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* ''Some experts like [[User:Lightofunity|Soheil Qanbari]] named the set of ADempiere term as A Unified Adempiere Language (UAL)''
= Common ADempiere Terms =
== A ==
== B ==
=== Business Partner ===
    A Business Partner is simply anybody you transact business with.  There are three
    different types of Business Partners:  Employees, Customers, and Vendors.A Business 
    Partner can also be defined as being an Organization. 
=== BP Accounting dimension ===
   see [[Dimensions#accounting_dimensions|Accounting Dimensions]]
=== Bill of Material(BOM) ===
    Shows you the components of a product.A Bill of Material (BOM) is one or more Products or BOMs

== C ==
=== Client ===
    ...''to_do''... 
=== Cost Type ===
     Type of Cost (e.g. Current, Plan, Future).You can define multiple cost types. A cost type selected in an Accounting Schema is used for accounting.
=== Cost Element Type === 
     Type of Cost Element like Material & Resource.
=== Cost Element ===
     Cost Elements allow you to define the different items that will comprise your costs.  You can define any number of Cost Elements.These include Average Invoice, Average PO, Last Invoice Pricce, Last PO Price, LIFO and FIFO. 
=== Costing Method ===
            The Costing Method indicates how costs will be calculated (Standard, Average, LiFo, FiFo). The default costing method is defined on accounting schema level and can be optionally overwritten in the product category. The costing method cannot conflict with the Material Movement Policy (defined on Product Category).  
== O ==
        Operation :
             An Operation is used in a routing, to describe the activity that is to be carried out 
             during a process step.
        The operation data includes:
            • Material components
            • Tasks list
        Organisation :
             ...''to_do''... 
== P ==
=== Product ===
    Products can include items you buy from vendors as well as items that you sell to 
    customers.  
=== Product Accounting ===
   see [[Dimensions#accounting_dimensions|Accounting Dimensions]]
=== Product Type ===
    The type of product also determines accounting consequences.The types can be Item,
    Resource, Service and Expense as well.
=== Project Accounting ===
   see [[Dimensions#accounting_dimensions|Accounting Dimensions]]
== R ==
=== Role ===
    Roles are assigned permissions(Access Levels) on resources like window, process, etc
    for users.
=== Replenish ===
    Specifies rules for automatically reordering of products.

== S ==
=== Sales Region Accounting  ===
   see [[Dimensions#accounting_dimensions|Accounting Dimensions]]
=== Strategy ===
       Strategy in a firm is the pattern of major objectives, purposes, or goals and essential 
       policies and plans for achieving those goals, stated in such a way as to define what 
       business the company is in or is to be in and the kind of company it is or is to be.
=== System Status ===
    ...''to_do''...
    * '''Evaluation''': ...''to_do''...
    * '''Implementation''': ...''to_do''...
    * '''Production''': ...''to_do''...
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= '''Manufacturing UAL''' =

== A ==
=== Assay ===
    A percentage of components that will be used to make a test.
=== Accumulated Time ===
   Currently this is a reference where you enter the total time required to accomplish every node
   of this Manufacturing WF.

== B ==
        Batch Flow: 
            Is functionally the same as the continuous or the repetitive, except two or more products are manufactured in the same facility. Because of long setup times in the batch flow 
            shop, manufacturing runs for each product typically last several hours or several days. 
        Bills of Material & Formula :
            It is a list of all the sub assemblies, intermediates, parts and raw material that go 
            into a parent assembly showing the quantity of each required to make an assembly. There 
            are a variety of display formats of bill of material, including single level bill of 
            material, indented bill of material, modular(planning), costed bill of material, etc. 
            May also be called “formula,”, “recipe”, and “ingredients list” in certain industries. It
            answers the question, what are the components of the product? 
        Byproduct: 
            This entity is a non scheduled product gotten as a consequence of another production 
            process. It has a sales value but it is minimum.
        Backflush : 
            If you choose backflush in one single movement you receive the finished product in the 
            warehouse and automatically you issue the components required from the warehouse. The 
            Backflush Group is used in order to group components that you want to issue together in a
            Backflush process.

