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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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- WAM
- Work and Asset Management (also known as WAMs).
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- WAMBAM
- Web Application Meets Bricks and Mortar
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- WBS
- Work Breakdown Structure
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- WEEE
- Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment - EU legislation that came into effect on August 2004 in the UK. Enforces
the recycling and recovery of all electronic goods.
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- WERC
- Warehousing Education and Research Council.
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- WFM
- Waste Free Manufacturing - rapid deployment of lean ideas
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- WFSC
- Week Forward Sales cover - the number of weeks sales into the future
to be kept in stock.
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- WIGIG
- When
It's Gone, It's Gone - a one off sale at a special one-of
price
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- WIP
- Work In Progress (Process) - usually materials that have been issued to the
shop floor (or a production process) from the warehouse but have yet to complete production.
Valuing WIP requires direct labour and machine hours to be vary
carefully measured. For many companies WIP is known as a financial
black hole.
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- WLC
- Whole Life Cost (Thanks to Stephen Butler)
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- WM
- Warehouse Management - SAP module name
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- WMS
- Warehouse Management System - software system that manages the
operational part of a warehouse.
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- WSSI
- Weekly Sales, Stock and Intake - usually a plan at product category
level used in retail merchandising planning. Purchasing Open-To-Buy can
be created with this plan (Thanks to Trish Wyatt-Hawkins).
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- WTD
- Working Time Directive
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- WWRE
- World Wide Retail Exchange - now merged with GNX
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- WYSIWIG
- What You See Is What You Get
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