Category: F

A database with one large table. This different from many tables with a relational database. It is flat due to the 2d structure that cannot show complex data. AKA flat file database

The way of planning for the changes and demands in a product to make a good. It can use machine flexibility or routing flexibility. Machines can either do more than one thing

The time when an aircraft is in the air. AKA wheels off to wheels on time.

The computer part that handles floating point operations.

The profit for stockholders for a company that did not issue the investment.

1. a small group of people to focus on a topic. It better represents a population than individual surveys. 2. using more than one person to solve a problem and offer solutions

The agency that handles safety for food and cosmetics. It also looks at drugs and their use. They regulate new drugs, standards, and restrictions.

The people who visit a business not in a car. They walk to the desintation. They are exposed when they walk past an establishment or drive by it.

An item that is reexported in the same form it ws imported in.

Legally enforceable contract. Use of a prescribed format and containing standardized conditions and provisions in its text makes it formal, makes it legally enforceable.

The top 1000 largest US public and privately-held companies are listed based on reported revenues. It is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine.

A manufacturer buys its output distribution channels to achieve greater economies of scale or higher market share. A type of vertical integration.

Fixed, future-dated arrangement for conducting a swap.

Product, price, place (distribution), and promotion. Four major factors controllable in any marketing mix.

1. Material separates into two parts. Typically caused by mechanical failure. 2. Bone breaking; many types exist, such as complete or incomplete breakage.

Absorbing a higher premium cost to secure a lower interest rate for a certain time as an investment strategy.

Duty-free trading zone and commercial area around a free port.

Free reserves level in an economy indicates available bank credit. Bank’s funds in excess of required monies under the Fractional Reserve System. Excess is available for lending or investment.

Also known as freedom of speech. Includes free press. The right to say what one wants through any form of communication and media, with the only limitation being to cause another harm

The process of persuading MINORITY INTERESTS of a target company to sell their shares after a TENDER OFFER has been made. The intent behind the freezeout is for the acquiring company to