The smallest part of the activity structure used for a time-scaled budget. An entity that is used to represent a part of a project in an activity structure.

LN distinguishes these activity types:

• WBS Element
• Control Account
• Work Package
• Planning Package
• Milestone

A department's total machine time spent on a specific order or a specific project in a given year and period.

A full set of address-related details, which include the postal address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address, identification for taxation purposes, and routing information.

A company created for the purpose of archiving historic documents and data. You can store redundant data in an archive company.

To access and retrieve data from an archive company, you must change company to the archive company.

A set of consecutive line stations in which FAS (Final Assembly Schedule) items are manufactured. The items are manufactured by passing the items from line station to line station and by carrying out operations at each line station. An assembly line is subdivided into a number of line segments separated by buffers. An assembly line can be either a main line or a supplying line.

A task for which hours lines are defined. For example, a weekly recurrent meeting.

An indication of the type of activity for which a resource is available. With availability types, you can define multiple sets of working times for a single calendar.

For example, if a work center is available for production on Monday through Friday and available for service activities on Saturdays, you can define two availability types, one for production and one for service activities and link these availability types to the calendar for that work center.

The time required for setting up or changing over a machine before you start running the machine. Setup time can be long, for example, if you change over from using black paint to using white paint. Setup time can be short, for example, if you change over from using white paint to using yellow paint. The setup time must indicate an average of all possible setup times.

The automatic issue of materials from inventory, or accounting for the hours spent manufacturing an item, based on theoretical usage and the quantity of the item reported as complete.

A record of debit and credit entries to cover transactions involving a particular item, person, or concern. The bank account is identified by a number.

LN can be set to check bank account numbers when you enter them. If the account number does not pass the check, LN displays a warning message.

An XML message used to exchange data between enterprises or enterprise applications. The BOD is composed of a noun, which identifies the message content, and a verb, which identifies the action to be taken with the document. The unique combination of the Noun and the Verb forms the name of the BOD. For example, noun ReceiveDelivery combined with verb Sync results in BOD SyncReceiveDelivery.

A set of definitions, that are used to build a list of calendar working hours. A calendar is identified by a calendar code and availability type combination.

An employee's working time or a machine's operating hours spent on planned or actual tasks in a department other than the employee's or machine's default department.

Capacity flows occur when:

• Operations are carried out at a work center other than where they are planned according to the product's routing, for example, in the case of unexpected subcontracting.
• Employees or machines are assigned to departments other than their default departments.

A working environment in which you can carry out logistic or financial transactions. All the transaction data is stored in the company's database.

Depending on the type of data that the company controls, the company is:

• A logistic company.
• A financial company.
• A logistic and a financial company.

In a multicompany structure, some of the database tables can be unique for the company and the company can share other database tables with other companies.

A cost component is a user-defined category for the classification of costs.

Cost components have the following functions:

• To break down an item's standard cost, sales price, or valuation price.
• To create a comparison between the estimated production order costs and the actual production order costs.
• To calculate production variances.
• To view the distribution of your costs over the various cost components in the Cost Accounting module.

Cost components can be of the following cost types:

• Operation Costs
• Material Costs
• Surcharge
• General Costs
• Not Applicable

A cost component is a collection of cost objects with a certain characteristic. A cost component does not depend on the cost type, therefore, for example, a project can be monitored from another dimension. For example, all the costs that refer to electrical work, for example, cable and installation work, are visible if the applicable cost objects are linked to the cost component Electrical work.

A type of cost carrier for the resources used in your project.

These cost objects are available:

• Material
• Labor
• Equipment
• Subcontracting
• Sundry Costs
• Overhead

Cost objects can be standard or specific for a project. The cost object is related to a control code for cost controlling purposes.

A way of categorizing cost objects and control codes according to the nature of the costs that they represent.

LN Project distinguishes these cost types:

• Materials
• Labor
• Equipment
• Subcontracting
• Sundry Costs
• Overhead

Categories that are used to register the type of costs. Cost types enable you to have a more detailed view of the source of costs.

