Glossary

W.R.

War Risks

W.W.

Warehouse Warrant

W/I

Within

W/M

Weight or Measurement

Waiver of Bids
A purchasing method, whereby the bidding process is omitted and goods are purchased from available sources. Government agencies must be duly authorized by law (or rule) to make this type of purchase.

Waiver of Irregularity
Noting, but disregarding noncompliance within a bid which may be due to error. Such waiver or disregard must not unfairly affect the competitive process.

Walkboard
Walkway used as a bridge from the ground to a trailer’s floor for loading or unloading.

Wall-to-Wall Inventory
An inventory management technique in which material enters a plant and is processed through the plant into finished goods without ever having entered a formal stock area.

WAN
Wide Area Network.

WAP

Wireless Appreciation Protocol

Warehouse
Storage place for products. Principal warehouse activities include receipt of product, storage, shipment, and order picking.

Warehouse Management System
The systems used in effectively managing warehouse business processes and direct warehouse activities, including receiving, putaway, picking, shipping, and inventory cycle counts. Also includes support of radio-frequency communications, allowing real-time data transfer between the system and warehouse personnel. They also maximize space and minimize material handling by automating putaway processes.

Warehouse Management System (WMS)
The systems used in effectively managing warehouse business processes and direct warehouse activities, including receiving, putaway, picking, shipping, and inventory cycle counts. Also includes support of radio frequency communications, allowing real-time data transfer between the system and warehouse personnel. they also maximize space and minimize material handling by automating putaway processes.

Warehouse Requisition
A request from the warehouse to Purchasing to initiate a purchase order to restock one or more commodities.

Warehouse Security
The combined total effort to exclude intrusion into a warehouse by unauthorized persons, destructive pests, and other events beyond man’s control (i.e. windstorm, lightning, and flood). Includes records keeping, access control, building design, and maintenance and housekeeping functions.

Warehousing
The storage (holding) of goods.

Warehousing Unit
This may be a single large package handled as a unit load or a group of packages palletized on a pallet or otherwise unitized.

Warranty Costs
Includes materials, labor, and problem diagnosis for products returned for repair or refurbishment.

WASDIS

EDIFACT Waste disposal information message

Waste
1) In just in time, any activity that does not add value to the good or service in the eyes of the consumer. 2) A by-product of a process or task with unique characteristics requiring special management control. Waste production can usually be planned and controlled. Scrap is typically not planned and may result from the same production run as waste.

Waterway Use Tax
A per-gallon tax assessed barge carriers for waterway

Wave Picking
A method of selecting and sequencing picking lists to minimize the waiting time of the delivered material. Shipping orders may be picked in waves combined by a common product, common carrier, or destination, and manufacturing orders in waves related to work centers.

Waybill
Document containing description of goods that are part of common carrier freight shipment. Shows origin, destination, consignee/consignor, and amount charged. Copies travel with goods and are retained by originating/delivering agents. Used by carrier for internal record and control, especially during transit. Not a transportation contract.

WB

Water Ballast

WBT

Water Ballast Tank

WCCON

Whether Customs Cleared Or Not

WCO

World Customs Organization (Ex Customs Cooperation Council)

WCS

Wireless Communications Service

WDS

Waste Dumping Ship.

Web
A computer term used to describe the global Internet. Synonym: World Wide Web

Web Browser
A client application that fetches and displays web pages and other World Wide Web resources to the user.

Web Services
A computer term for information processing services that are delivered by third parties using Internet Portals. Standardized technology communications protocols; network services a collections of communication formats or endpoints capable of exchanging messages.

Web Site
A location on the Internet.

WEDA

Western Dredging Association

Weight Break
The shipment volume at which the LTL charges equal the TL charges at the minimum weight.

Weight Confirmation
The practice of confirming or validating receipts or shipments based on the weight.

Weight Unit Qualifier
The unit of measure that the user wants to see for weight.

Weight-Losing Raw Material
A raw material that loses weight in processing.

Weight-Point Plan
A supplier selection and rating approach that uses the input gathered in the categorical plan approach and assigns weights to each evaluation category. A weighted sum for each supplier is obtained and a comparison made. The weights used should sum to 100% for all categories. Also see: Categorical Plan.

