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Waiting Period

A waiting period consists of a base waiting period plus the period after the base waiting period up to a specified enrollment date (if defined), for example, the first day of the first month.

Warehouse number

Alphanumeric key that defines a complex warehousing system consisting of different organizational and technical units (storage areas).

Warning

An Alert.

Warr.counter value

Specific attribute value that identifies the end of the warranty validity.

WBS Description

Description of a Work Breakdown Structure Element

WBS element

Work Breakdown Structure Element

Weight

Amount an item weighs.

Weight (Unit of Measure)

Amount in weight for a unit of measure of an item.

Weight unit

Amount an item weighs per unit.

Weighting factor

Number by which values are multiplied to give them more or less influence on the total result; a larger value greatly affects the result, whereas a smaller value has a lesser effect.

Weighting Group

Specification which states how many historical values are taken into account during the forecast and how these values are weighted in the forecast calculation.

Weighting key

In vendor evaluation, a key allowing evaluation criteria to be weighted to reflect their relative importance.

What-if reporting

A method of developing reports that encompasses different sets of assumptions in evaluating outputs.

Whse no.

Alphanumeric key that defines a complex warehousing system consisting of different organizational and technical units (storage areas).

Whse number

Alphanumeric key that defines a complex warehousing system consisting of different organizational and technical units (storage areas).

Withdrawal val.

Value of component material withdrawn for a production order, calculated on the basis of price in material master.

Work

Used to quantify output produced by a work center's labor and equipment.

Work Area

Determines which resources, products and orders can be displayed in the detailed scheduling planning board which you call up directly in the area menu for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling.

Work breakdown structure

Model of the work to be performed during a project. A WBS combines WBS elements into a hierarchical organization.

Work center

Comprised of a group of people (or a single person) that performs the actual maintenance work. Assigned to work orders to accomplish the work in the scheduling process.

Work center cat.

Code for the category to which the work center belongs.

Work center category

Code for the category to which the work center belongs.

Work Center Hierarchy

Organization of work centers. The naming convention is organized as followings: the first 4 characters indicate the superior work center, the following characters indicate the skill level.

Work center load

Quantifies the difference resulting from the capacity required and capacity available.

Work center/plant

Organizational unit or physical place where work activities are carried out.

Work ctr

Comprised of a group of people (or a single person) that performs the actual maintenance work. Assigned to work orders to accomplish the work in the scheduling process.

Work durtn

Time from start to finish.

Work order

Used to plan, schedule, review, and authorize work prior to it's accomplishment.

Work scheduler

Production scheduler.

Workcenter

Comprised of a group of people (or a single person) that performs the actual maintenance work. Assigned to work orders to accomplish the work in the scheduling process.

Write up

Process of correcting excessive depreciation during an asset's useful life.