A generally accepted medium of exchange such as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes.

The following currency types are available in LN:

• Home currency, which is used internally by companies to calculate costs, record budgets, and register tax amounts
• Transaction currency, which is used in transactions with business partners, such as orders and invoices

A company's organizational unit that carries out a specific set of tasks, for example, a sales office or a purchase office. Departments are assigned number groups for the orders they issue. The department's enterprise unit determines the financial company to which the financial transactions that the department generates are posted.

A currency system in which you can use multiple home currencies within a single company. For most entities, the financial company determines the local currency that is used. All transactions are registered in all the home currencies.

Currency rates are defined between the external currencies and the reference currency, and between the reference currency and the other home currencies. Transaction amounts are first converted into the reference currency and then the transaction amount in the reference currency is converted into the other home currencies.

The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The effective date often includes the effective time.

The smallest part of an element structure. An element is used to define the (structure of the) work of the project, so that you can carry it out.

The location where e-mail messages can be sent to a user. An e-mail address consists of a username and an Internet address separated by an at sign (@). For example, lucy@narcia.com, where lucy is the username and narcia.com is the Internet address.

A person who works at your company who has a specific function such as sales representative, production planner, buyer, or credit analyst.

The number of regular hours that an employee works per defined period.

The date on which the employee is scheduled to stop working on a task, an activity, or an assignment.

A way to group currency exchange rates. You can assign different currency exchange rates to different invoice-to business partners and/or to different types of transactions (purchase, sales, and so on).

The date from which a record or a setting is no longer valid. The expiry date often includes the expiry time.

The specific agreements within or in addition to the initial contract. An extension falls outside the initial contract with the sold-to business partner. Extensions can be assigned to the bottom-up budget.

LN distinguishes four extension types:

• Scope Change
• Provisional Amount
• Fluctuation Settlement
• Quantities to be Settled

A company that is used for posting financial data in Financials. You can link one or more enterprise units from multiple logistic companies to one financial company.

Also known as hire date, the date on which the employee joins the organization.

A social security number that is issued to persons who are employed. It is used by fiscal authorities for tracking the financial transactions of employees.

General archiving data includes master data from all LN application packages, such as Sales, Warehousing, Manufacturing, and Common.

A user-defined task that does not contribute or relate to the costs of a specific order or project.

In LN, two types of general tasks exist:

• Indirect Task

  To be used for indirect hours, such as administration and general meetings, also called overhead.

• Absence Task

  To be used for absence hours, such as vacation, illness, or a doctor's visit.

One of a company's base currencies in which LN registers and reports amounts.

In a multicurrency system, up to three home currencies can be defined:

• The local currency
• Two reporting currencies

The time an employee works on a particular task or a machine is used to carry out an operation.

In People, an entry of the amount of time (in hours) worked by an employee or a machine.

A currency system in which all financial companies and logistic companies that are related to each other in the enterprise structure model use the same two or three home currencies. All transactions are registered in all the home currencies.

Currency rates are defined between the transaction currencies and all home currencies. Transaction amounts are converted directly from the transaction currency into the home currencies.

An event-driven and XML-based messaging engine. This is the standard message bus. The message bus and its message standards provide the infrastructure for transporting messages to other application modules in a secure way.

A commission to buy, sell, or transport goods, or render services between organizational units that belong to the same organization.

For example, a sales office and a warehouse belong to the same organization. The sales office instructs the warehouse to deliver goods to an external customer to fulfill a sales order. The warehouse incurs costs for the goods delivered and the sales office is indebted to the warehouse.

An intercompany trade order consists of a header and transaction lines. The header data include the organizational units involved and the applicable transfer pricing rules. The transaction lines display the amounts of the individual items and the dates and times. Depending on the transfer pricing rules, some pricing details are maintainable.

The names of functions or titles of employees in an organization, for example sales manager, financial director, or accountant.

