Appendix A

The following is a list of acronyms commonly used in the system:

 

ABC

activity based costing

A/P

accounts payable

A/R

accounts receivable

ASN

advanced ship notice

B2B

business to business

BTQ

backorder tolerance quantity

COGS

cost of goods sold

CPTI

clear purchase to inventory

CTQ

critical to quality

DPD

demand per day

DTD

document type definition

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EIS

Eclipse Information System

EOQ

economic order quantity

FBR

from branch

FIFO

first-in first-out

GMROI

gross margin return on investment

HAZMAT

hazardous materials

HSRC

hits-related safety coefficient

JIT

just in time

LBC

line buy cycle

LIFO

last-in first-out

LP

line point

LSQ

low sale quantity

LT

lead time

MSDS

material safety data sheets

NAED

National Association of Electrical Distributors

NSF

non-sufficient funds

NSTD

National Sales Tax Database

OE

order entry

OP

order point

OTJ

on the job

PDW

Product Data Warehouse

PIL

projected inventory level

POS

point of sale

RF

radio frequency

RGA

return goods authorization

ROE

remote order entry

SFA

Sales Force Automation

SKU

stock-keeping unit

SME

subject matter expert

TBR

to branch

UBAB

unbilled accounts payable

UFO

user friendly organization

UOM

unit of measure

UPC

universal product code

URL

universal resource locator

VOC

voice of the customer

WOE

web order entry