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| 1 sample t-test |
| 10+2 requirements |
| 100% inspection |
| 150% declining balance depreciation |
| 1D bar code |
| 2 sample t-test |
| 2 way pallet |
| 21 CFR Part 11 |
| 24/7 |
| 24/7/365 |
| 2D bar code |
| 2D box plot |
| 2D histogram |
| 2D normal probability plot |
| 2D scatter plot |
| 3 Mu |
| 360 degree feedback |
| 360 degree view |
| 3D bar code |
| 3D box plot |
| 3D design software |
| 3D digital modeling |
| 3D printing |
| 3D scatter plot |
| 3D ternary plot |
| 3GL |
| 3P |
| 3PL |
| 3R |
| 4 way pallet |
| 40/30/30 rule |
| 4D forklift |
| 4GL |
| 4PL |
| 5-point annual average |
| 5C |
| 5M |
| 5S |
| 6M |
| 6S |
| 7 product planning tools |
| 7 Quality tools |
| 7 wastes |
| 80/20 rule |
| 802 standards |
| 8D process |
| 9 wastes |
| A item |
| a posteriori analysis |
| a priori analysis |
| A+B bidding |
| a-frame |
| A/B testing |
| A3 report |
| ABA routing number |
| abandonment analysis |
| abandonment rate |
| abatement |
| ABC analysis |
| ABC classification |
| abductive reasoning |
| ability |
| ability test |
| ability to pay |
| abnormal demand |
| abnormal rate of return |
| abnormal spoilage |
| above the fold |
| abrasion |
| abrasion resistance |
| abrogation |
| abscissa |
| absentee rate |
| absolute advantage |
| absolute auction |
| absolute positioning |
| absorbency |
| absorption |
| absorption costing |
| abstract of bids |
| abstract reasoning |
| abstraction |
| Accelerated Commerical Release Operations Support System (ACROSS) |
| accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS) |
| accelerated depreciation |
| accelerated purchase |
| acceleration |
| accelerometer |
| acceptable daily exposure (ADE) |
| acceptable daily intake (ADI) |
| acceptable quality level (AQL) |
| acceptance |
| acceptance criteria |
| acceptance review |
| acceptance sampling |
| acceptance test |
| acceptance threshold |
| access control |
| access space |
| accessibilty |
| accessory |
| accessory planning |
| accident |
| accident cause |
| accident prevention |
| acclimation |
| accomodation desk |
| account |
| account executive |
| account management |
| account manager |
| account structure |
| accountability |
| accounting |
| accounting equation |
| accounting period |
| accounting principles |
| accounting principles board (APB) |
| accounting rate of return (ARR) |
| accounts payable (A/P) |
| accounts payable aging report |
| accounts receivable (A/R) |
| accounts receivable aging report |
| accounts receivable conversion (ARC) |
| accreditation |
| accreditation body |
| Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) |
| accrual |
| accrual accounting |
| accrual basis |
| accrued expense |
| accrued liability |
| accrued revenue |
| accrued vacation |
| accumulated deficit |
| accumulated depreciation |
| accumulation bin |
| accuracy |
| achieved availability (AA) |
| achievement test |
| acid number (AN) |
| acid test ratio |
| acknowledgement |
| acoustic emission (AE) |
| acoustic emission technology (AET) |
| acquisition |
| acquisition category |
| acquisition cost |
| acquisition plan |
| acquisition program baseline (APB) |
| acquisition value |
| act of God |
| act of man |
| action plan |
| action point (AP) |
| action required (AR) |
| action state |
| active block |
| active compliant robot |
| active component |
| active device |
| active employee |
| active ingredient |
| active inventory |
| active learning |
| active listening |
| active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) |
| active pharmaceutical ingredient starting material (APISM) |
| active repair time |
| active tag |
| active transponder |
| active users |
| activities, interests and opinions (AIO) |
| activity |
| activity based budgeting (ABB) |
| activity based costing (ABC) |
| activity based management (ABM) |
| activity based planning (ABP) |
| activity cost driver |
| activity cost worksheet |
| activity delay |
| activity driver |
| activity duration |
| activity history |
| activity quota |
| activity sequence |
| activity slack |
| activity split |
| actor |
| actual cost |
| actual cost of work performed (ACWP) |
| actual demand |
| actual duration |
| actual finish |
| actual start |
| actual time |
| actual yield |
| actuator |
| acute effect |
| acute exposure |
| Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL) |
| ad hoc query |
| ad valorem |
| ad valorem tax |
| adaptive control |
| adaptive experimentation (AE) |
| adaptive manufacturing |
| adaptive product |
| adaptive response rate single exponential smoothing (ARRSES) |
| adaptive smoothing |
| ADBUDG |
| add-on |
| add-on pricing |
| addendum |
