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The purpose of this tool is to list and define abbreviations used within the supply chain, logistics and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) areas. Please Email any terms that you think are missing or where the definition is incorrect. All suggestions will be credited. This work is copyrighted. 

 
ZBB
Zero Based Budgeting - A method of budgeting in which all expenditures must be justified each new period, as opposed to only explaining the amounts requested in excess of the previous period's funding.
 
ZD?
Zero Defect Design (ZDD), Zero Defect Council (ZDC), Zero Defect Program (ZDP) etc.
 
ZLE
Zero Latency Enterprise - Gartner term zero-latency enterprise (ZLE), which refers to an organization that can make decisions based on up-to-the-second information and instantly apply those decisions to operational systems and business processes.