Supply Chain and ERP Glossary
Industrial logistics vocabulary
The purpose of the ALOER glossary is to briefly define words, terms, expressions or acronyms from the specialized vocabulary of the supply chain industry. Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP, computer software and industry regulations.
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- APICS ASCM — Association for Supply Chain Management
- BtoB or Business to Business — definition
- Bullwhip Effect — What is the Bullwhip Effect?
- Carbon footprint assessment and Green Supply Chain — definition
- CMMS — Computerized Maintenance Management System — definition
- Consulting – définition
- Cross-channel — multi-channel and omnichannel — definitions
- Inventory Holding Cost — Definition
- IoT — Internet of Things — definition
- Lead time — definition
- Material Requirements Planning — MRP — definition
- Micro-fulfillment or Micro-execution — definition
- Ordering Cost — OC — Definition
- QR code — definition
- Supply Chain Execution — SCE — definition