- Forecast by SKU, cost, item, currencies, margin, country, channel, customer location, etc.
- Drive inventory and safety stock levels according to customer requirements using the Service Level Optimizer
Supply Chain Glossary - A
Supply Chain Glossary - A
- ABB
- ABC analysis also ABC classification
- ABC inventory control
- ABC
- ABM
- ABP
- absentee rate
- accelerated depreciation
- acceptable quality level (AQL) or AQL
- acceptable sampling plan
- accident prevention
- account manager
- accountability
- accounting
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- accumulation bin
- acid test ratio also quick asset ratio
- acknowledgment
- acquisition cost
- action report also action message
- active inventory
- active load
- activity analysis
- activity-based costing also activity-based cost accounting (ABC)
- activity dictionary
- activity driver
- activity level
- activity-on-arc network
- activity ratio
- actual cost of work performed
- actual cost system
- actual costs
- actual finish date
- actual start date
- actual volume
- adaptable
- adaptive smoothing
- adaptive
- additives
- adjudicate
- administrative contracting officer
- advance material request
- advanced planning system (APS)
- advertising
- after-sale service also field service
- agent
- aggregate inventory management
- aggregate inventory
- aggregate lead time also cumulative lead time
- aggregate reporting
- AGVS
- AI
- AIS
- algorithm
- allocated item
- allocated material also reserved material
- allocation costing also absorption costing
- allocative efficiency
- allowable cost
- allowed time
- alpha factor also smoothing constant
- alternate feedstock
- alternate operation
- alternate work center
- American
- amortization
- analog
- andon
- annual inventory count also physical inventory
- annual percentage rate
- annual physical inventory also physical inventory
- annualized contract
- annuity
- ANOVA
- ANSI
- anticipation inventories
- AOA
- AON
- AOQ
- AOQL
- APICS
- apparent authority
- appellant
- applications software
- appraisal costs
- appraisal
- appreciation of a currency
- APR
- APS
- AQL
- arbitrage
- arbitration
- arithmetic mean also mean
- arrival date
- arrow diagram method also activity-on-arrow network (AOA)
- arrow diagram
- ASCII
- ASN
- ASQ
- ASQC
- AS/RS
- assays
- assembly bin also accumulation bin
- assembly lead time
- assembly line
- assembly order
- assembly parts list
- assembly
- asset value
- assignable cause
- assigned material also reserved material
- assignee
- assignment also allocation
- assignor
- assumed receipt
- ATP is zero (even if deliveries have been promised).
- ATP
- attachment
- attractability efficiency
- attractor
- attribute data Go/no-go information.
- attrition factor
- audit
- authentication key
- authentication
- authorized deviation
- automated data capture system
- automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) or
- automated information system (AIS) or AIS
- automatic relief
- automatic rescheduling
- automation
- autonomation
- autonomous work group
- auxiliary item
- availability
- available capacity also capacity available
- available inventory
- available work
- average chart
- average collection period also receivables conversion period
- average cost per unit
- average fixed cost
- average forecast error
- average outgoing quality (AOQ) or AOQ
- average outgoing quality limit (AOQL) or AOQL
- average total cost
- average variable cost
- avoidable cost
- avoidable delay
- awareness efficiency
allocated material also reserved material
Syn: reserved material.
1) The classification of quantities of items that have been assigned to specific orders but have not yet been released from the stockroom to production. It is an "uncashed" stockroom requisition. 2) A process used to distribute material in short supply. Syn: assignment. See: reservation.
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- Italy
- Japan
- Latin America
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
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