- 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
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Supply Chain Glossary - W
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- wait time
- waiting line theory also queuing theory
- waiver
- walkthrough also pilot test
- wall-to-wall inventory
- WAN
- warehouse demand
- warehousing
- warrant of merchantability
- waterspider
- wave picking
- waybill
- Web directory
- Web page address
- Web page
- Web searching
- Web site
- Web surfing also
- weighted moving average
- what-if analysis
- what-if simulation
- where-used list
- wholesaler also distributor
- wide area network (WAN) or WAN
- WIP
- withdrawal
- work breakdown structure
- work cell
- work center schedule also dispatch list
- work center where-used
- work center
- work order
- work package
- work sampling
- work ticket also work order
- worker efficiency
- workers' compensation
- working capital also net working capital
- workload also load
- workstation
- world-class quality
- World
- write-off
- WWW
weighted moving average
An averaging technique in which the data to be averaged are not uniformly weighted but are given values according to their importance. See: moving average, simple moving average.
A supplier selection and rating approach that uses the input gathered in the categorical plan approach and assigns weights to each evaluation category. A weighted sum for each supplier is obtained and a comparison made. The weights used should sum to 100% for all categories. See: categorical plan.
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- Venezuela
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