Costs related to tasks performed by employees. Labor costs are based on the employee's labor rate and the number of hours spent on a task or activity.

The labor capacity in hours required to carry out the operation.

The formula LN applies to calculate the labor hours depends on whether or not the operation has a fixed duration. If the operation has a fixed duration, LN applies the following formula to calculate the labor hours:

Man hours = (setup time * man occupation for setup) + (cycle time * man occupation for production / routing quality)

If the operation does not have a fixed duration, LN applies the following formula to calculate the labor hours:

Man hours = (average setup time * man occupation for setup) + (cycle time * quantity planned input * man occupation for production / routing quantity)

The labor rate code, defined in the Labor Rate Codes (tcppl0190m000) session in People. A sales rate and cost rate can be specified in this labor rate code.

You can assign labor rates on a wider scale to, for example,

• A service department, for all work done by the service department.
• An installation group, for all work carried out on the installation group.

In the Service Order Parameters (tssoc0100m000) session, default labor rate search paths can be set for the following:

• Estimated sales rate
• Estimated cost rate
• Actual sales rate
• Actual cost rate

This search path determines which cost and labor sales rates are used in hours registration.

The search path consists of four levels, each of which you can set to one of these:

• Employee
• Task
• Project
• Trade Group
• Department

The default labor rate used, is level 1. If this level has no entry available, level 2 is used, and so on.

The amount of time spent by an employee on a task or activity.

The classification of work performed, and the time of day at which the work is performed (either normal working hours or overtime). Based on the kind of work and the hour type, you can use labor types to specify surcharges so that LN can calculate the actual labor costs in People.

Also known as termination date, the date on which the employee leaves the organization.

A work center that is part of an assembly line. A line station is used in the production of FAS (final assembly schedule) items. A line station can have multiple positions, which enables more than one item to be present in one line station.

Production order for an assembly line station.

An LN company used for logistic transactions, such as the production and transportation of goods. All the logistic data concerning the transactions is stored in the company's database.

The identification code for the LN user. This code is used for system security.

In LN, a mechanical object on which operations can be carried out to produce items.

Machines are linked to operation rates. The operation rate and the labor rate together form the basis for the actual costing of production orders.

The costs of using a machine to carry out an operation.

The machine capacity in hours required to carry out the operation.

The formula LN applies to calculate the machine hours depends on whether or not the operation has a fixed duration. If the operation has a fixed duration, LN applies the following formula to calculate the machine hours:

If the operation does not have a fixed duration, LN applies the following formula to calculate the machine hours:

A schedule of maintenance activities.

A group of first free number series that you can assign to a specific use.

For example, you can assign a number group to:

• Business partner codes
• Purchase contracts
• Sales orders
• Production orders
• Service orders
• Warehousing orders
• Freight orders

Within a number group you can define multiple series. Each series is identified by the series code. The series numbers that LN generates consist of the series code followed by the first free number in the series. Series codes of the same number group have the same length.

A step or a series of steps performed by an employee or a machine.

One of a series of steps in a routing that are carried out successively to produce an item.

The following data is collected during a routing operation:

• The task. For example, sawing.
• The machine used to carry out the task (optional). For example, sawing machine.
• The place where the task is carried out (work center). For example, woodwork.
• The number of employees required to carry out the task.

This data is used to compute order lead times, to plan production orders and to calculate standard cost.

A rate that is determined by labor costs, machine costs, or overhead costs. The operation rate can be linked to work centers or tasks by an operation rate code.

The costs which are not linked to cost objects, but are planned and controlled in cost centers.

The business partner to whom you pay invoices. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, the supplier's bank relation, the number of days within which you must pay the invoices, and if the business partner uses a factoring company.

A combination of project/budget, element and/or activity, which is used to identify costs, demand, and supply for a project.

The identification of a period table. The different periods of a year, including the period number, start date and end date are linked to the period-table code.