| additive |
| additive process |
| address |
| addressable |
| adhesion promoter |
| adjunct account |
| adjusted mean absolute percentage error |
| adjusted R squared |
| adjusted trial balance |
| administrative expense |
| adopter category |
| adoption process |
| adsorption |
| adult learning theory |
| advance |
| advance order |
| advance to employee |
| advanced charge |
| advanced funding |
| advanced funding |
| advanced planning and scheduling (APS) |
| advanced product quality planning (APQP) |
| advanced programming interface (API) |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) |
| advanced shipment notification |
| advanced shipping notification (ASN) |
| adverse event (AE) |
| advertising allowance |
| advertising budget |
| advertising campaign |
| advertising effectiveness |
| advertising model |
| advertising substantiation |
| advocate |
| aerosol photometer |
| affected class |
| affected parties |
| affiliate |
| affiliate marketing |
| affinity diagram |
| affirmative action plan |
| affordability |
| affordance |
| after action review (AAR) |
| after sales support |
| after-tax deduction |
| aftermarket |
| against all risks |
| aged accounts payable |
| aged accounts receivable |
| aged inventory |
| aged trial balance |
| agency law |
| agent |
| aggregate capacity |
| aggregate demand |
| aggregate forecast |
| aggregate forecasting and replenishment (AFR) |
| aggregate inventory |
| aggregate planning |
| aggregate report |
| aggregator |
| agile manufacturing |
| agile reader |
| aging |
| agreed valuation |
| AGV routing |
| AIDA model |
| AIDAS model |
| air cargo |
| air cargo agent |
| air change rate |
| air ride suspension |
| air taxi |
| air velocity meter |
| air waybill |
| airborne particle counter |
| airborne particulate matter |
| airflow visualization |
| airline strategy |
| aisle captive AS/AR device |
| aisle to aisle AS/AR device |
| Akha spindle |
| aklae |
| alarm |
| alert |
| alert management |
| alert rules |
| algorithm |
| algorithmic language (ALGOL) |
| aliasing |
| alien corporation |
| alignment |
| alignment type |
| all commodity volume (ACV) |
| all risk clause |
| all water |
| all-cargo carrier |
| all-or-none bid |
| allocable cost |
| allocation |
| allowable total error |
| allowable, allocable and reasonable costs |
| allowance |
| allowance factor |
| allowance for bad debt |
| allowance for doubtful accounts |
| alloy |
| alongside |
| alpha risk |
| alpha service level |
| alpha smoothing factor |
| alpha test |
| alphanumeric |
| alt text |
| alternate ingredient |
| alternate operation |
| alternate part |
| alternate resource |
| alternate routing |
| alternative hypothesis |
| alternative order |
| aluminum frame conveyor |
| always-on |
| ambient temperature |
| American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) |
| American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) |
| American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) |
| American National Standards Institute (ANSI) |
| American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) |
| American Society for Quality (ASQ) |
| American Society for Transportation and Logistics (ASTL) |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) |
| American Style |
| American wire gauge (AWG) |
| amorphous |
| amortization |
| amortization expense |
| amortization schedule |
| amplification |
| amplitude modulation (AM) |
| amplitude shift keying (ASK) |
| analog |
| analog computer |
| analog simulation |
| analog-to-digital converter (ADC) |
| analogous estimate |
| analogous time series |
| analogy |
| analysis of alternatives (AoA) |
| analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) |
| analysis of means (ANOM) |
| analysis of variance (ANOVA) |
| analytic hierarchy process (AHP) |
| analytical methods |
| anchorage |
| anchoring |
| ancillary material (AM) |
| ancillary product |
| ancillary service |
| Anderson-Darling normality test |
| andon board |
| anecdotal |
| animatronics |
| annealing |
| anniversary billing |
| annual growth |
| annual inventory |
| annualized |
| annually recurring cost |
| anomaly |
| anonymous FTP |
| Ansoff matrix |
| antecedent |
| antenna |
| antenna gain |
| anti-collision |
| anti-dumping duty |
| anti-dumping law |
| anti-tampering |
| anticipated delay report |
| anticipation stock |
| antigen |
| antioxidant |
| antitrust law |
| any quantity rate (AQR) |
| Apache |
| Apex |
| API starting material |
| appeal process |
| appellant |
| application program interface (API) |
| application service provider (ASP) |
| application software |
| application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) |
