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Supply Chain Glossary - P

Supply Chain Glossary - P

procurement cycle also procurement lead time

Syn: procurement lead time.

A system, generally rule-based, to be used in design-to-order, engineer-to-order, or make-to-order environments where numerous product variations exist. Product configurators perform intelligent modeling of the part or product attributes and often create solid models, drawings, bills of material, and cost estimates that can be integrated into CAD/CAM and MRP II systems as well as sales order entry systems.

Cost allocated by some method to the products being produced. Initially recorded in asset (inventory) accounts, product costs become an expense (cost of sales) when the product is sold.

A strategy of making a product distinct from the competition on a nonprice basis such as availability, durability, quality, or reliability.


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