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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Order quantity modifier

Software; Supply chain

A rule that supersedes an originally-calculated lot size. For example, a fixed lot size rule of 50 with a minimum order quantity modifier of 200 would generate a suggested order of 200 even if ...

Shelf life

Software; Supply chain

The standard amount of days a given item can be stored after a receipt before it must be tested, or is declared unusable for shipments or production purposes.

The graphical representation of the current status of a system or process that defines its inputs, data flow and outputs and provides the starting point for identifying changes required to reach a ...

Kanban

Software; Supply chain

A Just-in-Time technique developed in Japan at the Toyota Corporation in which a work centre or department uses a visible card, token or other signal (kanban) to pull material from a feeder work ...

Planner bill

Software; Supply chain

A bill of material constructed to arrange items within a given family or group that specifies the percent of each in terms of usage or sales. Often used to explode forecasts from a family level to ...

Subassembly

Software; Supply chain

An intermediate level assembly used in the production of an upper level.

Acceptance sampling

Software; Supply chain

Predetermined rules for choosing and analysing samples of production or purchased material based on third-party agreements or previous experience with product, equipment, date, vendor or other ...