+2WD
Second Working Day of the Month
A&I
Adaptation and Improvement
A&LA
Asia and Latin America
A/D
Analog to Digital
AA
Administrative Assistant
AAA
Amino Acetic Acid
AAJ
Authorized Absence from Job
AB
Alkyl Benzene
ABC
Associated Bearings Corporation
ABC
Automatic Batch Crutcher
ABC
Activity Based Costing
ABM
Automated Buffer Management
ABS
Absenteeism
ABS
Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate
ACE
Automated Controls Engineer
ACH
Aluminum Chlorhydrate
ACL
Amine Chain Length
ACN
Account Receivable Number
AD
Associate Director
ADA
Americans Disabilities Act
ADB
Authorization Data Base
ADMA
Alkyl Dimethylamine
ADW
Automatic Dishwasher Detergent
AE
Authorization for Expenditure
AE(x)
Alkyl Ethoxylate; (x) = number of ethylene oxide groups
AE(x)S
Alkyl Ethlxy Sulfate; (x) = number of ethylene oxide groups
AE3
Alkyl Ethoxylate (Ether)
AGS
Alkyl Glycerol Sulfonate
ALN
Advance Load Notification
ALS
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
AO
Accounting Office
AO
Amine Oxide
APM
Administrative Procedures Manual
APR
Appropriation Request Information
AQS
Attribute Quality System
AQSLDL
Attribute Quality System for Light Duty Liquids
AQSPUD
Attribute Quality System for Soap
ARI
(NQW PBS)
AS
Alkyl Sulfate (Sulfactant intermediate)
ASA
Aspirin Active
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
ASR
Appropriation Status Report
ASRS
Automated Storage and Retrieval System
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
AT
After Tax
ATF
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
ATG
Ammonium Thioglycolate
AV
Acid Value
AXS
Ammonium Xylene Sulfonate
B&S
Building & Services
BAVA
Balancing and Vibration Analysis
HC/H&CP
Beauty Care/Health & Personal Care
BCA&U
Brand Change Awareness and Usage
BCMO
Beauty Care Manufacturing Office
BD
Basic Detergent
BMWT
Black Managers Work Team
BO
Blanket Order
BO
Break Out
BOD
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOS
Behavior Observation System
BPU
Board of Public Utilities (power company)
BRW
Business Report Writer
BS
Building and Services
BS&HCP
Bar Soap and Household Cleaning Products
BSA
Brand Support Authorization
BSS
Bismuth Sub?Salicylate
BT
Benzetriazol
BT
Before Tax
BTT
Below Twice Tolerance
BWD
Backwashed
BWMI
Black Women Managers Initiative
C&F
Cost and Feasibility request
C?O
Carbonyl
C/O
Change?Over
CAA
Clean Air Act
CAAA
Clean Air Act Amendment
CAD
Computer Aided Design
CAM
Computer Aided Manufacturing
CaPP
Calcium Pyrophosphate
CBA
Current Best Approach
CBT
Computer Based Training
CC
Cost Control
CCRC
Corporate Compliance Review Committee
CDA
Confidential Disclosure Agreement
CDC
Central Data Center
CDEA
Coconut Diethanolanide
CDI
Construction Design, Inc.