== C ==
=== Chart of Accounts ===
   The [[Chart_of_Accounts#Importing_the_COA|Chart of Accounts]]
   * [[Charts_of_Accounts_samples|Sample Charts of Accounts]]
=== Continuous Flow ===
  Continuous flow usually refers to the production or processing of fluids, wastes, 
  powders, basic metals, and other bulk items. Oil refinery crude oil into various 
  petroleum products or a pipeline for water, oil, or natural gas is examples of continuous flow manufacturing and distribution processes.
=== Control Operation ===
  Control Operation is selected it will indicate that in this operation you will report the
  real time used in the operation and that for all the previous operations, until the last 
  control operation, the standard time will be used as real time. (This feature will be 
  used in the Shop Floor Control Module).
=== Component ===
   identify a raw material, ingredient, part, or subassembly that goes into a higher level 
   assembly, compound or other item.

== D ==
        Dedicated Repetitive Flow: 
            Discrete parts such as shafts and connecting rods and discrete assemblies such as 
            microcomputers may be produced by a repetitive flow process. The term dedicated implies 
            that the production facility produces only one product, including product variances (such
            as color) that require no setup delay in the manufacturing process.
        Data Planning: 
            The product information which will serve as a base to execute the algorithms of Material 
            Requirement Planning, along with PMP, open orders and inventories.

== F ==
       Fixed Site (Project): 
           It has the main characteristic that the materials, tools and personnel are brought to the 
           manufacturing resource where the product is going to be fabricated.
       Forecast : 
           Is the percentage we expect to use of this component to produce the finished product. It 
           is used to make plans of getting components and it has a BOM type of Planning BOM and you 
           can not use this BOM for a manufacturing order. 

== J ==
        Job Shop: 
           Job Shop is characterized by the organization of similar equipment by function (such as 
           milled, drilled, turned, forging, and assembly). As jobs flow from manufacturing resource 
           to manufacturing resource a different type of operation is performed in each manufacturing
           resource.
        Is Demand: 
           Indicate the product in this Organization-Warehouse could be required for a Forecast, 
           Sales Order or Manufacturing Order.
        Is Supply: 
           Indicate the product in this Organization-Plant-Warehouse can satisfy a demand from the 
           Master Production Schedule.

== K ==
        Kanban :
            KANBAN, a technique for work release, is a major component of the JIT philosophy. It 
            was first developed by the Toyota Motor Company.If a capacity needs a part, it sends a 
            signal (usually a card) to the up-stream station which makes the part to send some more.

== L ==
        Lines : 
            Lines identify Production Line or Shipping Lines:
                • Work centers groups
                • Subcontract supplier
                These are used along with work orders.Production lines are capable to manufacture 
                whole products. Production Lines assumes also shipping.
        Lots and Batches :
            At the opposite of KANBAN you have Lots or Batches. A "lot" is a quantity of a part 
            which is made all together or on a product point of view or on an operation point of 
            view, it is also call "batch". Batches can be created by human action or by process.
               Reasons for Lots or Batches : 
                       • Batches for process constraints
                       • Batches for material handling
                       • Traceability
                       • Set-up
        Lead Time offset :
            Is the numbers of days after you start to produce the finished product when you need this
            component.

== M ==
== Manufacturing Resource ==
    A Manufacturing Resource is defined as anything required for production and its unavailability can affect the Production Plan. Manufacturing Resources can be: Plants, Production lines, Work Centers and Work Stations. 
    The Attributes are: 
        * Manufacturing Resource Type
        * Daily Capacity
        * Percent Utilization
        * Queuing Time
        * Waiting Time
== Material Requirements Planning(MRP) == 
             Allows Manufacturers to Forecast how much raw materials and goods they will need.
        Manufacturing workflow (Routing) : 
             Manufacturing workflow (Routing) is a tool which allows defining the required activities
             to fabricate a product taking into account the process sequence, how long does it take 
             the node (operation) and where it should be done.
=== Move Time === 
             Currently is a reference where you enter the accumulated Move time for this WF. It is 
             the estimated time to move the material thought the manufacturing resources.
=== MRP (Requirement Planning of Materials) ===
             MRP is a set of techniques which uses Bills of Material, Inventory Data, and the Master 
             Production Schedule to calculate requirements for materials. It create planned orders to
             balance demand and supply for products and it issues recommendations to receipt material
             with the right quantities and at the 
             right dates to satisfy the Master Production Schedule in the most efficient way. 

