipts reaches a predefined level, instead of using requirements suggested by MRP from a bill of material explosion. An order point ...

Setup

Software; Supply chain

The set of activities required to prepare a resource for a production run that requires different settings or tooling than the previous run. Setup costs include the labour required for machine ...

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

Software; Supply chain

The use of computer systems to program, setup, control, monitor and generate reports for manufacturing equipment and processes.

Indented bill of material

Software; Supply chain

A multiple-level bill of material listing the end item at the far left side (often noted as level 0), with the immediate lower level (1) components indented one place to the right. Items used in the ...