Sales plan
The sales plan represents the sales potential and is the starting point for planning. It shows how much of the respective product or product group can be sold.
ACL
is an actively chaotic warehouse, which is defined by the automatic assignment of storage bins.
ActiveX
Package of object-oriented tools and program technologies.
Add-on
Program connected to an existing PPS system according to the client/server principle, which is used to optimize weak or missing PPS functions.
Alpha Terminals
are character-oriented screens. The screen can usually only display 24 lines of 80 characters each. An image output is not possible.
ANX - Automated Network Exchange
Automative Network Exchange is a TCP/IP-based network for data transfer and e-commerce for all trading partners in the automotive sector.
APO - Advanced Planning and Optimizing
An APO module is a component of an ERP system and is used to plan and optimize sales order processing in real time throughout the entire supply chain while avoiding bottlenecks.
AppsWarehouse®
is a library compiled by ClassiX® from finished program modules, which represent individual business transactions.
For all areas of company-wide, business management applications, you will find very different software modules that can be combined to create individual complete solutions.
The program modules of AppsWarehouse® are real components in the sense of Component Ware, completely geared towards commercial application solutions.
APS - Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Describes functions for production planning under consideration of all restrictions.
Archive system
Serves the unchangeable, revision-safe final storage (storage) of information.
With electronic archive systems this is done by means of a database, which manages individual documents and containers.
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
One of two classic encodings of characters in a code that uses the first seven bits of a byte.
ASP - Application Service Provider
Rents (time-based fees) enterprise applications over the Internet.
ATP - Availability to Promise
This application checks the availability of materials and components across systems, simultaneously and at different levels in distribution centers, production plants and warehouse locations.
B2B - Business to Business
Electronic commerce over the Internet between businesses and companies
B2C - Business to Customer
Electronic commerce over the Internet between companies and customers
B2E - Business to Employee
Communication and exchange of information via the Internet between companies and employees.
Back-end systems
Enterprise systems that support the internal processing of orders: -> ERP systems or modules
Back Office
internal company processing all processes (e.g. further processing of complaints or orders)
Barcode
A printed horizontal strip with vertical bars of different widths, each representing a number.
Used in industry and trade for the identification/identification of products and parts, and in connection with a PDA system to register the location of the parts.
Barcode readers (scanners) are used for reading in.
BDE - Production data acquisition
System for managing personnel data, time recording data and machine data.
Processing time
Execution time of a work process without the setup time.
Inventory optimization
Method for reducing stocks in warehouse and production with material availability at all times.
BI - Business Intelligence
Information technology instruments that support the evaluation of knowledge available throughout the company.
for example: EIS,DSS,OLAP,Data Mining, MIS
BizTalk
Is a cross-platform e-commerce framework from Microsoft that allows companies to integrate applications and conduct business with trading partners and customers over the Internet.
BME Cat
XML vocabulary for describing the contents and structures of electronic catalogues.
It was developed on the initiative of the German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME).
Bottleneck
Bottleneck situation (bottleneck) with resources in the production process
Gross requirements calculation
Is the conversion of the production program into purchase orders and production orders for raw materials, parts and assemblies without taking inventories into account.
Built-to-order - order production
Concept for the individual manufacture of products according to customer requirements.
bullwhip effect
A phenomenon occurring in the supply chain, also known as the whip effect, which describes that a constant demand becomes more and more chaotic as it approaches the end of the supply chain.
A small fluctuation at the retailer is increased along the supply chain. Normally, the reaction is to increase inventory levels.
Business re-engineering
The term software re-engineering is closely related to the term business re-engineering. To maintain or create a lean organization, all business processes are re-examined for efficiency and profitability. Changes in business processes inevitably lead to changed requirements for the software. It must therefore be rewritten, which is usually no longer possible without appropriate software re-engineering.
C2C - Consumer to Consumer
Electronic interaction between customers (e.g. eBay)
C-Commerce - Collaborative Commerce
Workflow-controlled collaboration of different software systems along the value chain
(from the raw material supplier to the consumer)
ClassiX® Architecture
The ClassiX® architecture describes a division of software into the (relatively) volatile modules contained in AppsWarehouse®, which are written in InstantView, and the (relatively) static CyberEnterprise® Business OS, which forms the runtime for these modules written in C++. The modules access the business objects contained in the CyberEnterprise, which are implemented as classes in the CyberEnterprise® Business OS. This results in a modular system, in which the business objects can be assembled, manipulated and visualized as desired using InstantView®. Finally, individual application solutions are configured from the modules.
client-server architecture
In contrast to traditional host-based architecture, in client-server applications, the executed program (the client) retrieves the required data via a program (the server) that is specially used to manage the data and runs in parallel. The server program can also run somewhere in a - often even heterogeneous - network, on a completely different computer, with the data stored there.
