inventory management process

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/InventoryManagementProcess

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: business process

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thingbfo:entitybfo:occurrentbfo:processplanned processbusiness processinventory management process

Definition

business process that consists of the activities required for controlling, tracking, recording, and planning inventories

Explanatory Notes

1- The process of ensuring the availability of products through inventory administration [CSCMP] 2-The branch of business management concerned with planning and controlling inventories [APICS]

Examples

  • A collection of tasked carried out in IKEA that ensures optimal inventory levels of raw material and finished products at all times.

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

The required constructs for creation of a formal definition are not available in this release.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

InventoryManagementProcess(x) → BusinessProcess(x)

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is an ‘inventory management process’ then x is a ‘business process’

Description Logic