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ASCM
SUPPLY CHAIN
De OT AgASCM
SUPPLY CHAIN
DICTIONARY
SEVENTEENTH EDITION
Editors
Paul H. Pittman, PhD, CFPIM, CSCP, Jonah
Professor of Operations Management
Indiana University Southeast
J. Brian Atwater, PhD, CPIM, Jonah
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Indiana University SoutheastSeventeenth edition—2022
Sixteenth edition—2019
Fifteenth edition—2016
Fourteenth edition—2013
Thirteenth edition—2010
Twelfth edition—2008 Oo
Eleventh edition—2005
Tenth edition—2002
Ninth edition—1998
Eighth edition—1995
Seventh edition—1992 o
Sixth edition—1987
Fifth edition—1982
Fourth edition—1980
Third edition—1970
Second edition—1966
First edition—1963
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ascm.orgForeword
‘The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is the global leader in supply chain
organizational transformation, innovation and leadership. As the largest non-profit association for
supply chain management, ASCM is an unbiased partner, connecting companies around the world
to the newest thought leadership on all aspects of supply chain. ASCM is built on the foundation
of APICS certification and training spanning over 65 years. As a reference to the supply chain
management field for over 59 years, the 17th edition of ASCM Supply Chain Dictionary (formerly
APICS Dictionary) continues to be an essential reference for the supply chain profession, APICS
certifications, certificates, endorsements, educational programs, and training materials.
As ASCM continues to grow and provide more services and products to our profession, our
end-to-end supply chain body of knowledge continues to grow and evolve. This edition of
the ASCM Supply Chain Dictionary reflects this growth and evolution with the inclusion of
terms from the new certificates in Procurement, Warehousing, and Planning. Furthermore,
new terms from the ASCM Enterprise Certification for Sustainability, as well as changes in
the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR Digital Standard) model and updates to APICS
professional certifications - CPIM, CSCP, and CLTD.
In this 17th edition of the ASCM Supply Chain Dictionary, we had several objectives we wanted
to achieve. Specifically, we wanted to:
1. Integrate and update key reference terms for the ASCM Enterprise Certification
for Sustainability
2. Include new terminology from the new certificates in Procurement, Warehousing and Planning,
3. Align definitions and integrate new terminology from the SCOR Digital Standard (SCOR DS)
and SCOR-P endorsement
4, Stay current with the field by updating and revising terms used for the Certified in Planning
Inventory Management (CPIM), the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), and the
Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD)
5. Include terms from the ASCM Digital Capabilities Model (DCM)
6. Include terms from Project Zebra and the EIU Resiliency Benchmark
7. Ensure the integrity of any changes to the dictionary by working with the subject matter
experts in each area to resolve any differences in shared terms between the programs,
certifications, endorsements, and designations
8. Improve definitions for consistent translation across multiple languages as the scope of the
dictionary's use becomes more international
\clusions and modifications submitted from our members
9. Incorporate suggester
10. Improve the overall quality of the definitions by correcting errors, grammar, and punctuation.All of these changes could not have been achieved without substantial assistance from the
editorial staff at ASCM and many subject matter experts. As the primary educational reference of
our discipline, its quality and value can only be sustained through the collective contributions of
our members. We will describe in more detail how we achieved each of these objectives.
With every edition of the dictionary, certification committee representatives provide changes
and additions to support the examinations. These committee members are familiar with the
need to have their terms tied to two or more references and written clearly for our readers to
understand. These changes are ongoing and coincide with every exam revision, as well as ongoing
job task analyses performed on each respective certification exam. As a primary reference for
every certification exam, the input these subject matter experts provide assures the dictionary is
current and aligned with the exam content manual (ECM) for each examination.
All new terms and definitions, along with proposed modifications of existing definitions, were
vetted through the editors and/or subject matter experts from other certification committees for
shared terms. This iterative process required the patience of many volunteers working diligently
to assure accuracy and quality.
As an important international reference, the dictionary continues to be translated into different
languages. During the process of translation, definitions are improved through the clarification
for more universal understanding. With the diversity of input from our international volunteers
working on the translations, definitions with context to a specific country are revealed and can be
changed for more international understanding. These improvements benefit all of our members
and professionals worldwide.
With every new edition, there is an opportunity for ASCM members worldwide to recommend
changes and additions. Every suggestion is carefully reviewed and incorporated following the
same process and standards for inclusion. There were many thoughtful recommendations
that were incorporated into this edition. The effort spent in carefully writing and tying each
recommendation to references enhances the likelihood those recommendations are included.
Finally, the overall goal with each editions to improve quality. While biggeris not necessarilybetter,
it is expected that as field evolves ts lexicon will evolve with it. In this edition, approximately 483
new terms were added, with along with many more updated or modified.Acknowledgements
The editors would specifically like to thank the following staff and volunteers for their careful
review of the ASCM Supply Chain Dictionary, 17th edition.
Jamie Luedtke, Senior Manager, Learning Delivery Systems for ASCM has again been a wonderful
dictionary project team leader and a pleasure to have on our team. Jamie was essential to our
success assuring all communication and content between the editors, ASCM staff, and ASCM
members and volunteer committees was handled in the most professional and timely manner. This
effort was particularly notable with the large number of inputs for this 17th edition.
Jen Storell, freelance copyeditor, for her meticulous review of every term in the dictionary to
assure correct grammar, punctuation, consistency, and overall quality.
