Impact analysis

A business impact analysis (BIA) is a process that identifies and evaluates the potential effects (financial, life/safety, regulatory, legal/contractual, reputation and so forth) ...

Impact

Advertising; Marketing communications

The degree to which an advertisement or campaign affects its audience; the amount of space (full-page, half-page, etc:) or of time (60-second, 30-second, etc.) that is purchased, ...

analysis

Language; Translation & localization; Translation

The first of three stages constituting the translation process according to Eugene Nida. In this process, we analyze the source message into its simplest and structurally clearest ...

Cp

Software; Supply chain

A process capability index measuring the ratio between actual spread (upper control limit minus lower control limit) divided by allowable or expected spread as measured by ...

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)

Software; Supply chain

The Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, a technique that attempts to define a specific problem as a system and identify elements in the system that need ...

Wagner-Whitin algorithm

Software; Supply chain

A dynamic programming lot sizing model that evaluates multiple alternatives that consider period demand and production, holding, and setup costs to produce an optimal lot size ...

Winters 3 parameter

Software; Supply chain

A forecast method that incorporates exponential smoothing, seasonality and trend analysis.

European Article Number (EAN)

Software; Supply chain

A superset of the Universal Product Code that includes the base UPC code and two or three additional characters that indicate the country that issued the number (not necessarily ...

Fourier series

Software; Supply chain

A method that defines a periodic or discontinuous function as a series of sine and cosine waves, and can be used to predict a value or the level of system response.