== O ==
        Overlap Units :
             Overlap Units, is the minimum number of products you need to finish in the current node 
             before you can continue with the next node. 
        Order Policy: 
             Is referred to the way MRP should adjust Planned Order to the Organization, Warehouse,
             Resource needs. 
             The valid options are: Fixed Order Quantity, Lot for Lot and Period Order Quantity
        Order Quantity :
             Use Fixed Order Quantity when you always need to ask the same Quantity of product, this 
             Quantity is entered in the field Order Qty. If the order policy is not FOQ and you enter
             a quantity in the Order Qty field, this quantity is the Economic Order Quantity. The Lot
             for Lot Policy means MRP process must generate one planned order for each demand not 
             satisfied. The Period Order Quantity policy refers to the way MRP create one single 
             planned order with every net requirement for a certain number of days.These days are 
             entered in the field Order Period.

== P ==
        Plant :
            Plants contains :
            • Lines groups • Warehouses • Shipping resources • Receiving resources • Management 
            resources.    
            These are used along with bills of material and routings, Plants are the largest group 
            of capacities which will be managed.
        Phantom: 
            indicates the product is a fictitious assembly, that is to say, a set of components that 
            are grouped only to make easier the analysis in a separated way from the rest of the BOM.
            When the MRP generates a requirement of the phantom and the projected on hand is not 
            available, the process goes to the lower level and start a new MRP cycle but does not 
            create Planned Orders for the phantom product. 
        Packing: 
            This product will not be taken into account to calculate the total quantity of components
            when the IsQtyPercentage check box is ticked. 
        Planning:
            The parent product will be used for the planning process of the different options of 
            similar products. (e.g. 30 % bread with fiber and 70 % bread without fiber)
        Production Planning: 
            Before the production processes can be done, it is necessary to plan the activities which
            must be accomplished to assure the products can be gotten at the right time in order not 
            to remain a long time in the warehouse, or at the contrary, to cause delays in shipments 
            because components shortages in the manufacturing order. Using Production Planning you 
            answer the question: When and How Many products we must get?

== Q ==
         '''Queue Time''' :
            The Queue Time is the time which normally a manufacturing order operation has to wait 
            since it is moved to this operation until it starts to be worked. The Queue time is the 
            time usually taken since the previous operation is finished, or the components were 
            issued from the warehouse, until the current operation in a manufacturing order starts 
            its process.

== R ==
        Repetitive Flow Mixed Model: 
            It is also used to manufacture two or more models. However, the changeover time between 
            models is minimal, and the different models are intermixed on the same line. 

== S ==
        Setup Time :
           The Setup Time currently is a reference where you enter the accumulated Setup time for 
           this WF. The Setup time is the time required to execute the necessary activities in a 
           manufacturing resource to be able to start the manufacturing process.
        Scrap: 
           A component percentage factor that is expected not to be useful as a part of the parent 
           production.
== T ==
       Tools: 
           The product is a tool which is going to be used in a production operation.
       The Time Fence: 
           Is the number of days since you execute the MRP process inside of which the system must 
           not change the planned orders. The system will generate action messages warning if some 
           order needs to be modified or created into the time fence. 
       Transfer Time: 
           Is the number of days the product needs to be moved from one warehouse to another.


== U ==
=== Utilization Percent: ===
           The Utilization Percent for a resource is defined as the required time for that resource 
           divided by the available time; the result is multiplied by 100. 
=== Unit Cycles ===
           Unit Cycles is the number of products that can be produced in the time unit of measure 
           from the manufacturing resource. This data is used instead the Duration field where you 
           enter the required time to execute an operation for one product. 

