DynaSys - Glossary

Authorized flow	Is often referred to as the assignment table, that is, who must send which goods to a given site.
Active BFR	Active Working Capital Requirements WCR = Besoin en Fonds de Roulement (BFR)
Active DFUs:	Active DFU is the results of the default automatic activation with the manual activate/deactivate option. By default, a DFU coming from SAP is active
Actual shipped & Remaining Demand	In the past : Shipped history (departure date) In the future : Order Book to be issued (confirmed quantity in ETD , Departure Date)
Alert : Demand Order Book	Sum of Order book (requested departure date)
Assignment %:	Who must send how much percentage of which goods to a given site.
Approval (homologation)	To substitute a product by the same one but not produced at the same site

BW	Business Warehouse
BU	Business Unit
Batch Size (or incremental quantity)	Production must be a multiple of indicated quantity.
BFR 03	Working Capital Requirements WCR = Besoin en Fonds de Roulement (BFR) of 3 months
BFR 06	Working Capital Requirements WCR = Besoin en Fonds de Roulement (BFR) of 6 months
BFR 09	Working Capital Requirements WCR = Besoin en Fonds de Roulement (BFR) of 9 months
Budget	Budget uploaded in DynaSys
BOM (Bill of Material)	A bill of material is applied to a production plan (with finite or infinite capacity) to calculate a dependant requirement
Bulk	Type of a packaging: amount of production in volumes
Big bags	Type of packaging
Backorder	Orders that can't be fulfilled at the moment but still taken into account so it will be fulfilled later

Calculation history and raw forecast	In the past : Demand history corrected (review past sales) In the future : forecast calculated
CSR Collaborative review	Each month, the CSR has the possibility to indicate to the demand planner that he reviewed his forecast by ticking the collaborative button in the Web
CSR Comment for Demand Planner	Comment sent from CSR to demand planner
CSR Forecast	Forecast entered by the Customer Sales Assistant
CSR Forecast M-1	CSR Forecast archived at the 6th of current year
CSR Overall comment	Comment entered at CSR level in the Web by sales rep for each run of forecast

DP	Demand planning
DIP-PP	Distribution & production planning
Datafield	Data type (ex: sales requirements / initial inventory / actual production...)
DC	Distribution channel
DFU (Demand Forecast Unit)	It is the smallest demand management unit which is Material x Shipto@DC combination = Material@shipto@DC in DynaSys
DFU created (last 3 months)	Indicator if the DFU has been created for the last 3 months by the interface
Deactivate DFU	True or False in order to force the deactivation of a DFU. Then, the DFU will not visible anymore by anyone in the system and the historical data/budget/forecasts will be lost (except if you made a supersession
Deactivation Comment	Comment put at the deactivation of DFU
Demand Order Book	Open order book in SAP (MD04) in ETA
Demand Review	Demand Review is fed by the sales team forecast and can be amended before final validation
DRP (Distribution Requirement Planning)	Allocating the demand from the distribution sites to the production sites. This calculation is cascaded by going upstream the distribution network
Deployment strategy	Pull: the requirement is shipped as late as possible, that is during its requirement period Push: the requirement is shipped as soon as possible, that is during its production period Push beyond requirement: the requirement is shipped as soon as possible, including excess production
DoS (Days of Supply)	Cover stock converted into duration that says how long you can hold with that stock

ETA (Estimated time of arrival)

Usually is used in the customer view
Example:
Merchandise release in ETA:

Actuals received in ETA: actuals received on this day (previously shipped from a shipping site)

ETD (Estimated time of departure)

Usually is used in the shipper view
Example:
Merchandise release in ETD:

Actuals shipped in ETD = merchandise shipped on this day (supposed to arrive at the customer's later)

External sales

Sales into the same S&OP Zone.

Forecast	Statistical forecast: theoretical forecast based on sales history + demand planners’ inputs, Customer forecast: from the customer himself Sales team forecast: commercials inputs, usually with the web access Final forecast: last validated Forecast [current month , futur] Invoice forecast: forecast billed Unconstrained forecast: forecast without any logistical / production constraints (comes out from DP) Constrained demand: new forecast after taking into account production constraints (comes out from DiP-PP) Forecast override: forecast priority onto another
Forced history and forecast	History & final forecast
Forecast Consumption - SIL	ratio = Shipped History (GI) + Order Book (ETD) / Gross history and final forecast
Forecast instability	ratio = Gap last month fcst vs new fcst / Forecast validated last month
Forecast validated last month	Forecast validated last month recovered from archives
To kill a forecast	Cancel actual production and leave it as it is at the moment
Final net price	Result of forcing loop : Net Price > forced net price
Flag new DFU	Flag new DFU

GBU	Global Business Unit
Gap Final Fcst vs Budget	= Gross history and final forecast - Budget
Gap last month fcst vs BFR	= Gross history and final forecast - active BFR
Gap last month fcst vs new fcst	= Gross history and final forecast - Forecast validated last month
Gap Order Book vs Final Forecast	= Shipped History (ETA) and Customer Request (ETA) - Gross history and final forecast
Gap Potential x Order Book	= Actual shipped & Remaining Demand - Gross history and final forecast
Gap Volume (Forecast vs BFR6)	= Gross history and final forecast - BFR
Gap Volume (Forecast vs Budget)	All GBU except PA : = Gross history and final forecast - Budget PA : = Final Forecast (ETD) - Budget
Gross history and final forecast	In the future (include current month) : Final Forecast In the past : PA , SI, TS, Perox except NA : Sales history (arrival date) EP : Sales history (departure date) SAD , Perox NA: Shipped history (departure date)