| applied overhead |
| arithmetic logic unit (ALU) |
| arm |
| arrival notice |
| arrival of goods |
| arrow diagram |
| AS9100 |
| aspect ratio |
| assemble to order (ATO) |
| Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) |
| Association for Operations Management |
| association rules |
| assortment |
| attribute chart |
| audit trail |
| authorized work |
| auto ID |
| auto-create |
| auto-reschedule |
| automated clearing house (ACH) |
| automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) |
| automated optical inspection (AOI) |
| automated storage/retrieval system (AS/RS) |
| automated test equipment (ATE) |
| automated x-ray inspection (AXI) |
| automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) |
| automatic substitution |
| Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) |
| autoregressive (AR) |
| autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) |
| autoregressive model (AR) |
| autoregressive moving average (ARMA) |
| availability check |
| available to promise (ATP) |
| available work |
| average demand interval (ADI) |
| average incoming quality (AIQ) |
| average inventory level |
| average outgoing quality (AOQ) |
| average outgoing quality limit (AOQL) |
| back bill allowance (BB) |
| back end system |
| back office |
| back order |
| backdate |
| backfill scheduling |
| backflush |
| backlog |
| backward scheduling |
| balance sheet |
| balanced experiment |
| balanced scorecard |
| balloon number |
| bar chart |
| bar code |
| bar code reader |
| base standard |
| baseline |
| basic accounting equation |
| batch |
| batch bill of material |
| batch pull |
| batch-and-queue |
| Bayes’ Theorem |
| beer game |
| beginning inventory |
| benchmarking |
| best fit |
| best food day (BFD) |
| best of breed |
| best practices |
| beta risk |
| beta test |
| bi-directional bar code |
| bias |
| bill of activities |
| bill of lading (BOL) |
| bill of material (BOM) |
| bill of material comparison |
| bill of resource (BOR) |
| bin |
| black belt |
| blanket order |
| blanket order release |
| blend |
| blend optimization |
| blind count |
| block schedule |
| blowthrough |
| bolt-on |
| bonded |
| bonus pack |
| book inventory |
| bookings |
| bottleneck |
| Box-Behnken design |
| Box-Jenkins model |
| boxplot |
| brainstorming |
| brand development index (BDI) |
| break-even analysis |
| breeder bill of material |
| bricks and mortar |
| broadcast system |
| Brown and Sharpe wire gauge |
| bucketed |
| bucketless |
| budget |
| budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP) |
| budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS) |
| buffer |
| buffer management |
| bug |
| bulk issue |
| burden rate |
| business case scenario |
| business impact analysis (BIA) |
| business intelligence (BI) |
| business plan |
| business process mapping |
| business requirements |
| buy one, get one (BOGO) |
| buyer/planner |
| buyout |
| byproduct |
| cafeteria plan |
| calibrate |
| call center |
| campaign |
| capable to promise (CTP) |
| capacity |
| capacity requirements planning (CRP) |
| capital expense (CAPEX) |
| capitalize |
| card edge connector |
| carousel |
| carrying cost |
| cascading receipts |
| cash burn rate |
| cash flow |
| cash-to-cash cycle |
| catch weight |
| category |
| category development index (CDI) |
| category management |
| cause and effect diagram |
| cell |
| central limit theorem (CLT) |
| centralized |
| certificate of compliance |
| chain store |
| change management |
| channel |
| chart of accounts |
| chemical management |
| chi square test |
| child |
| chip on board (COB) |
| closed period |
| closed-loop MRP |
| cloud computing |
| co-op |
| co-packer |
| co-product |
| code 128 |
| code 39 |
| coefficient of variation |
| cold molding |
| collaborative |
| combined demand |
| complex manufacturing |
| computer-aided design (CAD) |
| computer-aided engineering (CAE) |
| computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) |
| computer-based training (CBT) |
| computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) |
| computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) |
| concurrent engineering |
| concurrent users |
| conference room pilot (CRP) |
| confidence interval |
| configuration management |
| configurator |
| consigned inventory |
| consolidated pick slip |
| consolidation |
| consumables |
| consumer packaged goods (CPG) |
| contact management |
| containerization |
| context-sensitive help |
| continuous flow process |
| continuous replenishment (CRP) |
| contract manufacturer |
| contract manufacturing |
| contract MRP |
| control group |
| control limit |
| control point |
| core bank |
