ERP Internals/Glossary

This section provides an extensive list of terms with their definitions.


 * 1099
 * 401K
 * ABC
 * Accounting Equation
 * Accounting Period See Fiscal Year
 * Accural Basis
 * Activity-based Costing
 * Ad Hoc
 * Adjustment
 * Advanced Planning and Scheduling
 * Amortization
 * Analytics
 * API See Application Programming Interface
 * Application Programming Interface
 * APS See Advanced Planning and Scheduling
 * Asset
 * Audit
 * Audit Trail
 * Available to Promise
 * Average
 * Backflush
 * Back Order
 * Balance Sheet
 * Bank Account
 * Bank Statement
 * Bad Debt
 * Bar Code
 * Batch
 * BI See Business Intelligence
 * Bill of Lading
 * Bill of Materials
 * BOM See Bill on Materials
 * Bond
 * Bondholder
 * Branch
 * Budget
 * Burden See Overhead
 * Business Intelligence
 * Canada Pension Plan
 * Cash Basis
 * Cash on Delivery
 * Check
 * COD See Cash on Delivery
 * Contract Payment Reporting System
 * CPP See Canada Pension Plan
 * CPRS See Contract Payment Reporting System
 * Credit
 * CRM See Customer Relationship Marketing
 * Customer
 * Customer Relationship Marketing
 * Cycle Counting
 * Data Table
 * Debit
 * Debit Card
 * Department
 * Deposit
 * Depreciation
 * Direct Deposit
 * Discount Date
 * Donor
 * Drill Down
 * Drop Ship
 * Due Date
 * Economic Order Quantity
 * EDI See Electronic Data Interchange
 * EBIT
 * EBITDA
 * EI See Employment Insurance
 * Electronic Data Interchange
 * Employee
 * Employment Insurance
 * Enterprise
 * Enterprise Resource Planning
 * EOQ See Economic Order Quantity
 * Equity
 * ERP See Enterprise Resource Planning
 * Estimate
 * Extensible Markup Language
 * FIFO See First In First Out
 * Financial Statements
 * Finished Goods
 * First In First Out
 * Fiscal Year
 * Fixed Asset
 * FOB See Free on Board
 * Free on Board
 * FTE See Full Time Equivalent
 * Full Time Equivalent
 * GAAP
 * General Index of Financial Information
 * GIC See Guaranteed Investment Certificate
 * GIFI See General Index of Financial Information
 * GST
 * Guaranteed Investment Certificate
 * Haz Mat See Hazardous Materials
 * Holdback See Retainage
 * HR See Human Resources
 * Human Resources
 * Income Statement
 * IFRS
 * Interest
 * Invoice
 * Invoice Date
 * ISO 9000
 * Job
 * Key See Data Table
 * Last In First Out
 * Liability
 * LIFO See Last In First Out
 * Maintain
 * Master Production Schedule
 * Module
 * Module Administrator
 * Month End See Fiscal Year
 * MPN Manufacturer's Part Number
 * MPS See Master Production Schedule
 * MSRP - Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
 * Mutual Fund
 * NAICS See North American Industry Classification System
 * North American Industry Classification System
 * National Account
 * National Account
 * NMFC See National Motor Freight Classification
 * Outstanding
 * Overdue
 * Overhead
 * Overtime
 * Packing Slip
 * Parameter
 * Parts
 * Password
 * Petty Cash
 * Physical Count
 * Postal Code
 * Production Period
 * Progress Payment
 * Provincial Sales Tax
 * PST See Provincial Sales Tax
 * Purchase Order
 * Quarter
 * Quotation
 * Raw Materials
 * Receiving
 * Record of Employment
 * Request for Proposal
 * Request for Quotation
 * Requisition
 * Retainage
 * Return Material Authorization
 * RFP See Request for Proposal
 * RFQ See Request for Quotation
 * RMA See Return Material Authorization
 * ROE See Record of Employment
 * Routing
 * Sales Order
 * Sarbanes - Oxley
 * Seniority
 * Service Charge
 * Share
 * Shareholder
 * Shipping
 * Ship Via
 * Source Code
 * SRM See Supplier Relationship Marketing
 * SIN See Social Insurance Number
 * SKU See Stockkeeping Unit
 * Social Insurance Number
 * Social Security Number
 * SOX See Sarbanes - Oxley
 * SSN See Social Security Number
 * Supplier
 * Supplier Relationship Marketing
 * Supply Chain
 * Systems Administrator
 * T-4
 * Terms
 * Traveler
 * Unit of Measure
 * Universal Product Code
 * UDF See User Defined Field
 * UOM See Unit of Measure
 * UPC See Universal Product Code
 * Unallocated Cash
 * Union
 * User
 * User Defined Field
 * Vendor See Supplier
 * WCB See Workman's Compensation Board
 * Work Order
 * Workman's Compensation Board
 * Write off
 * XML See Extensible Markup Language
 * Year End See Fiscal Year
 * YTD - Year-To-Date
 * Zip Code