Abbreviations Flashcards
4 rights
Right product
Right quantity
Right place
Right time
3 T’s
Time
Trust
Transparency
4 R’s
Responsiveness
Reliability
Resilience
Relationships
ASRS
Automatic storage and retrieval systems
OSA
On shelf availability
OOS
Out of stock / stock out
Box trailer
For valuable goods / cold chain
Curtain sided
Less valuable goods
BPR
Business process re-engineering
YOY
Year on year
CPC
Certificate of professional competence
CMI
Co managed inventory
VMI
Vender managed inventory
CP
Collaborative planning
CPFR
Collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment
CRM
Customer relationship management
When you reach the volume limit of a container/pallet
Cube out
When you reach the weight limit of a container/pallet
Weight out
Coopetition
A strategy that is both co operative and competative
DMU
Decision making unit
DPP
Direct product profitability
DSD
Direct store delivery
DTS
Direct to store
EOC
Economic order quantity - eg buying a pallet when you may only need half
FGP
Factory gate pricing
FIFO
First in first out
LO LO
Lift on lift off
RO RO
Roll on roll off
FMCG
Fast moving consumer goods
CD
Consumer durables - washing machine
KAM
Key account management
KPI
Key performance indicator
KVI
Known value item
SKU
Stock keeping unit
SLA
Service level agreement
SRP
Shelf ready packaging
OBC
Open book costing
OEE
Overall equipment effectiveness
RTP
Returnable transit packaging
VCA
Value chain analysis
LEDC
Less economically developed countries
MDC
More developed countries
MSE
Micro and small enterprises
VMR
Value managed relationships
HACCP
Hazard analysis critical control point- to manage microbiological dangers
ETI
Ethical trading initiative