| core competencies |
| core problem |
| cost accounting |
| cost center |
| cost driver |
| cost factor |
| cost object |
| cost of conformance |
| cost of goods sold (COGS) |
| cost of non-conformance |
| cost of quality |
| cost of sales |
| cost pool |
| cost roll |
| cost-plus pricing |
| cost/schedule control systems criteria (C/SCSC) |
| covariance |
| Cp |
| crew |
| critical path |
| critical ratio |
| cross docking |
| cross functional |
| cross selling |
| Croston Model |
| cumulative capacity |
| cumulative lead time |
| current asset |
| current cost (standard) |
| current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) |
| current liability |
| current ratio |
| current reality tree |
| current state map |
| curve fitting |
| custom |
| customer |
| customer relationship management(CRM) |
| cutover |
| cycle count |
| cycle redundancy check |
| cycle stock |
| cycle time |
| dairy forecasting |
| dangle |
| dashboard |
| data collection |
| data scrubbing |
| Datsu Chaku |
| days of supply (DOS) |
| days sales outstanding (DSO) |
| de-trend |
| decentralized |
| decimal precision |
| decision support system (DSS) |
| decision tree |
| dedicated equipment |
| defect analysis |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
| delivered duty paid (DDP) |
| Delphi technique |
| demand over lead time (DOLT) |
| demand pattern |
| demand response |
| Deming’s 14 points |
| demonstrated capacity |
| dependent demand |
| dependent variable |
| depreciation |
| design for manufacturability |
| design for test |
| design to order |
| designed for disassembly (DfD) |
| direct cost |
| direct issue |
| direct labor |
| direct store delivery (DSD) |
| directed putaway |
| discrete event |
| discrete lot size |
| discrete manufacturing |
| discriminant analysis |
| dispatch list |
| display |
| display ready case |
| distance learning |
| distribution center (DC) |
| distribution network |
| distribution resource planning (DRP) |
| distribution-centric |
| distributor |
| DMAIC methodology |
| dollarize |
| downtime |
| draft |
| drill down |
| drop ship |
| drum-buffer-rope |
| due date |
| dunning |
| dynamic lot size |
| e-commerce |
| earliest start date |
| earned hours |
| earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) |
| economic order quantity (EOQ) |
| economic value added (EVA) |
| economies of scale |
| effectiveness |
| effectivity date |
| efficiency |
| elapsed time |
| electronic data interchange (EDI) |
| electronic data interchange for administration, commerce, transport (EDIFACT) |
| electronic design automation (EDA) |
| electronic funds transfer (EFT) |
| end cap |
| end item |
| end user |
| ending inventory |
| endogenous variable |
| engineer to order (ETO) |
| engineering change notice (ECN) |
| engineering change request (ECR) |
| engineering change review board |
| enterprise resource planning (ERP) |
| enterprise system |
| entry criteria |
| equivalent units |
| European Article Number (EAN) |
| evaporating cloud |
| event management |
| exception message |
| excess inventory |
| execution |
| executive sponsor |
| exit criteria |
| exogenous variable |
| expedite |
| expiration date |
| exponential smoothing |
| extended producer responsibility (EPR) |
| external setup |
| extrinsic forecast |
| F-test |
| fabless |
| fabrication |
| facings |
| failsafe |
| failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) |
| fair share allocation |
| family |
| family mold |
| fault tolerance |
| favorable variance |
| features and options |
| field service |
| field size |
| fill rate |
| final assembly |
| final assembly schedule (FAS) |
| finished goods |
| finite capacity planning |
| finite scheduling |
| firm planned order (FPO) |
| firm zone |
| first article inspection |
| first in, first out (FIFO) |
| first order smoothing |
| first pick ratio |
| first ship date |
| fishbone diagram |
| five focusing steps |
| five nines |
| five why’s |
| fixed asset |
| fixed budget |
| fixed cost |
| fixed interval order |
| fixed lead time |
| fixed location |
| fixed lot size |
| fixed overhead |
| flat bill of material |
| flexible budget |
| flexible manufacturing system (FMS) |
| float |
| floor load |
| floor stock |
| flow order |
| flow process |
| flow rack |
| flow rate |
| focus forecasting |
| focused factory |
| force field analysis |
| forecast |
| forecast consumption |
| forecast error |
| forecast horizon |
| forecast period |
| form, fit, function (FFF) |
| formulation |
| forward scheduling |
| foundry |
| four wall inventory |
| Fourier series |
| fourth generation language (4GL) |
| fourth party logistics provider (4PL) |
| free on board (FOB) |
