- 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 - B
Supply Chain Glossary - B
- B2B
- B2C
- backbone
- backflush costing
- backhauling
- backlog
- backorder
- backup support
- backup/restore
- backward integration
- backward pass
- backward scheduling also back scheduling
- bad-debt loan ratio
- balance delay
- balance-of-stores record
- balance sheet
- balancing operations
- Baldrige
- bandwidth
- banner
- bar coding
- barrier to entry
- base demand
- base index also base series
- baseband coax
- baseline measures
- baseload demand also base demand
- basic stock also base inventory level
- batch formula also batch bill of materials
- batch number also lot number
- batch production also batch processing
- batch sensitivity factor
- batch sheet
- baud
- Bayesian analysis
- BCP
- beginning available balance also available inventory
- beginning inventory
- bench stocks also floor stocks
- benchmark measures
- best-in-class
- beta test
- bias
- bid evaluation
- bid pricing
- bid proposal
- bid
- big
- bilateral contract
- bill of activities
- bill of batches
- bill of capacity also bill of resources
- bill of distribution also distribution network structure
- bill of labor
- bill of lading (uniform)
- bill-of-material explosion
- bill-of-material processor
- bill-of-material structuring
- bill of operations also routing
- bill of resources
- bin location file
- bin reserve system also two-bin inventory system
- bin tag
- bin transfer
- bin trips
- bin
- bit
- black belt
- blanket order also blanket purchase order
- blanket purchase order
- blanket release
- blanket routing
- blemish
- blend formula
- blend off
- blend order
- blending department
- blending
- block scheduling
- block system
- blocked operations
- blowthrough also phantom bill of material
- blueprint
- body of knowledge
- boilerplate
- BOM
- bonded warehouse
- book inventory
- boolean algebra
- bottleneck
- bounded
- BPR
- bracketed recall
- brainstorming
- branch and bound
- branch warehouse also distribution center
- branch warehouse demand also warehouse demand
- brand loyalty
- brand manager
- brand name
- brand plan also market plan
- brand recognition
- branding
- break-bulk
- break-even chart
- break-even point
- break-even time
- breakdown maintenance
- breeder bill of material
- broadband
- broadcast system
- browser
- bubble chart
- bucketless system
- budget
- budgeted capacity
- budgeted cost of work performed
- budgeted cost of work scheduled
- buffer management
- buffer stock also safety stock
- build cycle
- bulk storage
- burden also overhead
- burden rate
- business continuation plan (BCP) or BCP
- business cycle
- business environment also operating environment
- business judgment rule
- business market also industrial market
- business planning
- business process
- business service
- business-to-consumer sales (B2C) or
- business unit
- buyer's market
- buyer behavior
- buyer code
- buyer cycle
- buyer/planner
- buying capacity also capacity buying
- by-product
- byte
beginning inventory
A statement of the inventory count at the end of last period, usually from a perpetual inventory record.
The process of measuring the company's products, services, costs, and practices. Two types of benchmarking exist-competitive, a comparison against your industry best, and process, a comparison of a process to the best-in-class. See: competitive benchmarking, performance benchmarking, process benchmarking.
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