stock

en-noun

stock (countable and uncountable, plural stocks or (obsolete) stocken)

stocks (plural)
stocken (obsolete plural)

→ Dutch: stock

desctree

→ French: stock
→ Romanian: stoc
→ Turkish: stok

→ Italian: stock

→ Portuguese: estoque

→ Spanish: stock

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”), with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

stark (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

en:raw material, such as feedstock
en:film stock

The raw material from which things are made, such as feedstock.

en:trunk and main limbs of a tree; base from which something ramifies

en:superfamily or macrofamily of languages

The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.

(by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.

(linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.


OR

en-noun

OR (countable and uncountable, plural ORs)

operations research
operations research#English

(sciences, uncountable) Initialism of operations research.


ERP

ERP (countable and uncountable, plural ERPs)

effective radiated power
w:effective radiated power

equivalent radiated power
w:equivalent radiated power

(uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power.

equity risk premium
w:equity risk premium

(countable, finance) Initialism of equity risk premium.

(countable, finance) Initialism of estimated retail price.

event-related potential
event-related potential#English

(countable, neurology) Initialism of event-related potential.


ERP

Electronic road pricing (ERP)is one of the main tools which is keeping Singapore’s traffic problems within manageable levels.

2004 Feb, ERP in Singapore - what’s been learnt from five years of operation, page 62:

Many car parks are now run using the same in-vehicle unit and cashcard and ERP gantries instead of the coupon system.

2010, Simon Richard, Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei, page 569:

However, the term ERP is unique to Singapore, and it serves to differentiate the fact that charges are not collected at physical toll stations but are done automatically on the roadways.

2011, Ozge Yalciner Ercoskin, Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities: Creating Smart Cities, page 178:

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called a tender to develop Singapore's next generation electronic road pricing system. The new system will be based on Global Navigation Satellite System technology.

2014 October 1, The Straits Times (online), LTA calls tender for next generation ERP:

Singapore has cleared the way for its next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system, which will have islandwide coverage and the ability to charge according to distance travelled.

2016 February 25, Christopher Tan, The Straits Times (Singapore), LTA to roll out next-generation ERP from 2020, NCS-MHI to build system for $556m:

Electronic Road Pricing
w:Electronic Road Pricing

(Singapore, transport) Initialism of Electronic Road Pricing.


each

From Middle English eche, elche, ilch, from Old English ǣlċ, contraction of ǣġhwelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk (“each, every”). Compare Scots ilk, elk (“each, every”), Saterland Frisian älk (“each”), West Frisian elk, elts (“each”), Dutch elk (“each”), Low German elk, ellik (“each”), German Low German elk, elke (“each, every”), German jeglicher (“any”). By surface analysis, Old English ā + which.

surf

aich (alternative)
aitch (alternative)
eache (alternative)
eatch (alternative)
eatche (alternative)
ech (alternative)
eche (alternative)
eich (alternative)
etch (alternative)
eych (alternative)
eyche (alternative)
yeach (alternative)

The apples cost 50 cents each.

(e.g., po dek cendoj, ten cents each) po

à (placed before the price/weight/measurement and used when you have a defined number of something, for example Tre äpplen à 50 cent.)


FIFO

en-noun

FIFO (countable and uncountable, plural FIFOs)


JIT

In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]

2024, Egon Börger, Vincenzo Gervasi, Structures of Computing: A Guide to Practice-Oriented Theory, page 108:

(operations, computing) Initialism of just-in-time.


inventory

From Middle English inventorie, from Medieval Latin inventōrium, alteration of Late Latin inventārium, from Latin inveniō (“to find out”).

Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

inventar

The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

рэе́стр

Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

Most final consonants have been lost, resulting in a tonal language with a rich consonantal and vocalic inventory, but with a relatively simple syllabic structure..

2014, Guillaume Jacques, “V: Cone”, in Jackson Sun, editor, Phonological Profiles of Little-Studied Tibetic Varieties, Taipei: Academia Sinica, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:

(linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)


inventory

en-verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

inventories (present singular third-person)
inventorying (participle present)
inventoried (participle past)
inventoried (past)

The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

‘Now,’ said Jethro, ‘we’re inventorying all the stock today, do you want to lend a hand?’

2024, Jasper Fforde, Red Side Story, Hodder & Stoughton, page 235:

(transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

инвентаризи́рам

to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory


buffer

Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”).
The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed.

bufro

anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another

Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.

(telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.

(politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.

international relations
international relations

He decided to run for president of the POs' Mess against the Buffer, Chief Bosun's Mate Mal Crane, but the two had a face-to-face in his cabin one night in Narvik and sorted it out.

2001, Mark Higgitt, Through Fire and Water, page 43:

I happen to be on the brow handing my Bosun's Mate duties over to an Ordinary Seaman when the Buffer arrives with an unofficial Side-Party to man the brow with Bosun's Calls at the ready.

2015, Peter Broadbent, A Singapore Fling: An AB's Far-Flung Adventure:

(UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.


throughput

en-noun

throughput (countable and uncountable, plural throughputs)

throughputs (plural)
thruput (alternative)


logistics

Antoine-Henri Jomini
Baron de Jomini
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
maréchal des logis

From French logistique, coined or popularized 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis (“lodging place”), in phrases maréchal des logis (“marshall of lodging”) (see maréchal des logis), major-général des logis (“major-general of lodging”). Possibly influenced by existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin; see logistic.

(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.

logistieke

planning and implementing the flow of goods and services


logistic

Logistic
Pierre François Verhulst
arithmetic growth
geometric growth

From French logistique, from Ancient Greek λογιστικός (logistikós, “practiced in arithmetic; rational”), from λογίζομαι (logízomai, “I reason, I calculate”), from λόγος (lógos, “reason, computation”), whence English logos, logic, logarithm, etc.; modern mathematical use influenced by related logarithmic.
Sense of “logistic function” by Pierre François Verhulst (1845) in French, then borrowed into English. Verhulst does not explain his choice of naming, but he contrasts it with the logarithmic curve (also from λόγος (lógos)), and it is presumably by analogy with arithmetic and geometric (other divisions of mathematics), as his discussion of arithmetic growth and geometric growth precede his discussion of logistic growth.
The term logistic and logistical also found occasional mathematical use in English prior to 1800, from the same Greek origin.

der

(mathematics) Relating to symbolic logic.

(statistics) Relating to the logistic function.

logístic

statistics: relating to the logistic function


logistic

en-noun

logistic (countable and uncountable, plural logistics)

(countable, mathematics) A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.


operations research

(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.


WIP

work in progress
work in progress#English


just-in-time

Taking place at the time when it is needed, and not in advance.

(manufacturing) Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs.

(computing) Performing compilation of code on the client machine immediately before execution.

just-in-time learning


business analyst

business analyst (plural business analysts)

(business, operations) A person who analyzes the operations of an organization in order to develop a solution to its problems.


project management

(operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

إدارَة المشاريع

discipline of organizing and managing project resources


MRP

MRP (countable and uncountable, plural MRPs)

manufacturing resource planning
w:manufacturing resource planning

(computing, operations) Initialism of manufacturing resource planning (a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation, sometimes called MRP II).


MRP II

application software
application software

(computing, operations) Acronym of manufacturing resource planning, a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation.


capacity utilization

capacity utilization (usually uncountable, plural capacity utilizations)

(management, operations) The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.


capacity utilization rate

capacity utilization rate (plural capacity utilization rates)

stépenʹ zagrúzki proizvódstvennyx moščnostéj

сте́пень загру́зки произво́дственных мощносте́й


utilization rate

utilization rate (plural utilization rates)

(management, operations) The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is used productively.


critical path

(operations) The sequence of dependent steps that determine the minimum time needed to carry out an operation.


operational research

Alternative form of operations research.


WBS

work breakdown structure
w:work breakdown structure

(operations) Initialism of work breakdown structure.


PERT

program evaluation and review technique#English

(operations) Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.


program evaluation and review technique

program evaluation review technique (alternative)
project evaluation and review technique (alternative)

(operations) A method for diagramming and analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.


PERT chart

program evaluation and review technique
program evaluation and review technique

(operations) A diagram which uses the symbols and notations of program evaluation and review technique to depict the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.

PERT-kaavio

chart depicting the flow of dependent tasks


first in first out

first-in-first-out (alternative)
first-in first-out (alternative)
first in, first out (alternative)
first-in, first-out (alternative)

(computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.


cycle time

Order cycle time can now be minutes from when the customer starts entering an order to when it is visible to the warehouse.

Production cycle time is not as important as the time spent in transit.

Design cycle time for an all-new state-of-the-art compressor is still years from go-ahead to readiness for manufacture.

(computing, software, computer science) The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations.


collaborative project management

collaborative project management (uncountable)

(operations) The method used to plan, coordinate, control, and monitor distributed complex projects..

Kollaboratives Projektmanagement

methods used to plan, coordinate, control, and monitor distributed complex projects