| free standing insert |
| front office |
| frozen standard |
| fulfillment house |
| full absorption |
| full pegging |
| full truckload (FTL) |
| functional design |
| functional silo |
| future reality tree (FRT) |
| future state |
| Gage R&R |
| Gantt chart |
| gap analysis |
| gateway work center |
| gemba |
| general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) |
| general ledger (GL) |
| generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) |
| global tag (GTAG) |
| good manufacturing practices (GMP) |
| gravity rack |
| green belt |
| green supply chain management (GSCM) |
| grinding machine |
| Groff lot size method |
| gross requirement |
| group code |
| group technology |
| groupware |
| Hawthorne effect |
| hazardous material |
| hedge inventory |
| heijunka |
| help desk |
| heuristic |
| hi-low |
| histogram |
| hit or miss |
| hockey stick |
| holding cost |
| Holt 2 parameter |
| Hoshin planning |
| hosted |
| human resources (HR) |
| hurdle rate |
| idle capacity |
| idle time |
| IEEE 802 standards |
| impact analysis |
| implementation approach |
| implementation plan |
| implementation team |
| implosion |
| Importer Security Filing (ISF) |
| imposed date |
| in-house |
| in-process inventory |
| in-transit |
| inactive |
| inbound logistics |
| incentive |
| incident tracking |
| income statement |
| incoming inspection |
| Incoterms |
| incremental cost |
| indented bill of material |
| indented where-used |
| independent demand |
| independent variable |
| indirect cost |
| indirect labor |
| infinite capacity planning |
| ingredient |
| injection |
| input-process-output (IPO) |
| input/output control (I/O) |
| instantly redeemable coupon (IRC) |
| intangible asset |
| integration |
| intellectual property |
| intelligent robot |
| inter-company |
| inter-plant |
| interactive |
| interchange |
| intermediate item |
| intermittent demand |
| intermodal shipment |
| internal data |
| internal rate of return (IRR) |
| internal setup |
| interoperable |
| interpolation |
| intrinsic forecast |
| inventory |
| inventory buffer |
| inventory management |
| inventory revaluation |
| inventory status |
| inventory turnover |
| inventory usage |
| inventory valuation |
| inventory write-off |
| investment decision |
| invitation to bid |
| invoice register |
| Ishiwaka diagram |
| islands of automation |
| ISO 14000 Standards |
| ISO 9000 Standards |
| issue |
| issue log |
| item master |
| item number |
| jidoka |
| job |
| job costing |
| job enlargement |
| job enrichment |
| job order |
| job shop |
| job status report |
| jobber |
| joint rate |
| judgmental forecasting |
| jury of executive opinion |
| just-in-time (JIT) |
| Juster scale |
| kaizen |
| kaizen event |
| kaizen teian |
| Kalman filter |
| kanban |
| Kano model analysis |
| keiretsu |
| Kendall rank correlation |
| key event |
| key performance indicator (KPI) |
| Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation |
| kit |
| kitting |
| knocked down |
| knowledge base |
| knowledge management |
| knowledge map |
| knowledge worker |
| kurtosis |
| labor content |
| labor cost |
| labor efficiency variance |
| labor grade |
| labor rate variance |
| labor utilization |
| labor work center |
| labor-intensive |
| ladder |
| lag time |
| lagging indicator |
| landed cost |
| last in, first out (LIFO) |
| late finish date |
| late start date |
| lateness |
| lead time |
| lead time offset |
| leading indicator |
| leaf |
| lean manufacturing |
| least squares |
| legacy system |
| less than truckload (LTL) |
| letter of credit |
| level |
| level inventory plan |
| level production plan |
| liability |
| licensing agreement |
| life cycle cost |
| Likert Scale |
| limiting operation |
| line balancing |
| line extension |
| line of sight |
| linear regression |
| linearity |
| link |
| load |
| load leveling |
| load profile |
| location |
| locator system |
| lockbox |
| logarithm |
| logic diagram |
| logical relationship |
| logistics network |
| Lorenz curve |
| lost sales analysis |
| lost time |
| lot |
| lot for lot (LFL or L4L) |
| lot ID |
| lot size |
| lot size rule |
| lot tracking |
| low level code |
| lower control limit (LCL) |
| lower level item |
| lumpy demand |
| machine center |
| machine hours |
| machine load report |
| machine utilization |
| machine vision |
| macro plan |
| maintenance costs |
| maintenance scheduling |
| maintenance, repair and operating items (MRO) |
| make or buy analysis |
| make to order (MTO) |
| make to stock (MTS) |
| Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award |
| man-hour |
| management by exception (MBE) |
| mandrel |
| manual reschedule |
