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De-Coupling Stock.
Inventory accumulated between dependent activities in the goods flow to reduce the need for completely synchronized operations.
Deduct Point.
The point in the production process up to which all the parts assumed to have been used (as defined in the bill of material) are "backflushed", (automatically deducted) from the inventory records. Also see Backflushing.
Demand Forecast.
See Forecast Demand
Demand Driven Supply Chains.
This is where a supply system is in direct response to a single point of demand. All the components across a supply chain are synchronized to meet the demand that it is trying to fulfill.
Demand Satisfaction Rate.
See Fill Rate
Denomination of Quantity.
See Unit of Measure
Dependent Demand.
A classification used in inventory control where the demand for one item has a direct mathematical relationship with the demand for another higher level or parent component and where the demand for that item is ultimately dependent on the demand for the higher level or parent item.
Deterministic Inventory Control Models.
An inventory control system where all the variables and parameters used are known, or can be calculated with certainty. The rate of demand for items, and the associated inventory costs, are assumed to be known with assurance and the replenishment lead time is assumed to be constant and independent of demand.
Direct Store Delivery (DSD).
Delivery by suppliers directly to their customers retail outlet, rather than via the retailers DC.
Distribution Requirement Planning DRPI.
The function of determining the need to replenish inventory at branch warehouses over a forward time period. A time-phased order point approach is used where planned orders at branch warehouse level are exploded via MRP logic to become gross requirements on the supplying source enabling the translation of inventory plans into material flows. In the case of multi-level distribution networks, this explosion process can continue down through the various levels of regional warehouses, master warehouse, factory warehouse etc and become input to the master production schedule.
Distribution Resource Planning DRPII.
The extension of MRP into the planning of the key resources contained in a distribution system.
DSD (Direct Store Delivery).
Delivery by suppliers directly to their customers retail outlet, rather than via the retailers DC.
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