order point


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order point

[′ȯrd·ər ‚pȯint]
(industrial engineering)
The inventory level at which a replenishment order must be placed.
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More than 80 years of experience, quality of product and value for money won the order for Tetra Pak CPS who took only two months to complete the project from order point to final commissioning.
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Established over six years ago, TOA Table provides one order point, one delivery and one invoice for a range of over 900 products chilled, frozen and ambient--saving customers and suppliers, time, money and of course all important 'food miles'.
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We have really worked on the customer service experience and connect with the customers at the order point.
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But since that item will be jeopardized, I'll get what's called an order point check-if the buyer can't afford to be out of that item, he can accept an order from that vendor, which could, in a sense, overstock them on other items.
Copping a DC attitude: Associated Food Stores has evolved its buying from pencil-and-paper hunches to a system of profit-building, computerized analysis--one warehouse at a time
Sheetz "provides an award-winning menu of Made*To*Order subz, sandwiches, saladz and specialty coffeez" which are ordered through unique touch-screen order point terminals.
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'Order Point' systems determine how many to order, whereas 'Periodic Review" systems determine how often to order as well (Silver and Peterson, 1985; Tersine, 1994).
Analysis of stock management gaming experiments and alternative ordering formulations
"The police wouldn't be able to do anything either except from a public order point of view so they'll have a free run of the road - but we don't really envisage any trouble."
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Replenishment stock is ordered from vendors when the on-hand balance reaches or falls below the order point. When this occurs, the amount that is ordered is the order quantity.
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The violence is not only wrong, but from the Orange Order point of view it is entirely self- defeating."
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order point = expected net demand during order lead time + factor.
Inventory management of repairable service parts for personal computers: a case study

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