Logistics · The lead time record · Element
The segments
Where within the journey the time and the variability actually accumulate.
The part
What it is
Order processing, supplier production, transit, customs and receiving each contribute, and the contributions are rarely proportional to their duration.
Customs and receiving are the two that most often dominate variability while being least visible.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Segment variability
How much it varies, which is where the buffer requirement originates.
Measure shared type