- 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 - N
Supply Chain Glossary - N
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- NAFTA
- national stock number (NSN) or NSN
- National
- NC
- near-critical activity
- need date
- negative float
- negligence
- negotiation
- nervousness
- net income (loss)
- net inventory also available inventory
- net operating cash flow
- net operating income
- net sales
- net weight
- net working capital
- netting
- network analysis
- network planning
- network
- new product development team also participative design/engineering
- NLRB
- no-touch exchange of dies (NTED) or NTED
- node
- noise
- nominal capacity also rated capacity
- nominal interest rate
- nominal trading partner
- non-value added
- nonconforming material
- nonconformity
- noncurrent assets
- nonexempt employee
- nonexempt positions
- nonlinear programming
- nonproduction material
- nonrecurring material
- nonscheduled hours
- nonsignificant part number
- NOPAT
- normal and proper usage
- normal distribution
- normalize
- North
- np chart
- NSN
- NTED
- number of affected units chart also np chart
- number of workers, and so on.
- numerical control (NC) or NC
normal distribution
A particular statistical distribution where most of the observations fall fairly close to one mean, and a deviation from the mean is as likely to be plus as it is to be minus. When graphed, the normal distribution takes the form of a bell-shaped curve.
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