Weighted-Point Plan
A supplier selection and rating approach that uses the input gathered in the categorical plan approach and assigns weights to each evaluation category. A weighted sum for each supplier is obtained and a comparison made. The weights used should sum to 100% for all categories. Also see: Categorical Plan

WEMT

West European Confederation of Maritime Technology Societies

Wharfage
A charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against the cargo or a steamship company for use of the pier or dock for the handling of incoming or outgoing cargo.

What You See Is What You Get
An editing interface in which a file created is displayed as it will appear to an end-user.

What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
An editing interface in which a file created is displayed as it will appear to an end user.

WHBS

Waste Heat Boiler Survey

WHFTBS

Waste Heat Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

WHO

World Health Organisation

WHOI

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Wholesaler
See Distributor.

WHR

Where

WHWTBS

Waste Heat Water-Tube Boiler Survey

WIBON

Whether In Berth Or Not

WIBON

Whether In Berth Or Not

Wide Area Network
A public or private data communications system for linking computers distributed over a large geographic area.

Wide-Area Network (WAN)
A public or private data communications system for linking computers distributed over a large geographic area.

WIFPON

Whether In Free Pratique Or Not

WIFPON

Whether In Free Pratique Or Not.

Will Call
The practice of taking orders that will be picked up at the selling facility by the buyer. An area where buyers can pick up an order at the selling facility. This practice is widely used in the service parts business.

Windows Meta File
A vector graphics format for Windows-compatible computers used mostly or word processing clip art.

WIP
See Work in Process.

WIPON

Whether In Port Or Not

WIPON

Whether In Port Or Not

WISTA

Women's International Shipping and Trading Association

WKGRDC

EDIFACT Work grant decision message

WKGRRE

EDIFACT Work grant request message

WL

Water Line

WLTHC

Water Line / Top of Hatch Coaming. To see if the load/discharge gear is large and high enough to reach the hatches. As the size of the ships increased faster than the size of the berth, this is often a problem. The ship can at times be lowered by taking ballast, even if one hold if needed, but the depth can be a problem also. Giving a list can help in some cases.

WLTHOHC

Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

WLTOHC

Water Line-To-Hatch Coaming

WMF
see Windows Meta File

WMO

1.Wolrd Maritime Organization2.World Meteorological Organisation

WMS
See Warehouse Management System

WMS

Warehouse Management System

WMU

World Maritime University

WNA

Winter North Atlantic

WODA

World Dredging Association

WOG

Without Guarantee

Work in Process (WIP)
Parts and subassemblies in the process of becoming completed finished goods. Work in process generally includes all of the material, labor, and overhead charged against a production order which has not been absorbed back into inventory through receipt of completed products.

Work-in-Process
Parts and subassemblies in the process of becoming completed finished goods. Work in process generally includes all of the material, labor and overhead charged against a production order which has not been absorbed back into inventory through receipt of completed products.

Working Clearance
The space allowed between the top of a stack or column and the lowest overhead obstruction. For example, ceiling joists, beams, sprinkler heads, steam pipes, etc. This allowance will vary depending upon local fire codes.

Working Headroom
The distance as measured from the floor to a point twelve inches or more below the lowest overhead obstructions. Working headroom is usually controlled to avoid coming into contact with overhead obstructions in the storage area and to maintain the unit clearances required by local fire regulations or ordinances.

World Trade Organization (WTO)
An organization established on January 1, 1995 replacing the previous General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT that forms the cornerstone of the world trading system.

World Wide Web (WWW)
A 'multi-media hyper-linked database that spans the globe' providing information on desktop and handheld computers and other devices such as web compliant phones and televisions.Unlike earlier Internet services, the 'web' provides more than just text combining text, pictures, sounds, and even animation in a graphical user interface for ease of navigation.

WP

Weather Permitting

WPA
With particular average. See Marine Cargo Insurance.

WRIC

Wire Rods In Coils

WRIC

Wire Rods in Coils

WRK

Wrecked

WS

Worldscale

WT

Watertight

WTBS

Water-Tube Boiler Survey

WTO
See World Trade Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization

WTR

Water

WWD

Weather Working Day

WWD

Weather Working Days

WWEND

World Electronic Navigation Database

WWR

When, Where Ready

WWR

When, Where Ready

WWW
See World Wide Web.

WWW

World Wide Web (Internet facility)

WYSIWYG
see What You See Is What You Get