Research And Development
Glossary
R&D
R/T
Revenue Tons
Rack Slot
Rack Unit Clearance
Racking
RADAR
Radio Direction and Range
Radio Frequency (RF)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Railhead
Ramp Rate
Random-Location Storage
RAP
Remedial Action Projects
RAS
Replenishment at Sea.
Rate Agreement
Rate basis number
Rate basis point
Rate bureau
Rate-Based Scheduling
Rationing
Raw Materials (RM)
RB
Rubber Stern Bearing
RBS
Recreational Boating Safety.
RCAC
Regional Citizens Advisory Council
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
RCVR
Receivers
RCVR
Receiver(s)
RDF
Radio Direction Finder
RDRMES
EDIFACT Raw data reporting message
RE
Regulatory Evaluation
Re-engineering
Re-plan Cycle
Re-warehousing
Real-Time
Reasonable rate
REBORD
EDIFACT Reinsurance bordereau message
RECADV
EDIFACT Receiving advice message
RECALC
EDIFACT Reinsurance calculation message
Recapture Clause
RECECO
EDIFACT Credit risk cover message
Received for Shipment Bill of Lading
Receiving
Receiving Dock
Receiving Report
RECLAM
EDIFACT Reinsurance claims message
Reconsignment
RECORD
EDIFACT Reinsurance core data message
Rectangular Pinwheel Course Pattern
Recyclable Materials
Reed-Bulwinkle Act
Reefer
REEFER
Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container
Reengineering
- A fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in performance.
- A term used to describe the process of making (usually) significant and major revisions or modifications to business processes.
- Also called Business Process Reengineering.
REF
Refrigeration
Refrigerated Carriers
Regeneration MRP
REGENT
EDIFACT Registration of enterprise message
Regional carrier
Register Ton
Regular-route carrier
Relay
Relay terminal
Release-to-Start Manufacturing
Released-value rates
Reliability
RELIST
EDIFACT Reinsured objects list message
REMADV
EDIFACT Remittance advice message
Rent
Reorder point
Reorder Point
Reorder Quantity
REP
Reparation
Replenishment
REPREM
EDIFACT Reinsurance premium message
REQ
REQDOC
EDIFACT Request for document message
REQOTE
EDIFACT Request for quote message
Request for Information (RFI)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Quote (RFQ)
Requisition
Resellers
RESETT
EDIFACT Reinsurance settlement message
Resilience
RESMSG
EDIFACT Reservation message
Resolution
Resource Driver
Resource Planning
Resources
Responsible Bidder
Responsive Bidder
Responsiveness
RESREQ
RESRSP
Restrictive Specification
RET
RETACC
EDIFACT Reinsurance technical account message
Retailer
RETANN
EDIFACT Announcement for returns message
RETINS
EDIFACT Instruction for returns message
Return Cargo
Return Disposal Costs
Return Goods Handling
Return Material Authorization
Return Material Authorization or Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA)
Return of Investment
Return on Assets (ROA)
Return on Net Assets
Return on owner's equity
Return on Sales
Return Order Management Costs
Return Product Authorization (RPA)
Return to Vendor (RTV)
Returns Inventory Costs
Returns Material Acquisition, Finance, Planning, and IT Costs
Returns Order Management Costs
Returns Processing Cost
Returns to Scale
Revenue Ton
Reverse Auction
Reverse Engineering
Reverse Logistics
RF
Reefer Container
RFP
Request For proposal
RFQ
Request For Quotation
RFRC
Rail Fuel Recovery Charge
RGA
Rich Media
Rich Text Format
Rigging
Right of eminent domain
Risk management
Risk pooling
RM
RMA
RO
Ro-Ro
ship Roll-on Roll-off ship
ROB
Remaining on Board
ROF
ROI
Roll on-roll-off
Roll-out
Rolling Average Inventory
Roof Fairings
Root Cause Analysis
RosettaNet
Route Trucks Delivery
Routing Accuracy
Routing or Routing Guide
- Process of determining how shipment will move between origin and destination. Routing information includes designation of carrier(s) involved, actual route of carrier, and estimate time en route.
- Right of shipper to determine carriers, routes, and points for transfer shipments.
- In manufacturing, this is the document which defines a process of steps used to manufacture and/or assemble a product.
Rows
RPA
RPCALL
EDIFACT Repair call message
RRS
Rate Restoration Surcharge
RT
Revenue Ton
RTF
RTV
Rule
Rule of eight
Rule of rate making
Rules
RVP
Reid Vapor Pressure
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