Glossary
- activity-based costing (ABC)
A technique for allocating indirect costs to production activities, making indirect costs more comparable to direct costs and permitting a better assessment of the true cost of creating each product.
- advanced planning and scheduling (APS) system
A type of software that uses mathematical models and related techniques to find optimal solutions to complex production and supply problems.
- See also [optimizer]
- See also [linear programming]
- advance shipping notice (ASN)
A document sent by a supplier to a customer to indicate when an order will be shipped. ASNs are usually transmitted electronically.
- aggregate forecast
A forecast based on product or customer data that has been grouped by similarity.
- See also [aggregation ...
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