COM - Component Object Model
Software standard from Microsoft, which is intended to greatly simplify communication between processes and programs.
COM is an open architecture for the cross-platform development of client-server applications based on object-oriented technology. Clients get access to an object via interfaces that are implemented for the object. COM builds its own object-oriented interface for this purpose, which other programs such as Internet Explorer 5.0 - or even just components in programs - use to access services that they were previously unable to realize. In this way, "COM controls" can be used to quickly integrate components into the software that not only the manufacturer itself, but also other providers have contributed. COM is language-neutral, so that any application that can be used to create ActiveX components can also be used to create COM applications.
Component Ware
Component goods are software modules from which complete applications can be assembled.
The program modules of AppsWarehouse® are real components in the sense of Component Ware, completely geared towards commercial application solutions.
Constrained-based planning (bottleneck-based planning)
Planning philosophy that focuses on bottlenecks to increase throughput, reduce inventory and lower operating costs.
The approach is based on the "Theory of Contraints", which was developed by Eli Goldratt.
It is a common method to reduce the complexity in a supply chain
and make it controllable.
CORBA
CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) is a standard defined by the OMG (Object Management Group) - a consortium of leading hardware and software manufacturers - which is intended to regulate how individual objects are to be exchanged between applications, even those of other manufacturers.
ClassiX® offers a CORBA interface for sending and receiving messages. Together with the messages, data such as characters or numbers can be transmitted to a limited extent. In addition, persistent objects can be transmitted between two ClassiX® applications.
CPC - Collaborative Product Commerce
Software solution to support the entire lifecycle of a product. By using internet technologies, product definition, construction, procurement, production, maintenance and service are brought together.
CRM - Customer Relationship Management System
Internet-based software solution for sales and distribution for customer relationship management.
CTI - Computer Telephone Integration
The cooperation of telephone system and database.
CTP - Capable-to-Promise
Delivery date promise
The CyberEnterprise comprises the entirety of all C++ classes of the CyberEnterprise® Business OS used for modeling and the business patterns that connect them.
The CyberEnterprise® Business OS is the core of every application, which is created based on the ClassiX architecture. It offers the following basic functionalities:
- an abstraction from the operating system
- the business objects of the CyberEnterprise used for modeling
- an interpretation of the InstantView language
- Basic interfaces such as database connection, WebServices, COM interface or other data exchange formats such as XML, JSON, CSV
data warehouse
Software solution that manages and stores large amounts of data and organizes their access.
Includes search techniques for fast term and file searches and data filters.
data marts
Data whose information is tailored to departmental requirements.
Each represent a section of the data warehouse for a specific user group.
Data highway
A data highway is a network of computers connected worldwide. Via certain entry points or nodes - usually accessible by telephone - anyone can join in via their terminal or PC and exchange data with other participants
Data Encapsulation
Data encapsulation is initially a purely technical term that describes the access to data of an object. So-called public data of an object can be read or written directly from outside. In contrast, so-called private data cannot be accessed directly from outside. This requires certain functions that must be called separately.
Especially in very large and complex programs, this mechanism prevents the data of an object from being negligently destroyed.
ClassiX® also uses this mechanism to automatically receive more and more targeted information from the business objects of the CyberEnterprise®.
If, for example, you want to see the text of a financial accounting posting, it becomes superfluous that all postings and offsetting entries must always have a text. Instead, the Text() function automatically searches for a posting text in the entered postings and outputs it
Contribution margin
Term for the gross profits determined in marginal costing (differential costing).
The contribution margin is the difference between unit price and variable unit costs. A positive contribution margin is called gross profit, the net profit is calculated by deducting the fixed costs for the quantity of goods sold.
(Calculated on the basis of cost unit accounting on the basis of variable costs (partial cost accounting system), which results from the difference between the variable costs and the revenues of the entire company from product groups or individual products. The contribution margin can be determined by direct costing as total contribution margin or by means of multi-level contribution margin accounting for each product or product type).
Deploy
The term "deploy" refers to the provision of a web application with the help of a servlet container, whereby the process of transferring the application to the servlet container is specifically meant.
Design-to-order
Process to manufacture customer-specific products, whose manufacture means significant innovations in the production process.
Disposition
Activity to determine the type, quantity and time of a certain requirement and to reschedule order or delivery quantities into order or delivery dates.
