A repository of data that has been specially prepared to support decision-making applications. Syn: decision-support data. See: information data warehouse.
In the theory of constraints, the constraint is viewed as a drum, and nonconstraints are like soldiers in an army who march in unison to the drumbeat' the resources in a plant should perform in unison with the drumbeat set by the constraint....
A qualitative forecasting technique in which individuals who are familiar with specific market segments estimate the demand within these segments. The overall forecast then is obtained by calculating the sum of the forecasts for these segments....