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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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- QA
- Quality Assurance; the planning and definition of
quality procedures.
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- QAD
- Quality Assured Delivery - where the logistics partner takes responsibility
for quality.
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- QC
- Quality Control; the execution of quality procedures.
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- QCM
- Quality Control Management.
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- QCO
- Quick Change Over
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- QFD
- Quality Function Deployment - a product design and deployment
technique
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- QM
- Quality Management
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- QoE
- Quality of Experience - a way of expressing a customers full
experience of a supplier and not just the product it sells.
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- QOTIF
- Quality On Time In Full - variant of OTIF - Every order is delivered
complete, on-time and to the correct quality. An item missing or an
order line a day late is a 100% failure.
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- QR
- Quick Response -
A strategy widely adopted by general merchandise and soft lines
retailers and manufacturers to reduce retail out-of-stocks, forced
markdowns and operating expenses. These goals are accomplished through
shipping accuracy and reduced response time. QR is a partnership
strategy in which suppliers and retailers work together to respond more
rapidly to the consumer by sharing point-of-sale scan data, enabling
both to forecast replenishment needs.
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- QRM
- Quick Response Manufacturing -
concentrates on lead time reduction as the main performance measure and
recommends reducing bottleneck (critical resource) utilization to 80%
[Centre for Quick Response Manufacturing, University of
Wisconsin-Madison].
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