DMS - Document Management System
Document oriented system for the management of files in network environments.
Form characteristics:
- working together with documents
- Integration into processes
- Creation of document groups
- Version Management
- self-describing document objects
...
document imaging
Computer-aided acquisition, storage, search, modification and output of the electronic image of a paper document.
DPM
digital process for manufacturing
DRP - Distribution Requirement Planning
Stock calculation in the various supply warehouses on the basis of the planning approach selected in each case.
In multi-level distribution networks, replenishment orders must be resolved using a procedure similar to MRP logic.
Independently, the needs of the supply source are considered
DRP II - Distribution Resource Planning
Extension of the DRP concept, by including key resources (vehicles, money, work place, ...) in the network
DSS - Decision Support System
Decision support system, which provides solutions for query and reporting
EA - Enterprise Application
Enterprise software solution
EAI - Enterprise Application Integration
Middle-ware solution that simplifies the integration of application applications.
Ebit - earnings before interests and taxes
Operating result before interest and income taxes.
This financial parameter allows a better statement about the economic value of a company in contrast to turnover or earnings
E-Business
Electronic commerce over the Internet between businesses and companies, including B2B
E-Commerce
Electrical trade via the Internet between companies and customers, also B2C
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
Automatic exchange of structured data (orders, invoices, ...) between two application systems.
This enables the partners involved to streamline their processes and achieve considerable cost savings.
Is part of e-business.
Edifact - Electronic Data Interchange For Administration Commerce and Transport
Globally valid EDI standard (ISO 9735) with message types for a cross-industry spectrum of business transactions, such as the exchange of purchase orders.
Disadvantage: Edifact solutions are relatively expensive and complex.
EDM - Engineering Data Management
EDM systems support the data integration of departmental solutions available in the company such as CAD, CAM and PPS/ERP.
E-Forms
Electronic forms for the input, display, output and management of variable information.
in-house production time
The total processing time of a manufacturing level, also known as the in-house production time or lead time, is required in MRP to calculate the lead time shift of the order for this material.
The total processing time is the sum of the times for setup, processing and transition.
The setup time and the interoperation time are quantity-independent; the processing time depends on the order quantity. In the material master, you can define a quantity-dependent or quantity-independent in-house production time. You can update the quantity-dependent in-house production time in the material master using the scheduling function in routing management.
EIP
enterprise information portal
EIS - Executive Information Systems
Information system for access to and analysis of company data at management level.
Engineer-to-order
Products where customer specifications require one-off design efforts, major adaptations or newly purchased materials.
Each sales order results in a unique set of part numbers, bills of material and routings.
ENX - European Automative Network Exchange
Virtual networks, in which all common data exchange systems (email, video conference) are combined.
The transmission takes place via internet technology.
EPM - Enterprise Production Management
Solutions for production management, which can be integrated into and complement other existing operational software systems on the basis of open standards.
Event-oriented programs
are characterized by the fact that the user can determine the processing sequence on the screen independently. In combination with a graphical user interface and the corresponding mouse, the operator can switch from one field of one application window to a field of a completely different application window - even of a different program - as desired. In conventional software with Alpha Terminals, the processing sequence of an application is fixed in the program. Switching between different programs is time-consuming and only possible if the software used allows it.
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
Completely integrated software solutions for all business areas (production, finance, logistics, human resources, project, sales, etc.)
They offer functionalities for all processes in a company and consist of a series of modular and easy-to-implement components that access common data.
Extranet
A closed network of companies based on Internet technology that provides access not only to internal user groups but also to external participants such as dealers or suppliers.
facilities management
Software-supported building administration and management of plants, facilities and equipment after completion of construction.
fat client
Client/server concept, in which the client performs processing tasks in main memory and on hard disk and displays the results. The server only performs partial tasks.
Detailed planning
Process for detailed planning of all work steps for order processing in production.
Fifo - First in, first out
Putaway strategy in which the products that are put away first also leave the warehouse first.
Fofo - First off, first on
Putaway strategy in which the last products put away first leave the warehouse.
Forecasting
Function for forecasting sales trends.
Front Office
Facilities and applications that serve direct customer contact in the field of e-business.
(Call Center, Customer Relationship Management Systems)
Gantt chart (Gantt chart)
Horizontal bar chart that graphically represents the time links between the individual steps of a project. It is named after the engineer Henry Gantt, who developed this method in the early years of the 20th century.
Business Process
Every single activity in a company is part of a chain of other activities, is part of a superordinate business process. The analysis and design of such business processes are today supported by programs for workflow management. These programs describe the "places and states" between activities and the conditions for transitions.
