A process where a model plans and executes a sequence of tool calls — look up an order, check stock, draft a reply — rather than answering a single question.
The structured list of components, sub-assemblies and quantities needed to make one unit of a product — the master record most other ERP functions depend on.
A standing customer authorisation that lets a merchant present recurring debits automatically, within agreed limits, without the customer approving each one.
A model stating something fluently and confidently that is not supported by any source — the central risk in putting language models into business processes.
Working backwards from demand and the bill of materials to decide what to make or buy, in what quantity, by when — accounting for stock, lead times and existing orders.
A blockchain where only known, vetted organisations can write and read — the model used in supply chains, as opposed to a public chain with anonymous participants.
Answering a question by first retrieving the relevant passages from your own documents and then having the model answer only from them — rather than relying on what it memorised in training.
Code deployed to a ledger that executes automatically when its conditions are met, giving several parties a shared rule nobody can quietly change afterwards.
A numeric representation of text where passages with similar meaning sit close together, which is what lets a search match intent rather than exact keywords.
A digitally signed claim — a test certificate, an inspection result — that any holder can verify as authentic and unaltered without contacting the issuer.