industrial inventory

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/IndustrialInventory

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: bfo:material entity

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing β€Ί bfo:entity β€Ί bfo:continuant β€Ί bfo:independent continuant β€Ί bfo:material entity β€Ί industrial inventory

Definition

material product, material component, raw material, or material artifact that is ready to be sold or used and is stored in a storage facility or on factory floor

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of β€˜industrial inventory’ is defined as exactly an instance of β€˜raw material’ or β€˜material product’ or β€˜material artifact’ or β€˜material component’ that β€˜has role’ some β€˜industrial inventory role’

Explanatory Notes

Those stocks or items used to support production (raw materials and work-in-process items), supporting activities (maintenance, repair, and operating supplies), and customer service (finished goods and spare parts) [APICS].

Examples

  • sealed and labeled boxes of ball bearings packaged for shipment

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition

IndustrialInventory(x) ↔ (MaterialArtifact(x) ∨ MaterialComponent(x) v MaterialProduct(x) v RawMaterial(x)) ∧ βˆƒr(IndustrialInventoryRole(r) ∧ hasRole(x,r))

Description Logic


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