Such chains of different activities of persons and machines involved in the company are specified by organisational guidelines of the company. They describe how to process the business transactions that arise.
These chains do not necessarily have to be single-level: Loops and parallel activities within the same business process are also common.
All IT applications of a company should optimally support these defined business processes, especially since ISO 9000 compliance is becoming increasingly important for every company.
Business Process Optimization
Activities to improve the added value of a business process, also known as business reengineering.
Gozinto Graph
a graph that is used in production planning for product and partial requirements calculation and as a preliminary stage for production scheduling and machine allocation planning. A. Vazsonyi jokingly coined the term, tracing the procedure back to the (non-existent) Italian mathematician Zepartzat Gozinto, whose name stands for "the part that goes into".
Graphical user interface
In a graphical user interface, a mouse is used in addition to the keyboard to operate the various graphical control elements (buttons, check boxes, list boxes, etc.) of an application window.
Groupware
It is based on office communication modules, linking the individual components with their own intelligence and making all tools available for task-oriented group collaboration.
Heterogeneous computer networks
consist of interconnected computers that are run under different operating systems.
HMI - Human-Machine-Interface
Human-machine interface
software user interface
host-based architecture
The easiest way to exchange data between different computers is to transfer entire data files: e.g. the data of all customers can be transferred from a central computer to a PC by copying the entire customer master file to the PC. (Different data formats and large amounts of data will be disregarded here). The central computer is referred to as the host, the transfer to a PC as down-loading, and the opposite direction as up-loading. This method is mainly used to transfer data to PCs for reporting purposes. Data is first formatted on a central computer and then transferred as a whole in a file to a PC, where it is formatted with a spreadsheet program or graphics application. The host-based architecture is now being replaced by the more flexible client-server architecture, in which data can be retrieved individually from the server by a client (PC).
HR- Human Resources
Payroll accounting module in an ERP application
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
Text description language for creating WWW documents, which can be displayed by a browser.
IDE - Interactive Development Environment
A program that facilitates the work of a software developer or a user by combining functions.
Internet
The Internet is the world's largest computer network, consisting of interconnected networks and individual resources.
The main services are electronic mail (e-mail), information (WWW), file transfer (FTP) and discussion forums (Usenet/Newsgroup).
Intranet
Network for information processing within a company or organization.
IPC - Industrial PC
A standard PC (SPC) specially adapted to a harsh production environment
Identification technologies
Identification techniques in industry, such as the scanning of barcodes by laser readers.
Interface
Interface - physical characteristics of the interconnections between facilities or systems.
Java
Object oriented, platform independent programming language developed by Sun.
A compiler translates an intermediate code from the source texts, which can be processed by an interpreter. Thus Java programs can run on all computer platforms for which a suitable interpreter exists.
JavaBeans
Reusable software components, which were realized in Java.
The integration into applications or applets is done by means of a graphical IDE. They are also compatible with ActiveX controls, and can therefore also be executed in ActiveX-enabled environments.
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity refers to a driver with which a database software provides an interface for Java programs or applets.
JIS - Just-In-Sequence
Integration of suppliers from pre-assembly to crisis management. For this purpose, suppliers are located in the immediate vicinity of production with their own manufacturing facilities or warehouse.
JIT - Just-In-Time
Timely delivery of required material to avoid stockpiling at the place of need.
Is widely used in the automotive and supplier industry.
job shop scheduling
Detailed production planning
JSP - Java Server Pages
Java Server Pages are a technology to create websites with dynamic content. Java is used in the background. The .jsp pages contain corresponding instructions, which are then executed on delivery. Mostly, larger web applications are realized with many .jsp pages. To deliver .jsp pages over the web, a servlet container is required.
Kanban
a control loop concept developed in Japan to optimize material and information flows.
Configuration system
Expert system, which contains the knowledge of the designers, and thus enables the salesperson in the sales talk to select a suitable product configuration for the customer and to create an offer immediately.
LAN - Local Area Network
Local network (e.g. company limited), in contrast to the WAN (Wide Area Network)
LiFo - Last in, first out
Putaway strategy in which the product that was put away last is always the first to be removed from stock.
Legacy System
Traditional IT solutions that are no longer state of the art as well as proprietary solutions.
Margin
The margin is the spread between exchange rates, buying and selling prices or debit and credit interest rates.
M-Commerce - Mobile commerce
Processing of transactions by means of mobile means of communication (e.g. mobile phone, palmtops)
MES - Manufacturing Execution System
Manufacturing and process control system.
