| Term | Short in context | Short elsewhere | Description | Data model / API | Pending refactorings |
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| Supplier | | | A company which sells or produced materials required for our production. | TODO | |
| Delivery | | | A delivery of materials planned for a certain day. | TODO | |
| Delivery receipt | | | List of products actually received from the supplier. | TODO | |
| Buffor for delivery deadline | | | Tells the minimal amount of days which should pass between a deliveries deadline and the actual need for the products from that delivery. | TODO | |
| Delivery order | Order | | An order to a supplier to deliver products on a certain day. | TODO | |
| Products ordered from supplier | Ordered products | | List of products that the suppliers confirmed to deliver. | TODO | |
| Receipt of delivery | | | List of products that ware actually delivered | TODO | |
| Requests for quotation | Request | RFQ | Request to a supplier to make an offer for the given products | TODO | |
| Delivery offer | Offer | | Offer from supplier to deliver certain products. | TODO | |
| Supply negotiation rounds | Negotiations, Negotiation rounds | | In a negotiation round we specify how what products we need and when. For all of them we generate requests for quotation, send them to suppliers, pick the best offers and create deliveries. | TODO | |
| Material requirements coverage | Requirements coverage, Coverate | | A detailed comparison of how much of a given product do we need, when we need it, how much will be supplied and when will those supplies arrive. | TODO | |