CDS
Career Development System
CEMM
Current Expense Material Management
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CHW
Chilled Water
CIP
Clean?In?Place
CLMS
Continuous Liquids Making System
CLP
Continuous Liquids Processing
CM
Contract Manufacturer
CMA
See CNEA
CMC
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose
CMO
Coffee Manufacturing Office
CNAS
Coconut Alkyl Sulfate
CNEA
Coconut Monoethanolamide
COD
Chemical Oxygen Demand
COGS
Cost of Goods Sold
COPS
Cost of Products Sold
CP
Cloud Point
CP
Contract Packer/Packing (also used for Cincinnati Plant)
CPA
Consumer Protection Agency
CPC
Continental Plastic Corporation
CPM
Critical Path Method
CPP
Chemical Processing Plant
CPR
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CPS
Critical Path Schedule
CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CPU
Customer Pick?Up
CQV
Commissioning Qualification and Verification
CQV
Confirmation Qualification and Verification
CR
Capability Ratio
CRP
Continuous Replenishment Process
CSA
Chlorosulfonic Acid
CSC
Customer Service Center
CSM
Continuous Soap Making
CSPG
Commercial Service Products Group
CSPM
Customer Service Performance Measures
CSR
Customer Service Representative
CSRS
Customer Service Reporting System
CSSC
Center Special Slotted Container
CSWP
Cutting, Stamping, Wrapping and Packing
CT
Continuous Thread
CTAC
Cetrimonium Chloride
CTR
Constant Temperature Room
CTW
Cooling Tower Water
CWA
Clean Water Act
CWIP
Construction Work in Progress
CWT
Hundreds of Pounds
CY
Calendar Year
D of E
Distribution of Effort
D&D
Detention and Demurrage
D&W
Delamere & Williams
D/A
Digital Analog
D/P
Differential Pressure
DAA
Dialkyl Amine
DB
Design Basis
DB
Disability
DDB
Double Declining Balance
DDC
Direct Digital Control
DEA
Developmental Expense Authorization
DEA
Diethanol Amine
DEP
Dibutyl Phthalate
DET
Detention
DIDB
Distribution Information Data Base
DL
Drawing List
DLT
Department Leadership Team
DM
Department Manager
DMA
Dimethylamine
DMS
Daily Management System
DOL
Department of Labor
DOM
Direct Order Management
DOT
Department of Transportation
DPA
Differential Pressure Alarm
DPC
Direct Product Cost
DPP
Direct Product Profitability
DRC
Display Ready Case
DRO
Double Reverse Osmosis
DRP
Distribution Requirements Planning
DSC
Display Ship Case
DTA
Differential Thermal Analysis
DTDMAC
Ditallowdimethyl Ammonium Chloride
E/I
Electrical/Instrument
EC
Estimated Cost
ECN
Engineering Change Notice
ECN
Estimate Change Notice
ECR
Engineering Change Request
EDB
Engineering Data Base
EDCS
Engineering Drawing Control System
EDF
Expense Distribution Factor
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EDTA
Ethylene Diamine Tetraacelic Acid
EGDS
Ethylene Glycol Distearate
EI
Engineering Information
EI
Engineering Instruction
EIL
Expense Invoice Listing
ELT
Electronic Load Tenering
EO
Experimental Order
EO/PEI
Polyethylenimine with substituted ethylene oxide groups
EOP
End of Pack
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPI
Epichlorohydrin
ESM
Equipment Status Memorandum
ESOP
Employee Stock Option Plan
ESQ
Efficiency, Scrap and Quality
ETC
European Technical Center
ETO
Ethylene Oxide
ETOH
Ethanol
F&A
Finance and Accounting
F.P.
Finished Product
FA
Fatty Alcohol or Fatty Acid
FA
Financial Analysis
FA
Fixed Assets
FA
Flame Arrester
FADO
Fixed Assets Disposal Order
FC
Flow Controller
FCE
Field Control Estimate
FCE
Final Control Estimate
FCN
Field Change Notice
FCSR
Field Cost Status Report
FCV
Flow Control Valve
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDI
Fluor Daniels, Inc.