Solutions that cover the I&C requirements from the control level to the production control level.
Includes Scada as well as MDE and BDE functionalities to record, archive and evaluate operating, machine and process data.
MIS - Management Information Systems
Inform management personnel about current company progress, such as production, sales or inventory figures.
Middleware
Software that connects application programs and a network.
MMI - Man-Machine Interface
Human-machine interface, user interface of a software.
Is more and more displaced by the term HMI.
Model-view-controller (MVC)
describes a pattern for the modularization of software that is in dialogue with an operator. Accordingly, software built according to this pattern consists of a model, in which the task-specific objects with their functionality and data are defined, the graphical user interface (view), if applicable, and a control module (control), which controls the communication between the interface (view) and these objects (model). This separation of program and user interface allows to design the human-machine interface completely individually and thus independent of the functionality of a program.
In ClassiX®, the CyberEnterprise® represents the model of a program, the powerful InstantView® commands belong to the areas view and control.
See also MVC model in Wikipedia.
MorphIT
Concept of an exchangeable and not necessarily local interface of a ClassiX application. This can be realized by a Web frontend, for example.
MTO - Make-to-order
Production environment in which a product or service is manufactured according to a customer order.
The product usually consists of a combination of standard and/or customized parts.
MTS - Make-to-stock
Production environment where products are finished before a customer order is received.
Customer orders are fulfilled from the warehouse and production is used to replenish these warehouses.
NFS - Network File System
Software for Unix systems, which enables the operator to integrate other network participants, such as DOS, Windows, OS/2 or Macintosh.
object-oriented software
In object-oriented software , program code is divided into so-called classes, each of which describes certain data and functions.
In CyberEnterprise® there is, for example, a class for date. Within this date class a current date is kept as information. In addition, typical functions associated with a date are defined in this class, such as queries for the day of the week, the calendar week, whether this day is a holiday, etc.
If you work with a class within a program, you create instances, i.e. copies, each with its own data. These instances, or copies of a class, are known as objects.
For example, you create a date object with the date 3/1/1994, another date object with the date 8/24/1994, and so on. Such date objects are then used, for example, to hold an order date or an order date.
The paradigm of object-oriented software technology, i.e. the specification of the basic properties such objects should have, is characterized by three terms:
Data Encapsulation
Inheritance
Polymorphism
The ClassiX® architecture is completely based on the principles of object-oriented software technology.
OCR - Optical Character Recognition
The recognition of printed or written characters by the computer.
ODBC - Open Database Connectivity
Interface developed by Microsoft that allows programs and other databases to access SQL databases.
Odette - Organisation for Data Exchange by Teletransmission in Europe
Protocol for data transfer in the EDI area, which is mainly used in the automotive and automotive supplier industry.
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding
Microsoft protocol, which allows to integrate parts of a Windows application into another Windows application (e.g. text).
OLTP
Online dialog systems such as R/3 (Online Transaction Processing) are characterized by a large number of users who process a common dataset in parallel and in real time.
On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
Describes data modelling in multidimensional structures for data analysis. With multidimensional processing, the data can be analyzed faster and more meaningful for decision making. The most important possibilities for manipulating the data cubes are Slice and Dice. To navigate within them, a drill down, roll up or drill cross can be performed.
PCL
passive chaotic warehouse
PDF - Portable Document Format
Document format of the company Adobe, whose contents can be read, displayed and printed with the freely available Acrobat Reader.
PDM - Product Data Management
System for product data management, which enables all parties involved in a complex product to work with the latest versions and variants.
persistent, transient
Objects that are stored in a database or in a file are also called persistent objects.
If an object only exists in the memory of a computer (RAM), it is called a transient object. When a program ends, all transient objects of this program are automatically deleted.
In ClassiX®, all objects can be created either as persistent or transient objects.
PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
Internet-supported organization of all processes throughout the entire product life cycle.
Plug-And-Play
Plug-And-Play refers to the immediate functionality of a system after different basic components have been plugged together as desired.
Originally, the term comes from the field of hardware, where, for example, network or other interface cards are inserted into a PC, which are ready for use immediately afterwards.
With the InstantView® Plug-And-Play tool you configure your special, immediately executable application from ready-made software modules.
With the InstantView® scripting language you can even program independent routines.
Polymorphism
The concept of polymorphism is closely linked to that of inheritance. It is perhaps also the most complicated within the object-oriented paradigm.
Polymorphism describes the behavior of inherited or derived objects, with respect to functions or properties of such objects.
If a certain function is defined in a class, this function is initially valid in all derived classes without any changes. Nevertheless, you can redefine this function in any derived class: it is also said to be "overdefined".