A table that consists of any number of time units, for example, months or weeks.

A period is used to define the time horizon during which, for example, a schedule is valid.

The dimension of the unit. For example, the dimension of kilometer is length, and the dimension of liter is volume.

An order to produce a specified quantity of an item on a specified delivery date.

A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed for a particular customer order. A project is initiated to plan and coordinate the production of the to be manufactured items.

For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. A project can also include these:

• Customized item data (BOMs and routings)
• Project planning (activity planning)

An endeavor with a specific objective to be met within the prescribed time and financial limitation, and that has been assigned for definition or execution.

An activity that is relevant for the (rough) planning of a project. Activities are used to plan the rough material and capacity requirements of the project. Activities are also used to control the (final) assembly planning of the project.

A repetition of dates, such as “Biweekly on Mondays and Fridays”, “The 27th of each month”, or “The first Monday in June of every 5th year”.

The smallest unit of work that is required to carry out maintenance.

A group activity or a single activity (directive) that is planned for a serialized item or installation group.

The currency in which balances of entities shared by all the companies of a financial company group are expressed. For example, LN uses the reference currency for business partner balances.

The date of registering the time that an employee spends on a specific project or activity.

An alternative form of a description used for convenience during searching. Typically, it is an abbreviation, an acronym, or a mnemonic alternative to a full description.

The number that identifies a data record or a step in a sequence of activities. Sequence numbers are used in many contexts. Usually LN generates the sequence number for the next item or step. Depending on the context, you can overwrite this number.

A group of order numbers or document numbers starting with the same series code.

Series identify orders with certain characteristics. For example, all sales orders handled by the large accounts department start with LA (LA0000001, LA0000002, LA0000003, and so on).

The department that is responsible for the execution of a work order.

A department that consists of one or more persons and/or machines with identical capabilities, that can be considered as one unit for the purposes of service and maintenance planning.

Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all repair and maintenance on configurations as present on customer locations or as present with the company.

The production work force can be organized in shifts. The most common models are one, two or three shifts models, but more complicated models are possible with different shift divisions planned for various days of the week.

A shift has the following properties:

• An unique key that identifies it.
• The key is generated based on a mask.
• The start and end dates and times are specified.
• The shift net time is specified.

The date on which the employee is scheduled to start working on a task, an activity, or an assignment.

An activity to manufacture or repair an item. For example, sawing, drilling, or painting.

A task is carried out on a work center, and can be related to a machine.

A specification of the type of work that is carried out by a service employee. You can use tasks to specify the labor required to carry out an activity. A specific labor rate can be linked to a task.

The unit that is used to specify the physical quantity time.

A group of resources with common skills that can be used for a particular labor cost object. If you cannot yet make detailed assignments for employees, you can use trade groups for scheduling.

The logistic entity type to which an employee's hours are allocated and to which the employee costs must be posted.

In LN, hours can be allocated to the following transaction types:

• General Tasks
• Project
• Project (PCS)
• Production
• Assembly
• Service Order
• Depot Repair

The physical quantity in which an item or good is managed. For example, a quantity of wood can be expressed as a length by using the unit of one meter, or as a volume by using the unit of one cubic meter.

The acronym for Universal Time Coordinated, the time system that is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The UTC's reference point is Greenwich, England located at 0° longitude, the imaginary north-south line also known as the prime meridian. When it is noon at Greenwich, it is 12:00:00 UTC.

A production unit consisting of one or more work stations in a fixed sequence.

A work cell is used in repetitive manufacturing for the production of a repetitive item.

A specific production area consisting of one or more people and/or machines with identical capabilities, that can be considered as one unit for purposes of the capacity requirement planning and detailed scheduling.

A schedule used to define the number of working hours per day and distribute these hours according to different labor types. As a result, different labor rates can be used for regular time and overtime.

Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all maintenance on items in a maintenance shop or in a repair shop. A work order consists of at least one work order header, and can have a number of activities that must be carried out on a repairable service item.