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Please search the abbreviations by using the alphabet links above.
The purpose of this tool is to list and define abbreviations used within the supply chain,
logistics and
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) areas. Please Email any terms that you think are missing or
where the definition is incorrect. All suggestions will be credited.
This work is copyrighted.
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- NAFTA
- North American Free Trade Agreement (Thanks to Felipe Barousse Boué,
piensa.com)
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- NCS
- Nominated Carrier Scheme
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- NDC
- National Distribution Centre or Network
Distribution Centre
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- NFA
- Net Fixed Assets - usually as in Utilization of Net Fixed Assets
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- NIS
- Network Information System
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- NOA
- Notice Of Arrival
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- NPD
- New Product Development - term used in food industry.
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- NPDI
- New Product Development and Introduction - fuller definition of
process
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- NPV
- Net Present Value
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- NRA
- No Return Agreement - goods sold at a discount or scrapped not to be
returned.
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- NRP
- Network Resource Planning - recognition that
planning isn't just linear structures but networks of resources, companies,
partnerships and supply chains.
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- NS
- Nil Stock or No Stock
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- NSC
- Network Supply Chain - Forrester Research acronym 'A network of
interenterprise supply chain events connected through a private or
public eMarketplace'.
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- NW
- SAP NetWeaver
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