Category: K

One item under its own part number or SKU, comprised of several other finished goods (FG), each with its own SKU. Refer to separate stock keeping unit (SKU).

Atlas of documents, files, databases, recordings of best practices or activities, or web pages as a organization’s internal or external repositories guide and inventory.

Knowledge Exchange as the basis of an economy where knowledge capital is the defacto currency, an underlying premise in knowledge-based economies .

The effect losing one important member of the team causes.

Telex machine wire fund transfer messages authenticated using code (key) numbers. Contrast to modern digital data transfer. .

Process of grouping, packaging, and shipping one unit comprised of several other finished good. For example, in ordering a PC online, the supplier builds a customized kit, assembled and shipped as one

Specific information content or requirements distinguishing job, process, or task.

K Desktop Environment. KDE was a project begun by Matthias Ettrich in 1996. It was developed mainly by European volunteers. It is a Linux-based non-proprietary graphical user interface (GUI). It works with

Deposit on a leased property paid by the lessee.

A bribe for routing a job, contract, or order. Typically comes out of the income generated by the job, contract, or order. Demanded by an official.

Something assembled from whatever was available to ‘make do’, but not built according to design or plan.

Data analysts, product developers, planners, programmers, and researchers capturing data to analyze and manipulate into information as a product or service. US management guru Peter Drucker, born in Austria in 1909 popularized

A parent company and a subsidiary imitate such a contract to guarantee the subsidiary all necessary financing over a specified time-period. The parent company provides this. This contracted support gives potential lenders

Key business statistics as measures of a firm’s performance in critical areas. Typically, monitoring is essential for such business activities that would likely cause severe losses or outright failure if done incorrectly.

Compensatin offered to a bank so a company can use its services. Refer to equity kicker, carrot equity, and sweetner.

1. A very similar looking product copy a patented, trademarked, or copyrighted product or work that is cheaper as an illegal version. 2. A cheaper version of a higher-priced material or product

Earnings system that compensates employees skill level proficiency and gained education. The employee incentive is improve skills set and education. Reaching certain goals in education, training and skill development translates into higher

A group of companies who have a shared interest but are not organized into a central company. Refer to Chaebol.

Individual whose loss may cripple an organization. Knowledge, creativity, inspiration, reputation, and/or skills are essential assets for organizational viability and growth.

Trend reversal candlestick pattern. Rather reliable predictor that a change in the direction of a trend is occurring. The fundamentals of a company being researched begin to show change along side this