SUPPLY CHAIN VISION LOGISTICS TERMS and GLOSSARY Updated October 2003 Authentication: 1)The process of verifying the eligibil ity of a device, originator, or individual to access specific categories of information or to enter specific areas of a facility. This process involves matching machine-readable code with a predetermined list of authorized end users. 2)A practice of establishing the validity of a transmission, message, device, or originator, which was designed to provide protection against fraudulent transmissions Authentication Key: a short string of characters used to authenticate transactions between trading partners Automated Call Distribution(ACD): A feature of large call center or"Customer Interaction Center"telephone switches that routes calls by rules such as next available employee, skill-set Automated Clearinghouse (ACH): Automated Clearinghouse. A nationwide electronic payments system, which more than 15,000 financial institutions use, on behalf of 100,000 corporations and millions of consumer in the U.S. The funds transfer system of choice among businesses that make electronic payments to vendors, it B economical and can carry remittance information in standardized computer processable data formats Automated Guided Vehicle System(AGVS):A transportation network that automatically routes one or more material handling devices, such as carts or pallet trucks, and positions them at predetermined destinations without operator intervention Automated Storage/Retrieval System(As/RS): a high-density rack inventory storage system with un- manned vehicles automatically loading and unloading products to/from the racks methods are backflushing, direct-deduct, pre-deduct, and post-deduct processig aua Automatic Relief: A set of inventory bookkeeping methods that automatical adjusts computerized inventory records based on a production transaction. Examples of matic relief Automatic Rescheduling: Rescheduling done by the computer to automatically change due dates on scheduled receipts when it detects that due dates and need dates are out of phase. Ant manual rescheduling Available Inventory: The on-hand inventory balance allocations. reservations backorders, and (usually) quantities held for quality problems. Often called beginning available balance. Synonym: beginning available balance, net inventory Definitions compiled by Kate vitasek Bellevue. Washington Please note: The Council of Logistics Management does not take responsibility for the content of these definitions, nor does the Council endorse these as official definitions except as noted.SUPPLY CHAIN VISIONS LOGISTICS TERMS and GLOSSARY Updated October 2003 Definitions compiled by: Kate Vitasek Supply Chain Visions Bellevue, Washington Please note: The Council of Logistics Management does not take responsibility for the content of these definitions, nor does the Council endorse these as official definitions except as noted. Authentication: 1) The process of verifying the eligibility of a device, originator, or individual to access specific categories of information or to enter specific areas of a facility. This process involves matching machine-readable code with a predetermined list of authorized end users. 2) A practice of establishing the validity of a transmission, message, device, or originator, which was designed to provide protection against fraudulent transmissions. Authentication Key: A short string of characters used to authenticate transactions between trading partners. Automated Call Distribution (ACD): A feature of large call center or “Customer Interaction Center” telephone switches that routes calls by rules such as next available employee, skill-set etc. Automated Clearinghouse (ACH): Automated Clearinghouse. A nationwide electronic payments system, which more than 15,000 financial institutions use, on behalf of 100,000 corporations and millions of consumer in the U.S. The funds transfer system of choice among businesses that make electronic payments to vendors, it is economical and can carry remittance information in standardized, computer processable data formats. Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS): A transportation network that automatically routes one or more material handling devices, such as carts or pallet trucks, and positions them at predetermined destinations without operator intervention. Automated Storage/Retrieval System (AS/RS): A high-density rack inventory storage system with un-manned vehicles automatically loading and unloading products to/from the racks. Automatic Relief: A set of inventory bookkeeping methods that automatically adjusts computerized inventory records based on a production transaction. Examples of automatic relief methods are backflushing, direct-deduct, pre-deduct, and post-deduct processing. Automatic Rescheduling: Rescheduling done by the computer to automatically change due dates on scheduled receipts when it detects that due dates and need dates are out of phase. Ant: manual rescheduling. Available Inventory: The on-hand inventory balance minus allocations, reservations, backorders, and (usually) quantities held for quality problems. Often called beginning available balance. Synonym: beginning available balance, net inventory