provisioning
Stocking for later
Provisioning is the act of supplying what's needed—originally food and supplies for a journey or military campaign, now extended to any preparation of resources.
In computing and telecommunications, provisioning means setting up systems, accounts, or services for use: The IT department handles provisioning for new employees.
A ship is provisioned before a voyage; a server is provisioned before deployment.
Controlled food portions
- foodConsumable nourishment source
- suppliesResources for a task
- victualsFood and drink
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
subsistence · consumables · staples · necessities · essentials · stockpiling · mess
Distribution of shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- dispensingGiving out portions
- furnishingItems equipping a space
- equippingProviding necessary tools
issuance · rationing · allotment · apportionment · disbursement · requisition · outfitting · kitting
Allocation across recipients
- transportationMoving people or goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- freightGoods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
dispatching · tracking · customs · clearance · importing · exporting · consignment · couriers
Catalog of held assets
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- stockroomStorage for merchandise
- replenishSupply anew
- restockReplenish depleted inventory
shelves · pallets · bins · racks · backstock · rotation · storage · stockpile
Estimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- estimatingForming rough calculations
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
allocating · coordinating · procurement · contingency · capacity
rations
Controlled food portions
stores · subsistence · consumables · staples · necessities · essentials · stockpiling · mess
allocation
Distribution of shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- dispensingGiving out portions
- furnishingItems equipping a space
equipping · issuance · rationing · allotment · apportionment · disbursement · requisition · outfitting · kitting · materiel
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- transportationMoving people or goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- freightGoods being transported
cargo · dispatching · tracking · customs · clearance · importing · exporting · consignment · couriers · trucking
inventory
Catalog of held assets
restock · shelves · pallets · bins · racks · backstock · rotation · storage · stockpile · reserves
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- estimatingForming rough calculations
projecting · allocating · coordinating · procurement · contingency · capacity
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, stockpile, reserve
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
- preparationprepare, preparing, ready, readies, readiness
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- settingssetting, default, settings, template, configure
provisioningdepleting
Progressively using up
consuming · exhausting · draining · using up · depletion
provisioningneglecting
Failing to attend to
undersupplying · shortchanging · skimping · disregarding · overlooking
provisioningwithholding
Keeping from another
denying · depriving · restricting · starving · cutting off
provide, provided, provisions, provision, providing, provider, improvise, provides, providence