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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Supply chain

A system where the production and movement of inventory items is determined by a preexisting schedule that authorises a material issue or transfer, or the start of a production operation. The using ...

Visibility

Software; Supply chain

The degree of insight into future requirements, or the key factors that will impact system performance.

Ladder

Software; Supply chain

In project management, a set of parallel activities that begin or stop at the same time.

Poka yoke

Software; Supply chain

The Japanese term for failsafe.

System integration test

Software; Supply chain

A project implementation activity that tests the interfaces between sets of programmes or functional areas in a proposed new system. It verifies the ability of the system to handle data and operating ...

Advanced planning and scheduling (APS)

Software; Supply chain

A real-time tool combining material and capacity planning at the same time, as opposed to separate batch material and capacity runs. APS tools use finite scheduling and material availability data to ...