Reference
Glossary
The terms you'll meet in the app — from the ERP core to the aerospace and defense specifics.
ERP & manufacturing
- BOM (Bill of Material)
- The structured list of components and quantities that make up a product.
- Routing
- The sequence of operations (machining, inspection, assembly) that build a product, with labor and machine standards.
- Work Order (WO)
- A manufacturing order to produce a quantity of a product, with components and routing.
- MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
- The process of netting demand against supply to calculate what to make and buy, and when.
- Planned Order
- An MRP suggestion to make (buy flag) or purchase (buy flag) a product, ready to convert to a work order or PO.
- Requirement Line
- A line from an MRP run showing gross requirement, on-hand, net requirement, and planned release.
- Job Card
- A record of labor/operation time reported against a work order.
- Stock Ledger
- The running record of every inventory movement (receipt, issue, transfer, adjustment, completion).
- Goods Receipt (GR)
- The record of material received against a purchase order.
- GR-IR
- Goods receipt / invoice receipt posting that records the liability and inventory at receipt.
- COGS
- Cost of Goods Sold — the cost recognized when goods are shipped/sold.
- O2C
- Order-to-Cash — the process from sales order to cash received.
- P2P
- Procure-to-Pay — the process from purchase request to supplier payment.
Finance
- Journal Entry
- A double-entry posting of debits and credits across ledger accounts.
- Chart of Accounts
- The list of accounts used to categorize transactions.
- Accounting Period
- A defined posting window (month/quarter) used to control when entries are recorded.
- AR / AP
- Accounts Receivable (customer money owed) and Accounts Payable (supplier money owed).
- Cost Center
- A department or unit used to allocate costs.
Aerospace & defense
- AS9100
- The aerospace quality management system standard (based on ISO 9001) covering design, manufacturing, and traceability.
- ITAR
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations — controls export of defense articles and services.
- DFARS
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement — the DoD procurement rules, including supply-chain and cybersecurity clauses.
- FAR
- Federal Acquisition Regulation — the primary regulation for US federal government procurement.
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration — regulates aerospace and aircraft parts in the US.
- Certified Materials
- Materials with accompanying certification (e.g., mill certs, chemical/physical test reports) proving they meet spec.
- Traceability
- The ability to track a unit from its material lot through manufacturing to the shipped product.
- Country of Origin
- Where material or product was manufactured — critical for ITAR/DFARS and duty.
- ASN
- Advance Shipment Notice — a notification of a shipment before it arrives.
- Batch / Lot
- A defined quantity of material produced or received together, tracked for traceability.
In this app
- Workbench
- A custom page (e.g., Work Orders Workbench) that puts selected records and actions on one screen.
- Workflow
- An automation built in the auto-builder that reacts to a trigger and chains record operations.
- Custom page
- A purpose-built HTML screen in the app beyond the standard tables.