ASCM staff members Douglas Kent, Executive Vice President, B2B Sales & Partnerships; Peter
Bolstorff, Executive Vice President, Growth & Intelligence; Sarah Zawadski, Manager, Test
Certification Development; and Carolina Cruz, Manager, Test Certification Development.
Nishat Ahmed, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP, CLTD, SCOR-P, CTL; Ayman Assaad, MBA, CSCP-F, SCOR-P;
Staffan Cederstrand, CPIM; Stephen N. Chapman, Ph.D., CPIM-F, CSCP; Ann K. Gatewood,
CPIM-F, CIRM, CSCP-F, CLTD-F; Dr. Cynthia Kalina-Kaminsky, CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, SCOR-P; Tricia
M. Kerns, Ed.., CPIM, CLTD; Monica Lammert, CPIM, CSCP, SCOR-P; Samer Majdi Almadhoun,
CSCP, CLTD, SCOR-P; Danie! Monikes, CSCP, CLTD; Jolanda Pretorius, CSCP, SCOR-P; MJ
‘Schoemaker, CSCP, CPF; Dennis Vegter; Thorsten Zedel, CPIM.[100 percent inspection + accept]
100 percent inspectionThe act of Inspecting ortesting,
every item in an incoming or outgoing lot.
14Points-W. Edwards Deming’s 14 management
practices to help companies increase thelr quality
and productivity: (1) create constancy of purpose for
Improving products and services; (2) adoptthe new
philosophy; (3) cease dependence on inspection to
achieve quality; (4) end the practice of awarding business
onprice alone and instead minimize total cost by
‘working with a single supplier; (6) Improve constantly
and forever every process for planning, production, and
service; (6) Institute training on the job; (7) adopt and,
Institute leadership; (8) drive out fear; (9) break down
barriers between staff areas; (10) eliminate slogans,
exhortations, and targets for the workforce; (Il) eliminate
‘numerical quotas for the workforce and numerical goals
for management; (12) remove barriers that rob people of
pride of workmanship and eliminate the annual rating
‘or merit system; (13) institute a vigorous program of
education and self-improvement for everyone; and (14)
put everybody in the company toworkto accomplish the
transformation. Syn. Deming's 14 Points,
3D printing-The process of layering materials to make
products and components using computer data. Syn:
additive manufacturing. See: rapid prototyping.
3PL-Abbreviation for third-party logistics.
away delivery verification-The practice of comparing
the information on purchase orders, receipts, and
Invoices to ensure that the correct items were received
andinvoiced.
40/30/30 rule-A rule that identifies the sources of
scrap, rework, and waste as 40 percent product design,
30 percent manufacturing processing, and 30 percent
supplier inefficiencies.
4PL-Abbreviation for fourth-party logistics.
80-20-A term referring to the Pareto principle. The
principle suggests that most effects come from relatively
few causes; that is, 80 percent ofthe effects (or sales or
costs) come from 20 percent of the possible causes (or
tems), See: ABC classification.
A
A3 method-A means of compactly describinga
business process,
‘ABB-Abbreviation for activity-based budgeting.
ABC-Abbreviation for activity-based cast accounting.
‘ABC analysis-Syn: ABC classification.
‘ABC classification-The classification of a group of
items in decreasing order of annual dollar volume (price
multiplied by projected volume) or other criteria. This
array Isthen split into three classes, called A, B, and C.
‘The A group usually represents 10 percent to 20 percent
bynumber of items and 50 percent to 70 percent by
projected dollar volume. Thenext grouping, B, usually
Tepresents about 20 percent of the items and about 20,
Percent ofthe dollar volume. The Cclass contains about
50 percent ofthe items and represents about 10 percent.
1030 percent of the dollar volume. The ABC principle
states that effort and money can be saved through
applying looser controls to the low-dollar-volume class
items than to the high-dollarvolume class items. The
ABC principle is applicable to inventories, purchasing,
and sales. Syns.: ABC analysis, distribution by value. See:
180-20, Pareto analysis, Pareto's law.
ABC frequency of access-A warehouse location that is
determined by both a product's ABC classification and by
the frequency with which itis removed or replaced.
ABCInventory control-An inventory control approach
based on ABC classification,
‘ABM-Abbreviation for activity-based management.
abnormal demand-Demand in any period that is
‘outside the limits established by management policy.
‘This demand may come from anew customer orfrom
existing customers whose own demand is increasing or
decreasing. Care must be taken in evaluating the nature
ofthe demand: Isita volume change? Isita change in
product mix? Isit related to the timing of the order? See:
outlier,
‘ABP-Abbreviation for activity-based planning.
absentee rate-A ratio comparing the number of
‘employee-days lost with the total number of available
‘employee-days of employment during some base period,
usually one month,
absorption costing-An approach to inventory valuation
inwhich variable costs and a portion of fixed costs are
assigned to each unit of production. The fixed costs are
usually allocated to units of output on the basis of direct
labor hours, machine hours, or material costs. Syn.
allocation costing. See: activity-based costing,
accelerated depreclation-A depreciation method
Involving large write-offs in the early years of an asset's
life and smaller write-offs later. This method reduces the
value of an asset faster than straight-line depreciation.
accept—To take receipt of an tem and affirm that itis,
‘complete and sound,
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