CAQ - Computer Aided Quality Control/Assurance Computer Aided Quality Control (CAQ) refers to computer-controlled quality assurance for determining and checking the reliability, durability, creation and service-friendliness of products. RELATED CONCEPTS CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CAP - Computer Aided Planning By Computer Aided Planning (CAP) we mean the computer-controlled planning of creations or work. By including all the necessary procedures for planning work, CAP is a derivative of CAD. CAP is implemented in many ERP systems and is part of computer-integrated manufacturing. RELATED CONCEPTS CIM - Computer Integrated [...]
CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM is computer-aided manufacturing and is based on direct control of production systems, as well as transportation and storage systems. Manufacturing processes are electronically controlled as in production machines or industrial robots, for example. CAM is part of computer-integrated manufacturing. RELATED TERMS CIM - [...]
CAI - Computer Aided Industry CAI is an umbrella term for the integrated applications of computers in businesses and is complementary to CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) because of its administrative functions. The term CAI was introduced by IBM. RELATED CONCEPTS CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing
AE - Computer Aided Engineering CAE stands for Computer Aided Engineering and means computer-aided engineering. As a rule, it covers the areas of construction, drawing creation, selection of materials for the preparation of work.
CAC - Computer Aided Calculation/Communication/Coloring - CAC can stand for “Computer Aided Calculation” and thus summarize calculation and simulation methods. In a further sense, it can stand for “Computer Aided Communication” and refer to information exchange and computer-aided information networks. In the textile industry, the term CAC stands for “Computer Aided Coloring,” or computer-aided dyeing. [...]
C2C-Cycle (Cash-to-Cash-Cycle) As a C2C cycle, we define the average period of time (in days) that one zloty spent on raw materials takes to return back to the producer. Brief description The Cash-to-Cash cycle is a valuable and interesting benchmarking tool for supply chain management because it can be quickly compared internally as well as externally. As [...]
Business Process Reengineering By this term, also referred to as Business Process Redesign or Business Engineering, we mean the radical rethinking of a company, its structures and processes. Brief description The term Business Process Reengineering (BPR) was mainly introduced in the 1990s by Michael Hammer. He drew the conclusion that many processes are presented with deficiencies and interruptions [...]
Break Bulk Agent The term Break Bulk Agent comes from air transportation and refers to an agent on the receiving side who is responsible for the disposition of air bulk shipments. A brief description of a Break Bulk Agent is essentially a freight forwarder who, however, in its purest form, is not concerned with acquiring new customers, but is an agent of sorts. On [...]