If such a redefined function is called for different objects within the inheritance hierarchy, different functions are executed for each object. It is said that the objects behave polymorphically.
In CyberEnterprise®, many objects are polymorphous. But also the modules written in InstantView® can be defined polymorphically.
PPS - production planning and control
The manufacturing module of an ERP system or stand-alone software solution to support the manufacturing organization.
Product Configurator
Allows the design of customer-specific product variants, taking into account the technical possibilities, and thus supports variant management.
Program modules
are the largest, independent software modules of a ClassiX® application. On the software side they represent individual business transactions with their business rules.
They consist exclusively of a series of InstantView® instructions that visualize and manipulate smaller software building blocks, the business objects from the CyberEnterprise® .
ClassiX® program modules are also object-oriented, which in turn allows them to become part of higher-level, larger program modules. Due to the inheritance mechanism, they can be reused very efficiently.
The program module, which wraps all other program modules, is then the actual application.
With its AppsWarehouse®, ClassiX® already delivers a multitude of finished applications and program modules, in order to provide IT support for every business transaction, no matter how complex.
Proprietary system
A proprietary system works predominantly according to rules set up by the manufacturer of the system. One is therefore very strongly manufacturer-bound.
The computer systems of the 70's and 80's were proprietary systems: Hardware and software - including the operating system - always belonged together.
The UNIX operating system bases its success on the fact that it is portable, i.e. it can be implemented relatively quickly for different hardware platforms. Only about 15% of the code is hardware-dependent. It is also said to be an open system because its specification is accessible. UNIX has thus become a standard operating system.
With regard to application software, there is still no standardization, and the variety of applications certainly does not make this easy.
ClassiX® has a very independent architecture, which is, however, fully disclosed. Every user has full control over the system, and dependency on the manufacturer is minimized.
public domain software
The term public domain software was originally coined in the USA because any software written with the help of public funds is the property of all inhabitants of the USA and should therefore be available to everyone.
Today, public domain software is generally considered to be software that is not subject to any intellectual property rights, licensing or usage conditions. Anyone may store, use or distribute such software.
Query - Query
Describes the process of communication with a database.
rapid application development
A rapid application development tool is a software tool that can be used to quickly create end applications.
The ClassiX® architecture guarantees the quick assembly of applications due to its modular character.
And because each application is built using InstantView®, even preliminary test applications can be seamlessly transformed into final applications (rapid prototyping).
Computer Networks
are distinguished as LAN (local area network) or WAN (wide area network): These are always computers that are connected to each other. The only difference is how far apart the computers are installed geographically and thus may depend on telecommunication services.
If the computers in the network run under different operating systems, we speak of heterogeneous networks.
Relational database
Database where the information is stored in tables and columns.
Offers the possibility of evaluation over several tables.
response time
The throughput time usually consists of the four components:
Processing time, move time, check time and wait time
together.
RFP - Request for Proposal
Tendering process
RFQ - Request for Quotes
Invitation to tender with the invitation to suppliers to submit bids.
ROI - Return of Investment
The return of invested financial resources per year, expressed as a percentage of the total investment sum.
Backward scheduling
Procedure for scheduling from the end time (for example, delivery date).
Scada - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Software solutions that visualize process sequences on the basis of material, equipment and personnel data.
The systems are used, for example, in the process, steel, food and manufacturing industries to monitor production processes in conjunction with PLC or IPC.
Scada systems are characterized by a high degree of configurability.
SCC - Supply Chain Council
A non-profit consortium founded in the USA in 1996 with the aim of developing a reference model (Supply Chain Operations Reference Model) for the supply chain (www.supply-chain.org)
SCM - Supply Chain Management
Coordination of all logistical processes and functions within the supply chain from supplier to consumer with the aim of optimising customer service while minimising costs.
SCM systems interlink the entire internal and external value-added chain, from raw material suppliers to end customers, by exchanging all relevant data between the links in the chain.
SCO - Supply Chain Optimization
Optimisation of the links in the logistics chain within companies with the aim of achieving improvements in customer service and the highest possible savings.
SCO add-ons develop from PPC or ERP data an information offer for bottleneck oriented planning, forecasting and decision making of internal and cross-company logistics processes.
Scor
Standardisation model of SCC.
SCP - Supply Chain Planning
Describes the decision-supporting, strategic aspect of the SCM, without, however, performing the operational tasks.