FEE
Front End Engineering
FFA
Free Fatty Alcohol
FFS
Form?Fill?Seal
FI
Field Instruction
FI
Flow Indicator
FIC
Flow Indicating Controller
FIFO
First In, First Out
FMO
Food Manufacturing Office
FOB
Free On Board
FOG
Fats Oils & Grease
FP
Flash Point
FP&CS
Financial Planning & Control System
FPAS
Finished Product Accounting System
FPDR
Finished Product Deviation Report
FPI
Finished Product Inspection
FPI
Finished Product Inventory
FPRS
Finished Product Reporting System
FPS
Finished Product Standards
FPSM
Full Truckload Assorted
FS&LP
Food Service & Lodging Products Division
FSCI
Free Standing Coupon Insert
FTIR
Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectrophotometer
FY
Fiscal Year
FYI
For Your Information
FYTD
Fiscal Year To Date
G?BASE
Oxidized Amine
G?BASE A
Alkyl Dimethylamine
G?BASE C
Oxidized Amine, Alkyl Dimethylamine Oxide
GC
Gas Chromatograph
GC
General Contractor
GCMI
Glass Container Manufacturer's Institute
GHPWS
Global High Performance Work System
GL
Group Leader
GM
Group Manager
GMA
Grocery Manufacturer's Association
GMAE
General Manufacturing and Administrative Expense
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practices
GMS
Glyceryl Monostearate
GO
General Offices (located in downtown Cincinnati)
GP
Gas Plant
GPO
General Plant Overhead
GRAS
Generally Regarded as Safe
H&PC MO
Health & Personal Care Manufacturing Office
HAN
High Active Neutralizer
HCWS
High Commitment Work System
HDL
Heavy Duty Liquid
HDPE
High Density Polyethylene
HEC
Hydroxyethylcellulose
HFA
Hydrogenation of Fatty Alcohol
HFD
Hold for Division Manager's Decision
HFR
Hold for Release
HFS
Hydrolizing for Soap
HI
Hillcrest Towers
HLB
Hydrophilic?lipophilic Balance
HLO
High Level Operator
HMWPE
High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
HOB
Hydroxychlorobensophenone
HP
Hewlett Packard
HP
High Pressure
HP
Horse Power
HPA
High Pressure Alarm
HPLC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HPT
Home Performance Test
HPU
Hydraulic Power Unit
HPWS
High Performance Work System
HR
Human Relations
HRWS
High Results Work System
HSC
Hard Surface Cleaners
HTC
Hillcrest Technical Center (HI is also used)
HV
Hydroxyl Value
HVAC
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
HX
Heat Exchanger
I&A
Illness and Accident
I/O
Input4utput
I3
Intelligent Information Interchange
IAS
Instrument Air Supply
IC
Industrial Chemicals
ICD
Industrial Chemical Division
ICF
In?Case Fill
ICM
Industrial Construction Management
ICPD
Industrial Chemical Production Development
ICPD
Industrial Chemical Products Division
ID
Industrial Dynamics
IE
Industrial Engineering
IEU
Ion Exchange Unsulfated
IH&S
Industrial Health & Safety
IHAT
In?Home Achievement Test
IICF
Indexing In?Case Fill
IMIS
Integrated Maintenance Information System
IMMCS
Inbound Material Manufacturing Cost System
IMS
Inventory Management System
ION
Integrated Office Network
IPA
Isopropyl Alcohol
IPFO&F
Indirect Personnel, Field Office and Fee
IPM
Isopropyl Myristate
IPP
Isopropyl Palmitate
IR
Infrared Spectrophotometer
IRD
Industrial Relations DevelopmentlDivision
IRG
Inedible Refining and Glycerine
IRM
Integrated Risk Manager
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
ISM
Interplant Shipment ? Material
ITC
Ivorydale Technical Center
IV
Iodine Value
JD
Job Discontinuance
JD
Jury Duty
JSA
Job Safety Analysis
KARE
Kansas Aid, Rescue & Emergency
KAS
Potassium Alkyl Sulfate
KAS
Potassium Neutralized Alkyl Sulfate
KCPSS
Kansas City Process Safety System
KCSLT
Kansas City Safety Leadership Team
KCSST
Kansas City Safety Steering Team
KDF
Knocked Down Flat
KDHE
