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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Software; Supply chain

(v) To update a file or database through acceptance of entered data.

Theoretical capacity

Software; Supply chain

The maximum output a given resource could generate if operated full-time and the optimal production rate was met.

A reservation of material based on an accepted order or system- generated planned order. The on-hand balance of an item, less the allocation, leaves the balance available for production or to promise ...

Evaporating cloud

Software; Supply chain

A conflict resolution tool used in the theory of constraints to identify assumptions related to a problem, create actions to solve or invalidate the assumptions and as a result resolve, or evaporate, ...

Quantity rounding

Software; Supply chain

System functions that modify the original result of a transaction by rounding up or down to a specified number of decimal places. Typically used when a unit of measure conversion is performed (cases ...

Demonstrated capacity

Software; Supply chain

Resource availability based on actual past performance used for planning future requirements.

Lead time

Software; Supply chain

The total amount of time between the recognition of a required task, operation or process and its completion. Elements of lead time can include order entry, material accumulation, machine setup, ...