Definition of Bin transfer

Bin transfer

A transaction to move inventory from one storage bin to another.

Accumulation bin

A location in which components destined for the shop floor are
accumulated before delivery.

Bin

A storage area, typically a subdivision of a single level of a storage rack.

Binomial model

A method of pricing options or other equity derivatives in
which the probability over time of each possible price follows a binomial
distribution. The basic assumption is that prices can move to only two values
(one higher and one lower) over any short time period.

Binomial option pricing model

An option pricing model in which the underlying asset can take on only two
possible, discrete values in the next time period for each value that it can take on in the preceding time period.

Building a binomial tree

For a binomial option model: plotting the two
possible short-term price-changes values, and then the subsequent two values
each, and then the subsequent two values each, and so on over time, is known
as “building a binomial tree.” See binomial model.

Combination matching

Also called horizon matching, a variation of multiperiod immunization and cash
flow matching in which a portfolio is created that is always duration matched and also cash-matched in the
first few years.

Combination strategy

A strategy in which a put and with the same strike price and expiration are either both
bought or both sold. Related: Straddle

Depository transfer check (DTC)

Check made out directly by a local bank to a particular firm or person.

EFT (electronic funds transfer)

Funds which are electronically credited to your account (e.g. direct deposit), or electronically debited from your account on an ongoing basis (e.g. a pre-authorized monthly bill payment, or a monthly loan or mortgage payment). A wire transfer is a form of EFT.

Electronic depository transfers

The transfer of funds between bank accounts through the Automated
Clearing House (ACH) system.

Interplant transfer

The movement of inventory from one company location to
another, usually requiring a transfer transaction.

negotiated transfer price

an intracompany charge for goods
or services set through a process of negotiation between
the selling and purchasing unit managers

Official unrequited transfers

Include a variety of subsidies, military aid, voluntary cancellation of debt,
contributions to international organizations, indemnities imposed under peace treaties, technical assistance,
taxes, fines, etc.

Private unrequited transfers

Refers to resident immigrant workers' remittances to their country of origin as
well as gifts, dowries, inheritances, prizes, charitable contributions, etc.

Q ratio or Tobin's Q ratio

Market value of a firm's assets divided by replacement value of the firm's assets.
Quadratic programming Variant of linear programming whereby the equations are quadratic rather than linear.

Robinson-Patman Act

a law that prohibits companies from pricing the same products at different amounts when those amounts do not reflect related cost differences

Tobin's Q

Market value of assets divided by replacement value of assets. A Tobin's Q ratio greater than 1
indicates the firm has done well with its investment decisions.

Transfer agent

ndividual or institution appointed by a company to look after the transfer of securities.

Transfer Payment

A grant or gift that is not payment for services rendered.

Transfer price

The price at which one unit of a firm sells goods or services to another unit of the same firm.

Transfer price

The price at which goods or services are bought and sold within divisions of the same organization, as opposed to an arm’s-length price at which sales may be made to an external customer.

transfer price

an internal charge established for the exchange
of goods or services between organizational units
of the same company

Transfer price

The price at which one part of a company sells a product or service to
another part of the same company.

transfer time

the time consumed by moving products or
components from one place to another

Transferable put right

An option issued by the firm to its shareholders to sell the firm one share of its
common stock at a fixed price (the strike price) within a stated period (the time to maturity). The put right is
"transferable" because it can be traded in the capital markets.

Transferred-in cost

The cost that a product accumulates during its tenure in another
department that is earlier in the production process.

two-bin system

an inventory ordering system in which two
containers (or stacks) of raw materials or parts are available
for use; when one container is depleted, the removal
of materials from the second container begins and a purchase
order is placed to refill the first container

Two-bin system

A system in which parts are reordered when their supply in one
storage bin is exhausted, requiring usage from a backup bin until the replenishment
arrives.

Unilateral transfers

Items in the current account of the balance of payments of a country's accounting books
that corresponds to gifts from foreigners or pension payments to foreign residents who once worked in the
country whose balance of payments is being considered.

wire transfer

An electronic transmission of money from one place to another. For example, you might request that your bank transfer money from your bank account in Vancouver to the account of a relative in Quebec City. To do this, you would provide the relative’s name and account number, as well as the address of the bank in Quebec City. Your bank would then "wire" the funds, which would usually arrive within a couple of days.

modified FIFO method (of process costing)

the method of cost assignment that uses FIFO to compute a cost per
equivalent unit but, in transferring units from a department,
the costs of the beginning inventory units and the
units started and completed are combined and averaged

Trust Company

Organization usually combined with a commercial bank, which is engaged as a trustee for individuals or businesses in the administration of Trust funds, estates, custodial arrangements, stock transfer and registration, and other related services.

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