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KE
Key Elements
KER
Key Element Rating
KTG
Potassium Thioglycolate
KTS
Potassium Neutralized Toulene Sulfonate
L&CP
Laundry and Cleaning Products
L&D
Losses and Degradings
LAN
Local Area Network
LAS
Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonates
LAT
Leadership Assessment Tool
LCV
Level Control Valve
LDA
Lauric Diethanolamide
LDL
Light Duty Liquids
LDPE
Low Density Polyethylene
LEL
Lower Explosion Limit
LFL
Less Than Full Load
LFV
Less Than Full Vehicle
LI
Level Indicator
LIC
Level Indicating Controller
LLA
Low Level Alarm
LLDPE
Linear Low Density Polyethylene
LNAO
Low Nitrite Amine Oxide
LOP
Low Overhead Professional Personnel
LOS
Low Overhead Secretarial Personnel
LOTO
Lock Out Tag Out
LPSSC
Liquid Packing Systems Steering Committee
LRC
Level Recording controller
LS
Lump Sum
LTA
Low Temperature Alarm
LTL
Less Than Full Truckload
LTS
Low Temperature Stabilizing
LUF
Line Utilization Factors
LWDC
Last Work Day Case
M
Thousand
M&EDL
Motor and Device List
M/W/D
Monthly, Weekly, Daily Tool
Manbr
Manufacturing Budget Request
ManCal
Manufacturing Cost Analysis
ManCIF
Manufacturing Cost Information Program
MAP
Maximum Allowable Pressure
MC
Methyl Cellulose
MC
Middle Cut
MCAS
Manufacturing Cost Information for Plants
MCC
Motor Control Center
MDS
Master Demand Schedule
ME
Manufacturing Expense
MEA
Monoethanolamine
MEADTDG
Monoethanolamine Thioglycolate
MEDL
Motor and Electrical Device List
MEOEI
Methanol
MEWS
Manufacturing Expense for Warehouse and Shipping
MFG
Manufacturing
MGSo
Coconut Monoglyceride Sulfonate
MIL
Merchandise Inventory Listing
MM
Million
MM3000
Materials Management System
MMA
Mono Methyl Amine
MOPD
Methodology of Product Development
MP
Melting Point
MPL
Mechanical Process Lab
MPR
Manufacturing Payroll
MRD
Market Research Department
MRP
Manufacturing Resource Planning
MRP
Material Requirements Planning
MRP2
Manufacturing Resources Planning
MRWD
Maximum Realistic Weekly Demand
MS
Manufacturing Standards
MS
Material Status Computer System
MSA
Medical Services Association
MSD
Management Systems Division
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
MSL
Making Sulfated Liquids
MST
Microbial Susceptibility Test
MSU
Thousands of Stat Units
MT
Empty
MUL
Mixed Unit Load
MVL
Miami Valley Laboratories
N&R
Note and Return
N/A
Not Available/Not Applicable
NaAS
Sodium Alkyl Sulfate
NAI
Non?Amine Impurities
NAM
Non?Amine Material
NaTS
Sodium Toluene Sulfonate
NDA
New Drug Approval
NEPI
Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical Inc.
NFA
Natural Fatty Alcohol
NISC
Natural Intermediate Surfactant Capability
NOSB
New Order, Shipping, Billing System
NOV
Notice of Violation
NPB
Not Permitted Beyond
NPV
Net Present Value
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
National Response Center
NED
Night Shin Differential
NSTC
National Safe Transit Committee
NTZ
Non-phosphorous substitute for phosphate builders
O&P
Operations and Planning Department
OATS
Operational Analysis Tool Set
ODM
Operating Department Manager
OE
Organizational Effectiveness
OEAT
Organization Effectiveness Assessment Tool
OEBR
Operating Expense Budget Request
OFT
Opportunity for Training
OG
Olefination of G?base
OHA
Organizational Health Assessment
OI
Owens Illinois
OJQ
Objective Judgment Quotient
OJT
On (the) Job Training
OMS
Order Management System
OOL
Out of Limits
OS&D
Overs, Shorts and Damages
OSB
Order, Shipment and Billing
OSHA
Occupation, Safety, and Health Act
OT
Overtime
OTC
Over the Counter Drugs
OWIC
Outside Warehouse Inventory Control
P&AE
Payment and Accounting Entries