| manufacturability |
| manufacturing calendar |
| manufacturing database |
| manufacturing environment |
| manufacturing execution system (MES) |
| manufacturing instructions |
| manufacturing lead time |
| manufacturing order |
| manufacturing resource planning (MRPII) |
| manufacturing system |
| manufacturing-centric |
| margin exception reporting |
| margin for error |
| marginal cost |
| market segment |
| market share |
| marketing automation |
| marketing campaign |
| mass production |
| master bill of lading |
| master black belt |
| master file |
| master production schedule (MPS) |
| master scheduling |
| material |
| material planner |
| material requirements planning (MRP) |
| material review board (MRB) |
| material safety data sheet (MSDS) |
| material usage variance |
| material-intensive |
| materials handling systems |
| materials management |
| matrix bill of material |
| maximum capacity |
| maximum on order |
| mean |
| mean absolute deviation (MAD) |
| mean time between failures (MTBF) |
| mean time to repair (MTTR) |
| median |
| melt index |
| message filter |
| metering |
| metric |
| milestone |
| military time |
| milk run |
| min-max ordering |
| minimum cost per period |
| minimum inventory level |
| minimum order quantity |
| miscellaneous issue |
| mitigation |
| mixed-mode manufacturing |
| mixed-model production |
| mode |
| model |
| modification |
| modular bill of material |
| Monte Carlo simulation |
| move time |
| moving average |
| muda |
| multi-user |
| multilevel backflush |
| multilevel bill of material |
| multilevel master production schedule |
| multiple currency |
| multiple regression |
| multiple units of measure |
| multipoint-to-multipoint |
| National Bureau of Standards (NBS) |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
| neck hanger |
| negative correlation |
| negative inventory |
| Nelson tests |
| nervous |
| nested |
| net assets |
| net cash flow |
| net change MRP |
| net requirements |
| net sales |
| netting |
| network diagram |
| node |
| noise |
| nominal data |
| nominal range |
| non value-added |
| non-conformance |
| non-inventoried item |
| non-recurring |
| non-significant part number |
| non-stationary demand |
| nondestructive testing |
| nonlinear |
| normal distribution |
| normalized data |
| not earlier than |
| not later than |
| notice of arrival |
| np chart |
| null hypothesis |
| numerical control (NC) |
| obsolescence |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
| off the shelf (OTS) |
| off-invoice |
| offload |
| offset |
| offshore |
| on order |
| on-hand inventory |
| on-time delivery |
| one piece flow |
| one-touch exchange of die (OTED) |
| online analytic processing (OLAP) |
| open order |
| open period(s) |
| operating expense (OPEX) |
| operation |
| operation backflushing |
| operation priority |
| operation sequence |
| operation time |
| operation where-used |
| opportunity cost |
| optimization |
| option |
| order |
| order book |
| order entry and billing |
| order point |
| order point system |
| order pooling |
| order quantity |
| order quantity modifier |
| order release |
| ordering cost |
| ordinal data |
| organizational change management (OCM) |
| original equipment manufacturer (OEM) |
| out of sequence |
| outbound logistics |
| outlier |
| output |
| outside operation |
| outsourcing |
| over, short and damaged (OS&D) |
| overflow location |
| overhead |
| overhead rate |
| overlapping operations |
| overlay |
| overrun |
| overstated |
| p chart |
| packing department |
| packing slip |
| paired t test |
| paradigm shift |
| parallel |
| parallel conversion |
| parent |
| Pareto’s law |
| part number |
| part period balancing (PPB) |
| parts list |
| parts per million (PPM) |
| past due |
| path |
| pattern detection |
| payout |
| paypoint |
| pegging |
| percent complete |
| period cost |
| period order quantity (POQ) |
| perpetual inventory |
| phantom |
| photomask |
| physical inventory |
| pick and place robot |
| pick list |
| pick list release |
| pick to clear |
| pick to light |
| piece part |
| piece rate |
| pilot |
| pipeline |
| Plackett-Burman design |
| plan-do-check-act (PDCA) |
| planned capacity |
| planned order |
| planned order receipt |
| planned order release |
| planner bill |
| planning horizon |
| planning system |
| platen |
| plying |
| point of purchase (POP) |
| point of sale (POS) |
| point of use |
| point-to-multipoint |
| point-to-point |
| poka yoke |
| pooling |
| population |
| positive correlation |
| positive float |
| post |
| post deduct |
| post-consumer |
| post-implementation audit |
| potency |
| power user |
| pre-consumer |
| pre-deduct |
