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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Stock status report

Software; Supply chain

A report of on-hand inventory that may also include days of supply, allocation and availability information.

80/20 rule

Software; Supply chain

Rule based on Pareto's Law stating that 80% of an end result (quality problems, inventory valuation, distribution of wealth) comes from a source of 20% (items, number of people, etc.).

Earliest start date

Software; Supply chain

The earliest date an operation or project task can begin due to process constraints or material availability dictated by a previous task or operation.

Stockroom

Software; Supply chain

A storage area physically separated from production or other areas that has limited access. It is typically used to control critical or high dollar value items by issuing from the stockroom only ...

40/30/30 rule

Software; Supply chain

A rule that specifies the sources of quality problems as due to 40% from product design, 30% from manufacturing and 30% from vendors.

Dynamic lot size

Software; Supply chain

A lot size quantity that changes for successive orders of the same item based on cost, number of days supplied or optimization parameters.

Logistics network

Software; Supply chain

The linked set of resources used in moving and storing material at the required location and time, which can be classified as external (vendors, customers, distribution centres and transportation ...