Servlet container
A servlet container is a web server that delivers .jsp pages to a browser. The instructions contained in the .jsp pages are executed. This makes it possible to create interactive web pages. Usually whole web applications are provided in this way. These web applications are deployed by means of a deployment mechanism in the servlet container.
SFA - Sales Force Automation
Technical term for automation of marketing, field service and sales, comparable to the term CAS, which is more widely used in Germany.
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
ISO standard for the description of languages for the representation of documents.
The aim is to separate the information from its presentation, thus enabling different presentations of the same information.
An SGML document uses a separate DTD file, which describes both the formatting codes (tags) contained in it and the structural design of the document.
SOA - Service Oriented Architecture
Architecture of software systems based on single, mostly smaller services, which can be addressed via a uniform protocol.
Software crisis
The term software crisis describes the frequently occurring problem that software developed according to user specifications no longer meets the current requirements when it is completed.
This is due to the speed at which business processes must be constantly updated in order to remain competitive.
It must also be considered that the communication between the later user and the software developer is not always successful.
ClassiX® has created an architecture that allows to quickly adapt existing applications to new requirements.
ClassiX® wants to enable the end user to create his own application solutions. The extent to which this should be done is entirely at the discretion of the respective company.
Software Re-Engineering
Software re-engineering is the modernization of old programs. It can have different reasons:
1. a modern programming language should be used
2. the old program is out of date due to many changes
is no longer sufficiently structured.
3. to improve user-friendliness.
In any case, the functionality of an application should at least be maintained, if not improved.
SPC
statistical process control
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
Technology by which a web client can authenticate the server and the data traffic between the two is encrypted.
Developed by Netscape and RSA Data Security
Master data
Dataset on which business processes are based and which is valid over a longer period of time, for example, bills of material.
Standard software
Manufacturers of standard software try to incorporate all conceivable wishes of every possible user into a program. Using so-called parameters, certain functionalities of a standard software can then be either activated or deactivated.
The advantage is that a larger number of companies use the same software - only with different parameters set differently in each case. This reduces costs and increases the stability of the program.
The disadvantage is the fact that every company always has certain wishes that have not been considered in the standard software so far.
Therefore, standard software must continue to be programmed again and again, with the result that each company again creates its own version of the so-called standard software.
This often results in problems when it comes to a release change of the standard software, as all own changes are lost.
Since a standard software also contains many features that not everyone uses, one works in a program package of such high complexity that it has to be constantly maintained at great expense.
A way out of this software crisis is offered by systems that consist from the outset of business objects that can be put together at will and are standardized and stable in themselves.
ClassiX® is such an innovative system.
Parts list
The bill of material (stock list) specifies - starting from the product or an assembly - in an analytical sort sequence, which groups and individual parts are contained and in what quantity.
TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
Total cost of an IT solution.
In addition to procurement costs, these include technical support, administration and end-user costs.
thin client
Client-server concept in which the client defines processing tasks and sends them to the server on which the processing takes place. The results are sent back to the client.
This makes processing speed and capacity less dependent on the client.
time to market
Time period from the development of a product to its marketability.
With market, product and technology cycles becoming shorter and shorter, the duration of this period is becoming increasingly decisive for the success of the company.
TOC - Theory of Constraints
Management philosophy developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Basic idea:
The material flow in a factory is essentially only influenced by a few boundary conditions.
In a flowing system there is only one narrowest point. The elimination of these bottlenecks leads to a smooth flow of material.
TQM - Total Quality Management
Focuses on quality as a strategic competitive factor.
The aim is to increase quality with unchanged or shortened processing times and the same or lower costs.
tracking and tracing
Computer-aided tracking of the entire internal and external transport processes from dispatch to delivery to the customer.
Transaction
A database transaction is defined by a start and an end time. All data changes between these two points in time are only valid if the end time is reached correctly. It is also said that at the end of a transaction, all data changes made during the transaction are committed to the database.
When a transaction starts, for example, to make a financial posting, the debit value on one account and the credit value on the offsetting account must be changed between the two start and end dates. If, for example, a power failure were to occur between the two points, only the debit account might have been changed, but the credit account might not have been changed yet, resulting in a balance difference.
However, the transaction mechanism reverses the change of the debit account because the end of the transaction was not reached (roll back). To finally carry out the financial posting, the entire transaction must be repeated.
UMS - Unified Messaging Service
Electronic mailbox with storage space on the server of an Internet service provider with e-mail, SMS, fax and voice mail functions.
Unix
A multi-user and multitask operating system.
Related Unix versions include the AIX developed by IBM and HPUX from Hewlett-Packard.
