Advanced Manufacturing Administration Glossary

Term	Definition
Assembly Item	An assembly item is an inventory item made of several components, but identified as a single item. Assemblies are manufactured by combining raw materials you stock.
Backflush	Backflush accounting delays the recording of costs until goods are built. Then, standard costs are used to work backwards to flush out the manufacturing costs. Typically used in Just-In-Time environments to eliminate the detailed tracking of costs.
Bill of Materials (BOM)	A list of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts needed to manufacture a product.
Bins	Bin Management uses bins to identify where inventory items are stored and to track on-hand quantities.
Capacity Planning	Capacity planning enables you to determine the production capacity an organization needs to meet product demands. It is the maximum amount of work the organization is capable of in a period of time.
CSV Imports	CSV (comma-separated value) import transfers one to many, small to medium-sized data sets from other applications into NetSuite, avoiding the need for manual data entry.
Downtime	Downtime refers to a period of time that a system is unavailable or offline and fails to perform its primary function.
Finite Scheduling	Finite capacity scheduling produces a specific amount of work within a defined time period, taking resource limitations into consideration. This process ensures that work proceeds evenly and efficiently throughout the plant.
Lot Control	Lot Control ensures that each inventory item that flows through a warehouse can be tracked to its group of origin, or lot.
Material Loss	Material losses could come in the form of waste, scrape, spoilage and defects and occur during handling, storage, or manufacturing loss.
Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCP)	RCP is the long-term planning process that balances available resources and required resources to the master schedule. The SuiteApp verifies that you have enough capacity to meet scheduled production. The Advanced Manufacturing SuiteApp evaluates the demand for assembly items against the work center’s availability to report percentage work center use over time.
Routing Records	A manufacturing routing is a template that contains the list of steps required to build an assembly item.
Scrap	The unusable loss which is measurable, has some value, and can be sold or repurposed.
Serialization	The process through which inventory items are identified by an associated serial number.
Subsidiaries	A subsidiary is a (child) company owned by another (parent) company. The Advanced Manufacturing SuiteApp uses subsidiaries in OneWorld accounts.
Throughput	Total volume of production through the facility (machine, work center, department, plant, or network of plants).
Traveler	A work order traveler tracks the status of operations in the Manufacturing process.
WMS	A warehouse management system (WMS) is a software application that supports daily warehouse operations. WMS programs enable centralized task management such as tracking inventory levels and stock locations.
Work Bench	An Advanced Manufacturing work bench is linked to a NetSuite routing record.
Work Center	A work center can consist of one or more people and machines, and can represent a logical grouping of machines, a department, or a cost center.
Work Order	Work orders track the production of items and the quantities needed to replenish stock or to fill orders.

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