P&E
Piping and Equipment Flowsheet
P&I
Purchase and Install
P&ID
Piping and Instrument Diagram
P&RS
Profession & Research Service
P&RS
Professional and Regulatory Services
P/S
Process Safety
PA
Performance Appraisal
PAP
Pre?Appropriating Project
PBS
Project Basis Summary
PC
Personal Computer
PC
Pressure Controller
PCA
Packaging Corporation of America
PCA
Product Cost Accounting
PCH
Publishers Clearinghouse
PCN
Project Change Notice
PCN
Plant Correction Notice
PCS
Piping Construction Specification
PCSR
Project Cost Status Report
PCV
Pressure Control Valve
PD
Positive Displacement
PD&E
Product Design & Engineering
PDCA
Plan?Do?Check?Act
PDD
Product Development Department
PDP
Power Distribution Panel
PDP
Project Department Purchase
PDS
Positive Discipline System
PEL
Permissable Exposure Limit
PEP
PCA Expense Processing
PET
Polyethylene Teraphthalate
PEA
Perfiuoroalkoxy
PFM
Plant Financial Manager
PGS
Procter & Gamble Specification
pH
Indication of Alkalinity or Acidity
PI
Packaging Institute
PI
Pressure Indicator
PIC
Pressure Indication Controller
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
PLO
Plant Liaison Office
PLT
Plant Leadership Tearn
PM
Plant Manager
PMMI
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association
PMO
Paper Manufacturing Office
PNAR
Please Note and Return
PNAR
Project Number Assignment Record
PO
Purchase Order
POTW
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (wastewater treatment facility)
PP
Polypropylene
PPA
Pollution Prevention Act
PPB
Parts Per Billion
PPM
Parts Per Million
PPP
Pollution Prevention Plans
PR
Payroll
PR
Performance Review
PR
Process Reliability
PRC
Pressure Recording Controller
PRISM
PCA Receipt Invoice Shipping Matching System
PS
Polystyrene
PS&D
Packaged Soap and Detergent
PSD
Profit Sharing Dividend Pension Plan
PSG
Packing Synthetic Granules
PSI
Post Startup Inspection
PSI
Pounds Per Square Inch
PSI
Pre?Startup Inspection
PSM
Process Safety Manual
PSMM
Product Supply Market Manager
PSS
Product Supply System
PST
Profit Sharing Trust Pension Plan
PSU
Post Startup
PT
Product Tech Engineer
PTG
Performance Testing Group
PTSM
Plant Technical Systems Manager
PU
Polyurethane
PV
Pressure Vessel
PVC
Polyvinyl Chloride
PVDC
Polyvinylidene Chloride (Known as Saran)
PVVV
Pressure Vacuum Vent Valve
Q
Quality
QA
Quality Assurance
QC
Quality Control
QEC
Quality Evolution Chart
QIP
Quality Improvement Process
R
Responsibility
R&D
Research and Development
R&E
Repair and Expense
R&O
Read and Out
R.M.S.
Raw Material Specification
RBr
Alkyl Bromine
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RD
Rupture Disk
RDA
Radioactive Dentin Abrasion
RDC
Regional Distribution Center
RFA
Real Fatty Acid
RHIP
Rank Has Its Privileges
RIPS
Remote Information Processing System
RIR
Recordable Incident Rate
RLAS
Rail Location and Status System
RLI
Refining Loss Index
RMAS
Risk Management Assessment Strategy
RMS
Raw Material Specification
RO
Refining Oil
RO
Reverse Osmosis
ROC
Recommendation of Charge
ROF
Rate of Filtration
ROF
Reduction of Flow
RONA
Return On Net Assests
ROR
Rate of Return
RR
Receiving Report
RSC
Ready Ship Case
RTCIS
Real?Time Continuous & Information System
RV
Relief Valve
S&O
Shortening and Oil
S&S
Steaming and Storage
SAP
Strategic Application Products
SARA
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SAS
Sodium Alkyl Sulfate
SCBA
Self?Contained Breathing Apparatus
SCCN
Sales Code Customer Number
SCFM
Standard Cubic Feet per Minute
SCV
Self?Closing Valve
SDC
Self?Draining Cap
SDDS
Strategic Deployment Development System
SDP
Safety Design Practice
