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Data Collection Terminals
These refer to any instrument or computer that acquires data from sensors via amplifiers, multiplexers, and any necessary analog to digital converters. Data collection terminals are typically associated with process industries.		 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Resources Planning is the current generation of the manufacturing resources planning systems installed in many manufacturing plants.
Forecasting & Replenishment
Forecasting seeks to predict levels of weekly or monthly product activity over a time horizon, typically two years. Replenishment, within a warehouse, is the process of moving inventory from secondary storage areas into fixed storage locations. Within a supply chain or a multi-plant environment, it is the process of moving inventory between facilities to meet demand.		 Inventory Management
Handles all functions related to the tracking and management of material. This would include the monitoring of material moved into and out of stockroom locations and the reconciling of the inventory balances. Also may include ABC analysis, lot tracking, cycle counting support, etc.
Labor Management — Workforce
 Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
A shop floor control system which includes either manual or automatic labor and production reporting as well as online inquiries and links to tasks that take place on the production floor. MES includes links to work orders, receipt of goods, shipping, quality control, maintenance, scheduling, and other related tasks.
Mobile Devices
A portable device that uses wireless technologies to transmit and exchange data. Along with mobile computing devices such as laptops and smart phones, PDAs represent the new frontier of computing as desktop computers find less and less favor among every day users.		 Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
A software application that uses bill of material, routing, inventory, work order, sales order, purchase order, transfer order, and other information to calculate requirements for materials.
Order & Fulfillment
In the company's Inventory Management Cycle, this is the vendor's business process. The vendor receives the purchase order from the company, picks and packs the merchandise, and sends it to the retailer.		 Picking Solutions
Printers
Generic term applied to data-processing devices that produce full-size hard copy from computers. Among impact printers: serial printers, line printers, chain printers, bar printers, wheel printers and matrix printers. Non-impact printers, like ink jet printers, are based on printing principles similar to those employed in cathode ray tubes.		 Product Lifecycle Management
The conditions a product is sold under will change over time. The product life cycle refers to the succession of stages a product goes through. Product Lifecycle Management is the succession of strategies used by management as a product goes through its life cycle.
Real-Time Production
Real-time production uses computers designed to receive, process, and respond to data within a time frame set by outside events, e.g., for air traffic control. In many real-time systems, severe consequences result if the timing and logical correctness of the system are not satisfied.		 Repetitive Manufacturing
The production of discrete units in a high-volume concentration of available capacity using fixed routings. Products may be standard or made from standard modules. Production management is usually based on the production rate.
RFID
RFID stands for radio frequency identification. It is an automatic identification technology whereby digital data encoded in an RFID tag or "smart label" is captured by a reader using radio waves.		 Shopfloor Management
Supply Chain Execution
Optimizes customer response by merging two important functions: the storage and delivery of finished goods. Execution may involve final assembly and packaging of products within the warehouse environment.		 Supply Chain Management
The use of information technology to endow automated intelligence to an ever-growing network of delivery vehicles, distribution centers, factories, and raw material suppliers. That way, each player in the supply chain to conduct business with the latest and best information from everyone else in the chain.
Supply Chain Services
 Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Systems that optimize assignments from plants to distribution centers, and from distribution centers to stores. The systems combine "moves" to ensure the most economical means are employed on a scale that no human planner could match.
Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Systems that integrate work performed within warehouses and distribution centers with a transactional-type information system. Simple storage and retrieval of materials is superseded by strategies to increase throughput and productivity.		 Wireless Gateway
A wireless gateway is a computer networking device that routes packets from a wireless LAN to another network, typically a wired WAN. Wireless gateways combine the functions of a wireless access point, a router, and often provide firewall functions as well.
Workflow Management
The ability to graphically designate and change the distribution and approval routings of documents related to business processes.

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