Intercos	Products shipped from a zone to another. There are 2 types of intercos: Direct intercos: direct shipment to the client in another zone Indirect intercos: indirect shipments to the client in another zone (goes to a warehouse then to the client’s)
Intersite	Trades between sites from the same continent (ex: sites at Livorno and Collonges)
Incorrect CSR	Check box if the DFU is assigned to the wrong CSR
Incorrect Sales Rep	Check box if the DFU is assigned to the wrong Sales rep
Invoiced History and Demand Review	in the future : Demand review in the past : invoiced history
Invoiced History and Final Forecast	in the future : Demand review in the past : Final Forecast
Invoiced Net Sales	Invoiced history net sales
Invoiced Qty	Invoiced history quantity

KPI

Key Performance Indicators

Lead time	time from the moment the customer places an order (the moment the supplier learns of the requirement) to the moment it is ready for delivery + the time required to ship the parts from the supplier
Last update BUDGET - SILICA	Date of last time the budget was validated by Demand Planner
LC (Local Currency)	The Local Currency is the currency used for recording the sales price for each DFU, not affected by the exchange rate. It can be forced in DynaSys

Manual ABC lvl1	DFU Classification ( A,B,C,N)
Minimum receipt plan	It is taken into account both by DRP calculation and deployment calculation, which enables to specify a minimum amount to be deployed, and to leave it up to DynaSys DSCP to calculate what remains.
Maximum distribution quantity	Can be useful for limiting deployment

NIOP (Network Inventory & Optimization Planning)	Calculates the optimum sourcing rule, which is then used in DIP to determine the plan
Netting = net requirements calculation	Difference between unconstrained demand and actuals + taking into consideration in transit & orderbook.

Order Book To Be Issued (Confirmed - ETA)	Order Book To Be Issued (Confirmed arrival date)
Order Book To Be Issued (Confirmed - ETD)	Order Book To Be Issued (Confirmed departure date)
Order book diff	= Shipped History (ETA) and Order Book (ETA) - Gross history and final forecast

Proposition to activate	Alert checked when : DFU is not active & “Activation Alert checked” is not checked & Future Demand
Proposition to deactivate	Alert checked when : DFU is active & “Deactivation Alert checked” is not checked & No: History & Final forecast [Y-2,Y+2] Actual Demand [current Month] CRM Value [Future] Demand Order Book [M+1, end Y+2] Budget [Y-1, end Y+2] BFR 6 [Y-1, end Y+2]

RTP: Ready To Plan: it is a setup pre-configured, ready to use data set, implementing good practices and standardized indicators. It allows a production plan to be calculated complying with the capacities of all resources.

Reporting: to report results and data and major information, usually on a dashboard with KPI

Independant Requirement

Sales Requirement: this is the direct requirement for sale to a customer. The sold item disappears from the inventory.
Shipping Requirement: this is the requirement for shipping to another site. It is indirect because the sale will not be made on the site in question but rather downstream in the logistic network.
Gross Requirement: is the sum of Independent Requirement and Dependent Requirement
Net Requirement: is achieved by Gross Requirements corrected by taking into account inventories (Initial inventory, safety stock variation, etc …) This is the minimum theoretical quantity to be received to meeting the gross requirements
Receipt Requirement: it complies with all the technical constraints

A screen: a window inside a tab (exemple: "Requirement by Ship to" is a view in the tab named DRP")

Ship-to: a customer / receiver

Ship to KA: group of Shipto (ex : Michelin is a ShiptoKA and Michelin France= Shipto, Michelin Poland= Shipto)

SKU: Stock Keeping Unit (used DIP-PP) = Material@site in DynaSys

A site can have many functions:

Production sites: This is where production happens, or more generally stock inputs. It may correspond to a plant, a supplier, a warehouse, to which purchased items are delivered.
Shipping sites: These are sites sending out items. Typically, they are plants, warehouses or intermediate distribution centers.
Receiving sites: These are sites liable to receive items, like customer warehouses or distribution centers.
Selling sites: These sites operate direct sale activity, i.e., locations where customer requirements are debited from the inventory

Sourcing: where products are supplied from, there are 2 types of sourcing:

Monosourcing: a site is supplied by one location
Multisourcing: a site can be supplied by more location (ex: from St-Fons & Collonges)

Shippings met: packages delivered

Shippings met on time: packages delivered on time

Shippings met late: delay authorized for a delivery, once this delay is exceeded = shortage

Shippings not met: packages not delivered

S&OP: Sales & Operation Planning = SOIP (I for inventory) = it covers demand management, and mid-term distribution and production planning (3-18 months horizon).

Shipped not billed: delivery that was received and is not billed yet

SOB: sales of order book: sales orders ventilated by customer requested date in the future.

Shortage: forecast not fulfilled after a given delay

Workflow: sequence of many activities aligned

Workshop: place where goods are manufactured

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