What this covers
The CRIBWISE terms you will meet across the help center and in the product itself, in alphabetical order, each with a link to the article that explains it in full.
Where a term is used differently in your own plant, the definition here is the one the software uses.
Terms and definitions
| Term | Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Account administrator / service owner | The portal owner. Authenticated on the e-mail address registered when the portal was created, rather than against the portal’s own user list — so it keeps working even when no Admin Portal user can log in. See How to activate a new portal and create your first user. | |
| Admin Portal | AP | The application used to manage the environment of connected Shop Floor Interfaces and the information in the system. Acts as the server. See Getting started with Admin Portal. |
| Administrator login | The login mode reached with the key icon in the top-right corner of the Admin Portal login panel. Signs you in as the account administrator. Select Login by user to return to the normal form. | |
| Central stock | A stock with Type set to Central. Supplies the satellite stocks that name it, and is the only one of the pair that raises a purchase order. See How to create and manage stocks. | |
| Cost allocation | CA | Information captured with a pick that records what the item was picked for and where it went. See How to configure custom cost allocation lists and hierarchies. |
| Device | The software and hardware running a Shop Floor Interface installation. This is what end users interact with. See How to create and manage devices. | |
| Inventory | The operation that compares the real quantity against the quantity recorded in the system and corrects it. See How to do an inventory on the Shop Floor Interface. | |
| Item | An object that can be picked, returned and managed within a stock location. | |
| Location controlled storage device | A storage device that can automatically open or present a stock location, or a set of stock locations. | |
| Manufacturer | The company that produces the tool. Distinct from the vendor, who may simply be a distributor. Held as a lightweight record of ID and name. See How to manage manufacturers. | |
| Open storage device | A storage device without automatically controlled stock locations, where every operation is performed manually. | |
| Pick | The operation that takes an item out of a device to be used in production. See How to pick an item. | |
| Portal | Your CRIBWISE environment. Its web address ends with the portal name — for example https://app.cribwise.com/AdminPortal/yourportal. |
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| Product access group | PAG | A group of specific items plus rules that restrict which users may operate with those items. See How to restrict item access with Product Access Groups. |
| Restock | The operation that adds further items into a stock location. See How to restock items on the Shop Floor Interface. | |
| Return | The operation that puts an item back into a device from production. | |
| Satellite stock | A stock with Type set to Satellite, which names a central stock as its source. Replenished from that central stock by a transfer list rather than by its own purchase order. See How to create and manage stocks. | |
| Shop Floor Interface | SFI | The application used by end users for daily operations at the physical storage devices. Acts as the client, so it must be connected to an Admin Portal. See Getting started with Shop Floor Interface. |
| Standard cost | The average cost of getting an item into production, calculated from the average cost of buying new items and the average cost of servicing items already in production. See Understanding item costs. | |
| Stock location | A position inside a storage device where items can be stored. | |
| Storage device | The physical cabinet or shelf that contains stock locations. | |
| Temporary password | A one-off password sent by e-mail when a password reset is requested. It expires, and it does not cancel the existing password. See How to reset an administrator’s password. | |
| Transfer list | A stateless, entirely internal list that moves items from a central stock to a satellite stock. Needs no integration settings. See Understanding transfer lists. | |
| Usage cost | The cost generated when a user picks an item. For consumable items it equals the standard cost. For durable items an administrator can specify how it is generated. See Understanding item costs. | |
| User group | A named set of permissions assigned to users, so access is granted by group rather than person by person. See How to create and configure a user group. | |
| Vendor | The company you buy an item from. May be a distributor rather than the manufacturer, which is why the two are recorded separately. |
Related articles
- Getting started with Admin Portal: layout, navigation, and lists — where these objects live in the portal.
- Getting started with Shop Floor Interface: layout and menus — the operator side of the same terms.
- How to activate a new portal and create your first user — account administrator, portal and first login in context.
- How to create and manage stocks — how standard, central and satellite stocks relate.
- How to create and manage users — users, user groups and permissions.
- Admin Portal permissions reference — what each permission controls.