SE
Senior Engineer
SEA
Special Expense Authorization
SEQ
Surplus Equipment Data Base
SF
Safety Factor
SFA
Synthetic Fatty Alcohol
SGE
Strengthening Global Effectiveness
SH
Section Head
SHE
Standard Hardening Unit
SIMOP
Sector Inbounds Material Operations Process
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit
SLC
Shipper Load and Courit
SMD
Summary for Management Decision
SMDW
Systems Management Development Workshop
SMI
Supplier Managed Inventory
SMMS
Soap Manufacturing Material System
SMQI
Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement
SMR
Summary for Management Review
SNF
Single Number Forecast
SO3
Sulfur Trioxide
SOB
Statement of Business
SOBN
Statement of Business Needs
SOD
Speed of Disintegration
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SOS
Start of Sale (also, Start of Ship)
SOYD
Sum?of?Years Digits
SPCC
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures
SPD
Soap Process Development
SPDALY
Shipment Planning System
SPE
Society of Plastic Engineers
SRA
Selling, Research and Administrative
SRP
Soil Release Polymer
SRUL
Sales Ready Unit Loads
SSC
Stores Service Center
SSF
Saybolt Seconds Furol
SSIBP
Soap Sector Integrated Business Planning
SSU
Saybolt Seconds Universal
STP
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
STP
Standard Temperature & Pressure
STU
Standard Tower Unit
SV
Sap Value
SWTC
Sharon Woods Technical Center
T&M
Time & Materials
T/T
Tank Truck
TA
Transactional Analysis
TAG
Total Assessment
TANAR
Task/Activity Number Assignment Record
TAPPI
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
TAPS
Tallow Alkyl Sulfate
TAPS
Triethanolamine Alkyl Sulfate
TASB
Tallow Alcohol Still Bottoms
TB?P&P
Technical Buildings Policies & Procedures Manual
TBA
To Be Announced
TBD
To Be Determined
TC
Temperature Controller
TCRS
Tolal Cost Reporting System
TCV
Temperature Control Valve
TDC
Total Delivered Cost
TDC
Total Distributed Costs
TDC
Totally Distributed Control
TDR
Time Delay Relay
TEA
Triethanol Amine
TEA AS
Triethanolamine Alkyl Sulfate
TEB
Tallow Ester Bottoms
TEFC
Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled Motor
TFA
Total Fatty Alcohol
TFE
Tetra?Fluoro Ethylene (Teflon)
TG
Toilet Goods Division (prior to split into BC/H&:PC)
THAM
Tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane
TIC
Total Irmalled Cost
TIR
Total Incident Rate
TIS
Technical Information Service
TLV
Threshold Limit Value
TM
Test Market
TM
Team Manager
TMA
Tri?Methyl Amine
TMI
Trucker Managed Inventories
TNAR
Task Number Assignment Record
TOPS
Trucker Owned Pallet System
TPM
Total Productive Maintenance
TPP
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
TPVDM
Tank and Pressure Vessel Design Manual
TQ
Total Quality
TQA
Total Quality Approach
TS
Toluene Sulfonate
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
TSN
Technical Systems Network
TSO
Technical Services Organization
TSO
Time Sharing Operation (Computer system)
TSP
Trisodium Phosphate
TSS
Total Suspended Solids
TT/T
Technology Transfer and Training
U/C
Unit Cost
UL
Unit Load
ULF
Unit Load Former
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
UV
Ultra?Violet
VER/SP
Voluntary Early Retirement/Separation Package
VFL
Valve Free Line
VOC
Volatile Organic Compound
VOFC
Van on Flat Car
VPC
Vapor Phase Chromatograph
VSC
Voluntary Shift Change
W&DP
Work and Development Plan
W&M
Weights and Measures
WGTOUT
Weight and Outage System
WHTC
Winton Hill Technical Center
WIP
Work in Progress
WMS
Warehouse Management System
WO
Work Order (placed with Buildings & Services)
XC
Cross Charge
YA
Year Ago
YE
Year End
YTD