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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Current ratio

Software; Supply chain

A financial liquidity measure that divides current assets by current liabilities, with higher ratios indicating a more stable short-term position.

Kaizen

Software; Supply chain

The Japanese process of continuous improvement using problem-solving and analysis techniques that may include the use of fishbone diagrams, control charts, affinity diagrams and other tools.

Planned order receipt

Software; Supply chain

A future projected receipt based on the generation of a planned order that has not yet been firmed into a scheduled receipt.

Straight line depreciation

Software; Supply chain

A depreciation method that writes off an equal amount of the value of an asset over all periods in its estimated useful life.

Absorption

Software; Supply chain

The allocation of specific pools or groups of fixed costs to associated units of production by a predetermined percentage or dollar amount, based on unit cost, machine or labour hours, or other ...

Job

Software; Supply chain

A specific run, batch, lot or other discrete group of production with an identifiable beginning and end, and to which material usage and labour charges can be meaningfully assigned.