== W ==
=== Waiting Time ===
            The Waiting Time is the time which norma== lly a manufacturing order operation has to wait 
            since it is finished until it is moved to the next operation or to the warehouse. The 
            Waiting Time is the time a job remains at a manufacturing resource until it is moved to 
            the next operation or to the warehouse it the operation is the last one.
=== Work Centers ===
        Work Centers identify:
                     • Capacities groups
                     • Subcontract supplier
            These are used along with bills of material and routings, Work centers are used in task 
            list operations. Task lists are for example routings, maintenance task lists, 
            inspection plans.
            Work Centers are capable to do a whole operation. Work Centers can be Production, 
            Shipping or Receiving centers.Shipping and Receiving centers can be associated to a 
            group of Dock doors.Data in work centers is used for:
               • Scheduling
               • Costing
               • Capacity planning
               • Simplifying operation maintenance

= Developer Terms =
         Adempiere Enterprise Solution Conceptual Glossary Is A Unified Adempiere Language (UAL): 
                             Lets Start Learning Our New Language :+)
                                      (Soheil Qanbari)<br>
                             '''Adempiere Architecture Solution UAL'''
                                   Architecture is King... ;)
== A ==
       Application Dictionary (AD) : 
           AD is the most important developer tool given by Adempiere.Like Elements, Tables,
           Columns, References, Windows, Tabs, Fields, etc.
       Architecture: 
           The fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships 
           to each other and the environment, and the principles governing its design and evolution.
           Architecture has two meanings depending upon its contextual usage:
                1. A formal description of a system, or a detailed plan of the system at component 
                   level to guide its implementation
                2. The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and 
                   guidelines governing their design and evolution over time.
       Architecture Description:
           An architecture description is a formal description of an information system, organized in
           a way that supports reasoning about the structural properties of the system. It defines 
           the components or building blocks that make up the overall information system, and 
           provides a plan from which products can be procured, and systems developed, that will work
           together to implement the overall system. It thus enables you to manage your overall IT 
           investment in a way that meets the needs of your b'''Bold text'''usiness.
       Architecture Framework:
           An architecture framework is a tool which can be used for developing a broad range of 
           different architectures. It should describe a method for designing an information system 
           in terms of a set of building blocks, and for showing how the building blocks fit 
           together. It should contain a set of tools and provide a common vocabulary. It should also
           include a list of recommended standards and compliant products that can be used to 
           implement the building blocks.

== C ==
       Callout :
           A callout can be looked at as an extension at the field level.

== D ==
       Data Dictionary:
           A data dictionary is a set of metadata that contains definitions and representations of 
           data elements. Within the context of a DBMS, a data dictionary is a read-only set of 
           tables and views. The data dictionary is database in its own dictionary. Amongst other 
           things, a data dictionary holds the following information: <br>
             * Precise definition of data elements
             * Usernames, roles and privileges
             * Schema objects
             * Integrity constraints
             * Stored procedures and triggers
             * General database structure
             * Space allocations

== E ==
        Enterprise:
            An Enterprise in this context " Enterprise Architecture" is any collection of 
            organizations that has a common set of goals and/or a single bottom line. In that sense, 
            an enterprise can be a government agency, a whole corporation, a division of a 
            corporation, a single department, or a chain of geographically distant organizations 
            linked together by common ownership.
        Enterprise Modeling:
            Enterprise modelling is the process of improving the enterprise performance through the 
            creation of enterprise models. This includes the modelling of both business processes and
            IT.Also An enterprise model is a computational representation of the structure, 
            activities, processes, information, resources, people, behavior, goals, and constraints 
            of a business, government, or other enterprises.

== M ==
       Meta Data:
            Metadata is structured, encoded data that describe characteristics of information-bearing
            entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment, and management of the 
            described entities.Also Metadata is a set of optional structured descriptions that are 
            publicly available to explicitly assist in locating objects.
       Module :
            A New Module in Adempiere is * Table-Column structure * Input handling and validation 
            rules * Document Type & Print Format * Define Default Accounts * Workflow Process * 
            Callout definition and process-button definition consolidated via Report & Process * 
            Final Consolidation in Windows under the Menu tree  

== R ==
=== Routing ===
    A routing is a description of which operations (process steps) have to be carried out and 
    in which order to produce a material (product).  

== S ==
=== SQL Procedure ===
    An SQL Procedure can be looked at as an extension at the process level.

== T ==
=== Two Pack (2Pack) ===
    It's related with Translating Dictionary Modifications from one Adempiere system to another.

== X ==
=== XML2AD ===
           It imports several XML files into the database in order to modify the Application Dictionary of ADempiere.
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