| predecessor |
| predictive |
| premium freight |
| prerequisite tree |
| present value |
| prevention cost |
| preventive maintenance |
| pricing |
| primary location |
| primary operation |
| prime contractor |
| prior year (PY) |
| prioritization |
| probabilistic model |
| problem solving tools |
| process |
| process control |
| process costing |
| process manufacturing |
| process mapping |
| process sheet |
| process time |
| process view |
| procurement-centric |
| product acceptance |
| product code |
| product costs |
| product data management (PDM) |
| product definition |
| product family |
| product life cycle |
| product mix |
| product rationalization |
| product structure |
| production activity control (PAC) |
| production database |
| production line |
| production material |
| production order |
| production planning |
| production schedule |
| productivity |
| professional services automation (PSA) |
| profit |
| profit center |
| program |
| program evaluation and review technique (PERT) |
| programmable logic controller (PLC) |
| programmed production |
| progress payment |
| project |
| project calendar |
| project costing |
| project management |
| project team |
| projected balance |
| projected life |
| promise date |
| promotion |
| prospect |
| proximity sensor |
| pseudo item |
| pull system |
| purchase order |
| purchase order acknowledgment (POA) |
| purchase price variance (PPV) |
| purchase to order (PTO) |
| purchase to stock (PTS) |
| purchase-to-pay cycle |
| purchasing |
| purchasing lead time |
| push system |
| putaway |
| QS-9000 |
| qualitative data |
| qualitative simulation |
| quality |
| quality assurance (QA) |
| quality at the source |
| quality control (QC) |
| quality costs |
| quality function deployment (QFD) |
| quality hold |
| quality of service level (QoS) |
| quantitative data |
| quantity contract |
| quantity discount |
| quantity per |
| quantity rounding |
| quasi-experimental |
| queue |
| queue time |
| queuing theory |
| quick ratio |
| quick response |
| quiet zone |
| quote |
| r chart |
| RACI matrix |
| rack |
| radian |
| radio frequency automatic identification (RFID) |
| rainbow pallet |
| random location |
| random sample |
| random weight |
| range |
| rapid prototyping |
| rate variance |
| rate-based scheduling |
| rated capacity |
| raw material |
| readiness assessment |
| real-time |
| reason code |
| receiving |
| receiving disposition |
| recipe |
| reconciliation |
| recurring payables |
| redundancy |
| reefer |
| reengineering |
| refurbishment program |
| regeneration |
| regional distribution center (RDC) |
| regression analysis |
| relationship |
| release |
| remanufacturing |
| remote synchronization |
| reorder point |
| repair part |
| repeatability |
| repetitive manufacturing |
| replacement cost |
| replenishment order |
| report writer |
| request date |
| request for proposal (RFP) |
| request for quotation (RFQ) |
| requirements definition |
| requisition |
| rescheduling assumption |
| reserved |
| resource |
| resource driver |
| response time |
| restock |
| restocking charge |
| return on assets (ROA) |
| return on equity (ROE) |
| return on investment (ROI) |
| return to vendor (RTV) |
| returned goods authorization (RGA) |
| reverse engineering |
| reverse logistics |
| revision level |
| rework |
| risk analysis |
| robust |
| root cause analysis |
| rough cut capacity planning (RCCP) |
| routing |
| routing transit number |
| rules-based |
| run chart |
| run size |
| run time |
| safety lead time |
| safety stock |
| sales and operations plan (S&OP) |
| sales cycle |
| sales force automation (SFA) |
| sales history |
| sales plan |
| salvage value |
| sample size calculation |
| sampling |
| scalability |
| scale count |
| SCARA robot |
| scatter diagram |
| schedule compression |
| scheduled receipt |
| scheduling |
| scope |
| scope creep |
| SCOR Model (SCOR) |
| SCOT analysis (SCOT) |
| scrap |
| scrap factor |
| seasonality |
| seats |
| second order smoothing |
| seiban |
| self-billing |
| semi-finished |
| semi-significant part number |
| sensitivity analysis |
| sequencing |
| serial number |
| service center |
| service level |
| service part |
| settlement |
| setup |
| setup time |
| seven wastes |
| shelf life |
| shop calendar |
| shop floor control |
| shop order |
| shop packet |
| shortage report |
| shrinkage |
| significant part number |
| significant variance |
| Silver and Meal lot size algorithm |
| simple moving average |
| simple rate of return |
| simplification |
| simulation |
| single level |
| single level backflush |
| single level pegging |
| single minute exchange of die (SMED) |
