A process that weighs both customer demand and a firm's output capabilities, and tries to balance the two. Demand management is made up of planning demand, communicating demand, influencing demand, an d prioritizing demand....
In activity-based cost accounting a set of standard definitions of activities including descriptions, business process, function source, cost drivers, and other data important to activity-based planni ng....
A double-entry record system that shows the balance of inventory items on hand and the balances of items on order and available for future orders. Where a reserve system of materials control is used, the balance of material on reserve is also shown....