Nominal Compounds

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1.3 Compounding

4.1.3.1 Nominal Compounds

It is type of compounding that is divided into three categories. First, semantic head of these compounds is inside the compound that is usually called by endocentric compounds. Second, the compounds that refers to persons, which mean that their semantic head is outside the compound, and usually called by exocentric compounds.

Third, the compounds denote an entity that is characterized (sometimes metaphorically)

by the property expressed and usually called by possessive compounds.

1. Endocentric compounds

It is a kind of the headedness compounds which are dominant in ERP software terms. Moreover, the words denote a subclass of the referents of the head analyzed below:

• Enterprise Resource Planning: noun + noun + noun

It is kind of software application or kinds of planning (datum 2).

• Sales forecasting: noun + noun It is a prediction of sales (datum 4).

• Advanced Planning System: noun + noun + noun

It is a kind of system in statistical capabilities (datum 6).

• Supplier Rating System: noun + noun + noun

It is grouping of supplier appear from quality (datum 7).

• Performance Metrics: noun + noun It is options of measurement (datum 8).

• General ledger: noun + noun It is a kind of ledger (datum 18).

• Cash management: noun + noun It is management of cash (datum 19).

• Customer relation management: noun + noun + noun It is a kind of relation with buyer management (datum 20).

• Human resources: noun + noun

It shows the duty or someone’s position in business (datum 21).

• Data warehousing: noun + noun

It is a kind of data used by customer (datum 22).

• Demand management: noun + noun It is management of demand (datum 28).

• Close loop: adjective + noun

It is a set of business process built around material requirements planning and also additional planning function of production (datum 29).

• Business plan: noun + noun

It is statement of income projections, cost and profit usually accompanied by budgets and projected balance sheet as well as a cash flow statement (datum 32).

• Make – to – order: noun + preposition + noun

It is finished after the receipt of a customer order (datum 33).

• Make – to – stock: noun + preposition + noun

It is a kind of shipped from finished goods off the shelf (datum 34).

• Bill of Material: noun + preposition + noun It is a kind of listing (datum 40).

• Information system: noun + noun It is system of information (datum 44).

• Information technology: noun + noun It is technology of information (datum 45).

• Supplier scheduling: noun + noun

It is purchasing approach which gives supplier schedule (datum 47).

• Shop Floor Control: noun + noun + noun It is kind of report production (datum 50).

• Cycle Counting: noun + noun

It is a physical inventory- taking technique where inventory is counted on periodic schedule rather than once a year (datum 51).

• Plant Floor Control: noun + noun + noun It is kind of report production (datum 53).

• Overload: noun + noun It is load of over (datum 54).

• Under Load: noun + noun It is load of under (datum 55).

• Back Flush: noun + noun

It is a kind of reception finished report (datum 57).

• Schedule Receipts: noun + noun

It is schedule of acceptance from supplier according to last week (datum 58).

• Product Structure: noun + noun

It is structure or formula of product (datum 62).

• Time Fence: noun + noun

It is a point of time with various restrictions (datum 66).

The findings above show that new words are dominantly formed by noun and

noun. The words prove that most of the words are formed from nominal compound with

noun referring as head. It appears in the words (Enterprise Resource Planning, Sales

forecasting, Advanced Planning System, Supplier Rating System, Performance Metrics,

General ledger, Cash management, Customer relation management, Human resources, Data warehousing, Demand Management, Business Plan, Information System,

Information Technology, Supplier Scheduling, Shop Floor Control, Cycle Counting, Plant Floor Control, Overload,

Under Load

, Back Flush, Schedule Receipts, Product Structure, and Time Fence). In addition, endocentric compound can be found in the words formed by adjective and noun as Closed Loop. Moreover, there are words created by noun, preposition and noun that include in this type such as: Make – to – order, Make – to – stock, and Bill of Material.

2. Exocentric compound

It is a kind of nominal compound that seems to be restricted to forms denoting human being, it cannot be found in the ERP software terms.

3. Possessive compounds

This type included in nominal compound which denotes an entity that the words sometimes appear as metaphor. In this case, there are five examples explained below:

• Just – in – time: adjective + noun + noun

It word has not meaning "at this time" but it means an approach to achieving in manufacturing (datum 36).

• Lean manufacturing: adjective + noun

This term does not mean "lean of factory" but it means an approach of

production that emphasizes on the minimization of the amount of all the

resources (including time) used in the various activities of the enterprise (datum 37).

• Quick Slice: adjective + noun

This word does not mean "part of speed" but it means a method of implementing most of the ERP functions into a small slice of the business typically one product or product line, in a very short time (datum 38).

• On – Hand Balance: adjective + noun + noun

This word does not mean "a balance hand" but it means the quantity shown in the inventory records as being physically in stock (datum 60).

• Available – to – promise: adjective + preposition + noun

This word does not mean "promise that has available" but it means the uncommitted portion of inventory and future production (datum 64).

• Work – in – process : noun + noun + noun

This word does not mean "process of work" but it means product in various

stages of completion, including raw material that has been released for initial

processing and completely processed material (datum 65).