Company model
If data of a company (e.g. addresses and turnover of customers, or names and quantities of items in the warehouse) are organized in such a way that when processed with a computer, the mutual relationships between the data are also mapped (in the simplest case in the form of orders and invoices from customers), this is called a (data-based) company model. When a company is fully modelled, the correlations between the data are crucial.
ClassiX® supports this in particular by the possibility of dynamic referencing of business objects among each other.
A model's view of a company can be different; CyberEnterprise® sees a company purely from a business perspective.
Company-wide EDP
Initially, EDP was only used in the accounting department, but over the years other departments were gradually added. The aim was to reuse data once entered as often as possible during a business process.
This meant that data from an order could be used automatically for production, the delivery note and invoicing, and ultimately be transferred to the accounting department. This leads to integrated, company-wide EDP.
In this integration process, particular attention had to be paid to ensuring that data was stored redundancy-free. For example, a customer file was to supply both Sales and Distribution and Accounts Receivable Accounting with a customer³s data at the same time
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
A character string for the unique identification of a resource. Often used in the WWW in the form of Internet addresses, e.g. http://www.classix.de
USP - Unique Selling Proposition
Refers to the unique selling proposition communicated to customers that differentiates the company's product performance from that of its competitors.
Inheritance
To avoid having to constantly redefine object classes of similar properties, they can be derived from each other using the technique of inheritance. A derived class can initially do everything that the inheriting class can do. However, derived classes are more specialized, since they receive additional data and properties.
In this way, the reusability and stability of program code is significantly increased. This is because inheritance does not change the existing code, but simply adds new features or changes.
For example, in CyberEnterprise® an account class is defined with the property to add up certain data in certain periods. Account classes for financial accounting accounts with debit and credit, or parts accounts with quantities in different warehouses have been inherited from this class.
ClassiX® also offers inheritance for the program modules written with InstantView® : This way, new modules can be created very quickly, as they are derived from already existing modules and only the desired changes have to be specified.
Viewer
File viewer, which allows you to view the contents of a file without having to install the corresponding application.
Virtual world
A virtual world or virtual reality is calculated solely by data in a computer. The results of these calculations (computer animation) can be made visible on a screen; more recently they can also be projected directly onto the eyes with a helmet.
VMI - Vendor managed inventory
Instrument for improving the logistics chain. The supplier has access to the customer's stock and is responsible for maintaining the specified stock levels.
voice over IP
Telephoning via networks (Internet) that work with the IP standard.
In these procedures, the voice is converted into data packets which are then transmitted.
VPN - Virtual Private Network
Internet-based platform for a closed user group.
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
International industrial consortium maintained by the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT LCS), the INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique) in France and the Keio University in Japan.
The services of the company include
- a collection of information about the WWW for developers and users,
- reference code implementations for the creation and promotion of standards, and
- various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate the use of new technologies.
WAN - Wide Area Network
Long-distance telecommunications network as opposed to LAN.
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
Standard that will bring Internet content and other services to digital mobile phones and other wireless devices.
WAP partially accesses the Extensible Markup Language (XML) for structuring the contents and the Internet Protocol (IP) for transmission.
Web Shop
Website of a company on which products and/or services are offered.
web application
A web application is any application that is available and usable over the Internet or an intranet via a browser. If a web application has been implemented with the help of .jsp pages, it is provided with the help of a servlet container.
Workshop production
Oldest form of organization for industrial manufacturing processes.
It is selected when there is no general sequence of processing steps for the products and is only suitable for one-off and small batch production.
The equipment can be combined into separate units (e.g. turning shop, milling shop) according to the operation principle.
Reusability
Reusability refers to the long-cherished desire to be able to reuse code fragments again and again in a different context during the development of software
Workflow
Computer-aided automation of business processes, procedures or the forwarding of electronic documents (therefore often referred to as transaction processing).
WWW - world wide web (3W, w3, Web)
Often the www is equated with the Internet, in fact it is only one of several Internet services. The Internet itself is about 20 years older than the www. Access to www information is via browsers.
The w3 was developed in 1989 at the European Nuclear Research Centre in Geneva as a scientific data network. As a complete package, the new technology had its first public appearance in July 1992. By January 2000, there were already more than one billion websites on the web.
XML - Extensible Markup Language
Very simply structured language for the WWW, derived from the SGML language.
In the future, XML should enable the fast and secure exchange of information with very complex structures between completely different systems, such as ERP applications, in the e-business sector.
Supply chain
Sequence of deliveries from external business partners through the entire process to the delivery of a product to the end consumer.
Interim storage
Bearings for bridging bottlenecks in the material flow.
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