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.

Industry: Software

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Help desk

Software; Supply chain

A dedicated internal organisational resource that provides technical or functional application problem-solving advice and followup to system users.

Offload

Software; Supply chain

To move a production or logistics requirement from the primary to an alternate resource due to capacity or timing constraints. Cost reporting systems segregate the variances caused by resource ...

Scalability

Software; Supply chain

The ability of a system to handle increased volume or complexity.

Cash-to-cash cycle

Software; Supply chain

The average elapsed time between payment to a vendor for materials or services and the receipt of payment from a customer for shipments.

Hosted

Software; Supply chain

A software, functional or network system provided by a third party who owns the underlying resource and provides access on a subscription basis determined by usage and service levels.

On order

Software; Supply chain

The total quantity of material on open purchase, production or replenishment orders- total scheduled receipts.

Scope creep

Software; Supply chain

The tendency of a project to include more tasks or to implement more systems than originally specified, which often leads to higher than planned project costs and an extension of the initial ...