a method that allows manufacturers or retailers to communicate inventory needs for their shelves or assembly lines in near-real time via Web-based system
refers to moving a product from a manufacturing plant and delivering it directly to the customer with little or no material handling in between. It not only reduces material handling, but also reduces the need to store the products in the werehousing
a family of business models in which the buyer of a product provides certain information to a supplier of the product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining
the network of retailers, distributors, transporters, storage facilities and suppliers that participate in the sale, delivery and production of a particular product