| SIPOC model (SIPOC) |
| six sigma |
| skeining |
| skew |
| skills matrix |
| slack time |
| slow moving inventory |
| smoothing |
| smoothing factor |
| sourcing |
| spares |
| specific gravity |
| split lot |
| staging |
| stakeholder |
| standalone |
| standard |
| standard container |
| standard cost |
| standard deviation |
| standard distribution |
| standard operating procedures (SOP) |
| standard work |
| standardization |
| start date |
| startup |
| static lead time |
| statistical process control (SPC) |
| steering committee |
| stochastic |
| stock order |
| stock rotation |
| stock status report |
| stockkeeping unit (SKU) |
| stockout |
| stockroom |
| storage cost |
| straight line depreciation |
| strategic plan |
| stuff |
| subassembly |
| subcontractor |
| subject matter expert (SME) |
| substitution variance |
| suggested order |
| summarized bill of material |
| sunk cost |
| Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) |
| supplier |
| supplier rating |
| supplier scheduling |
| supply chain |
| supply chain execution (SCE) |
| supply chain management (SCM) |
| supply chain optimization |
| supply chain planning |
| supply item |
| SWOT analysis (SWOT) |
| synchronize |
| system integration test |
| Taguchi Method |
| takt time |
| target date |
| target pricing |
| task activity |
| teardown |
| tensile strength |
| theoretical capacity |
| theory of constraints (TOC) |
| third generation language (3GL) |
| third party (3P) |
| third party logistics provider (3PL) |
| throughput |
| tier 1, 2 supplier |
| time and attendance |
| time fence |
| time phased order point (TPOP) |
| time series |
| time stamp |
| time to market |
| time-based competition |
| timeliness |
| timesheet |
| tolerance level |
| toll manufacturing |
| tollgate |
| tool crib |
| tooling |
| top level (item) |
| top-down planning |
| total cost of ownership (TCO) |
| total quality control (TQC) |
| Toyota Production System (TPS) |
| tracking signal |
| trade allowance |
| trade program |
| trading exchange |
| trading partner |
| traffic management |
| transfer pricing |
| transient item |
| transition tree |
| traveler |
| trend analysis |
| tribal knowledge |
| trivial many |
| TRIZ |
| turnaround time |
| turnkey |
| twist |
| two bin inventory system |
| type I error |
| type II error |
| u chart |
| underrun |
| undesirable effect (UDE) |
| unfavorable variance |
| unintended consequence |
| unit load |
| unit of measure (UOM) |
| unit of measure conversion |
| unit test |
| unit value |
| univariate |
| Universal Product Code (UPC) |
| unplanned issue |
| unrestricted stock |
| unscheduled repair |
| upper control limit (UCL) |
| usage variance |
| usage-based pricing |
| user interface |
| user signoff |
| utilization |
| validation |
| valuation |
| value |
| value added tax (VAT) |
| value analysis |
| value chain |
| value contract |
| value engineering |
| value proposition |
| value stream mapping |
| value-added |
| variability |
| variable control chart |
| variable cost |
| variable lead time |
| variable length |
| variable overhead |
| variance |
| vehicle maintenance reporting standards (VMRS 2000) |
| vehicle restraint device |
| velocity costing |
| vendor |
| vendor certification |
| vendor restocking |
| vendor scheduling |
| vendor-managed inventory (VMI) |
| vertical integration |
| virtual organization |
| visibility |
| vision statement |
| visual control |
| visual inspection |
| visualization tool |
| voice of the customer (VOC) |
| voice of the employee (VOE) |
| volume flexibility |
| volume test |
| voucher number |
| wage rate |
| Wagner-Whitin algorithm |
| wall-to-wall inventory |
| wand |
| war risk |
| warehouse management system (WMS) |
| warehouse zone |
| warning limit |
| warranty return |
| waste |
| wave picking |
| wearable computer |
| wedge reader |
| weight/measurement ton |
| weighted moving average |
| weighted out |
| wharfage |
| what-if analysis |
| where-used |
| white noise |
| Winters 3 parameter model |
| wire-guided |
| wireless device |
| work breakdown structure (WBS) |
| work center |
| work center where-used |
| work in process (WIP) |
| work instructions |
| work order |
| work units |
| workaround |
| workflow |
| workforce flexibility |
| workgroup |
| working capital |
| workstation |
| world class |
| worsted spinning system |
| x-axis |
| X-bar chart |
| X12 EDI |
| y-axis |
| yard |
| year of manufacture |
| yellow belt |
| yield |
| yield management |
| z-axis |
| Z-Score |
| zero defects |
| zero float |
| zero inventory |
| zero sum game |
| zero-based budgeting |
| Zigbee |
| zone |
| zone charge |
| zone contract |
| zone picking |
| zulu time |