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The estimated date of delivery ( EDD ), also known as expected date of confinement, [1] and estimated due date or simply due date, is a term describing the estimated delivery date for a pregnant woman. [2] Normal pregnancies last between 38 and 42 weeks. [3] Children are delivered on their expected due date about 4% of the time.
DIFOT. DIFOT ( delivery in full, on time) or OTIF ( on-time and in-full [delivery]) is a measurement of logistics or delivery performance within a supply chain. Usually expressed as a percentage, [1] it measures whether the supply chain was able to deliver: the expected product (reference and quality) in the quantity ordered by the customer.
Delivery performance (DP) is a broadly used standard KPI measurement in supply chains to measure the fulfillment of a customer's demand to the wish date. [1] Following the nomenclature of the DR-DP-Matrix three main approaches to measure DP can be distinguished: Type of measurement: volume (V)/singular (S) Type of view: on time (T)/ delivery (D)
Available-to-promise ( ATP) is a business function that provides a response to customer order inquiries, based on resource availability. [1] It generates available quantities of the requested product, and delivery due dates. Therefore, ATP supports order promising and fulfillment, aiming to manage demand and match it to production plans.
Calculation. Delivery schedule adherence is calculated by dividing the number of “on time” deliveries in a period by the total number of deliveries made. The result is then multiplied by 100 and expressed as a percentage. It is common for businesses to delineate the delivery schedule adherence results by supplier - this facilitates ranking ...
Economic order quantity. Economic order quantity ( EOQ ), also known as financial purchase quantity or economic buying quantity, [citation needed] is the order quantity that minimizes the total holding costs and ordering costs in inventory management. It is one of the oldest classical production scheduling models.
In project management, a critical path is the sequence of project network activities that adds up to the longest overall duration, regardless of whether that longest duration has float or not. This determines the shortest time possible to complete the project. "Total float" (unused time) can occur within the critical path.
Lead time. A lead time is the latency between the initiation and completion of a process. For example, the lead time between the placement of an order and delivery of new cars by a given manufacturer might be between 2 weeks and 6 months, depending on various particularities. One business dictionary defines "manufacturing lead time" as the ...