Operation Management Acronyms
QR
Quick Response
ROP
Reorder Point
ROI
Return on Investment
AON
Activity on Node (Method)
APS
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
BPR
Business Process Re-engineering
B2B
Business-to-Business
B2C
Business-to-Consumer
CE
Cause-and-Effect (Diagram)
CL
Center Line (Control Charts)
CPFR
Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment
CIM
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CNC
Computer Numerical Control
DMAIC
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
GT
Group Technology
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
JIT
Just-in-Time (System)
LCL
Lower Control Limit
LSL
Lower Specification Limit
MRO
Maintenance Repair and Operating Supplies (Inventory)
MTO
Make-to-Order
MTS
Make-to-Stock
MBNQA
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
MES
Manufacturing Execution System
RONA
Return on Net Assests
S&OP
Sales and Operations Planning
SME
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
SPC
Statistical Process Control
SQC
Statistical Quality Control
SKU
Stock-Keeping Unit
SCM
Supply Chain Management
SCOR
Supply Chain Operations Reference Model
TOC
Theory of Constraints
TR
Throughput Ratio
ECR
Efficient Consumer Response
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange Model
EC
Engineering Characteristics
ECO
Engineering-Change-Order
ERP
Enterprise Resources Planning
PERT
Project Evaluation Review Technique
APICS
American Production and Inventory Control Society
ASQ
American Society for Quality
ATO
Assemble-to-Order
BOM
Bill of Material
TQM
Total Quality Management
TS
Tracking Signal
UCL
Upper Control Limit
CAM
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAD
Computer-Aided/Assisted Design
CPM
Critical Path Method
CR
Critical Ratio
CFE
Cumulative (Sum) of Forecast Errors
CA
Customer Attributes
DFM
Design for Manufacturing
DRP
Distribution Requirement Planning
EOQ
Economic Order Quantity
FAS
Final Assembly Schedule
FCS
Finite Capacity Scheduling
FCFS
First Come, First Served
MP&CS
Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems
MRP
Materials Requirements Planning
MRP II
Materials Resource Planning (System)
MAPE
Mean Absolute Percentage Errors
MSE
Mean Square Error
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
MTTR
Mean Time to Repair
MAD
Mean-Absolute Deviation (of Forecast Errors)
MINPRT
Minimum Processing Time
QFD
Quality Function Deployment
QIP
Quality Improvement Process
NPD
New Product Development
NC
Numerically Controlled (Machine)
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturing
POQ
Period Order Quantity
PWP
Plant-within-a-Plant
Cp and Cpk
Process Capability Indexes
USL
Upper Specification Limit
VMI
Vendor Managed Inventory
WIP
Work-in-Process Inventory
ZD
Zero Defects
