Index

ABC analysis

Acceptance testing

Accounting

cost accounting

financial accounting. See also Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)

inventory

for leases

source-to-settle accounts payable functions

systems

Acid test

Activity-based costing (ABC)

Actual damages

Ad valorem tariff

Administrative and support departments

Advertising department

Affirmative action

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 1978, 1986 (ADEA)

Agency

Aging reports

Alliances

business

regional trading

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

Andean Community of Nations (Comunidad Andina de Naciones) (CAN)

Anti-Kickback Act of 1986

Anticipatory repudiation

Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (ADCVD)

Antidumping duty

Antitrust law

Application service providers (ASPs)

Applications. See Software

Approval and authority for order placement

Approved supplier list (ASL)

Arbitration

Ariba

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Asset tracking

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Assumptions

risk

strategic plan

Auctions

Dutch auction

online

reverse auction (RA)

of surplus assets

Audit committee

Auditors

Audits

documentation (audit trail)

inventory

ISO 14000 series

of projects

regulatory compliance. See also Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)

supplier audits

Authority

agents

order placement

project manager

Automation

computer basics and terminology

electronic procurement

impact of

inventory management

logistics

overview

software

solicitation of bids and proposals ...

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