ASC-X12: Accreditation Standards Committee (X12) ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIP: Application Specific Integrated Passive ASM: Array Surface Mount
ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASN: Advanced Shipping Notice ASP: Application Service Provider ASQ: American Society for Quality ASRS: Automated Storage Retrieval Systems ASSP: Application Specific Standard Product ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials ATE: Automated Test Equipment ATR: Automated Trouble Reporting ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMA: American Textile Machinery Association ATMI: American Textile Manufacturers Institute ATO: Assemble To Order
ATP: Advanced Technology Program ATP: Available To Promise
ATPA: Andean Trade Preferences Act AV: Audio Visual
AXI: Automated X-ray Inspection AVL: Approved Vendor List BAA: Broad Agency Announcement BAM: Bottleneck Allocation Methodology BAPI: Business Application Programming Interface BER: Bit Error Rate BFN: Bye For Now BGA: Ball Grid Array BIC: Best In Class
BiCOMOS: Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor BIOS: Basic Input Output Systems BIST: Built In Self Test BIT: Bilateral Investment Treaty BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics BM: Buffer Management
BMP: Best Manufacturing Practices BO: Business Object
BOD: Business Object Definition BOGOF: Buy One Get One Free
BOI: Business Object Interface BOH: Balance On Hand BOM: Bill Of Materials BOM: Business Object Model BPR: Business Process Reengineering BTF: Build To Forecast BTO: Build To Order BTS: Build To Stock B2B: Business to Business B2C: Business To Consumer CAA: Clean Air Act
CAB: Change Authorization Board CACM: Central American Common Market CAD: Computer-Aided Design CAE: Computer-Aided Engineering CAFE: Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate CAIV: Cost As (An) Independent Variable
CALS: Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support CALS: Commerce At Light Speed CAM: Computer-Aided Manufacturing CAM: Customer Asset Management
CAM-I: Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing -- International CAMU: Computerized Assembly Mock Up
CAPOSS: Capacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling CARB: California Air Resources Board CARICOM: Caribbean Common Market
CASA: Computer and Automated Systems Association CASE: Computer-Aided System Engineering CATV: Community Antenna Television (Cable TV) CBD: Commerce Business Daily
CBERA: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act CBI: Caribbean Basin Initative CBM: Cubic Boron Nitride CBO: Common Business Object CBO: Congressional Budget Office
CBSA: Component Based Solution Assembly CBT: Computer-Based Training CCB: Change Control Board CCD: Charge Couple Device
CCM: Color Changing Material CCR: Central Contractor Registration CD: Compact Disk
CDC: Centers for Disease Control CDE: Common Desktop Environment
CDM: Collaborative Development Management CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
CEMS: Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Litigation Act CFAR: Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment CFC: Chlorofluorocarbon
CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics CFM: Continuous Flow Manufacturing CFTA: Canada Free Trade Agreement CG: Consumer Goods
CGI: Common Gateway Interface CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile
CGMP: Current Good Manufacturing Practices CHF: Critical Heat Flux CI: Compression Ignition CI: Continuous Improvement CID: Charge Injection Device
CIDI: Compression Ignition Direct Injection CIDM: Customer-Integrated Decision Making CINC: Commanders In Chief CIO: Chief Information Officer
CIPE: Compressed Integrated Product Engineering CIS: Contact Image Sensor
CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer
CISET: Committee on International Science, Engineering and Technology CLASS: Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling CLM: Council For Logistics Management CM: Contract Manufacturer CM: Change Management CM: Configuration Management
CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide on Silicon CMRP: Capacitated Material Requirements Planning CNC: Computer Numerical Control CNG: Compressed Natural Gas COA: Continuous Ordering Agreement
COB: Chip On Board
COBRA: Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 CAFC: Container on Flat Car CO: Carbon Monoxide COB: Close of Business CO2: Carbon Dioxide COGS: Cost of Goods Sold
COLD: Computer Output To Laser Disk COM: Component Object Model COO: Cost of Ownership
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture COS: Class of Service
COTS: Commercial Off The Shelf CP: Cost Performance
CPIM: Certified in Production and Inventory Management CPM: Certified Purchasing Manager CPPS: Cost Performance Products Sector CPU: Central Processing Unit CQA: Certified Quality Auditor CQE: Certified Quality Engineer CR: Contrast Radio
CRADA: Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CRAP: Crummy Resource Allocation Process CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRM: Customer Relationship Management CRP: Capacity Requirements Planning CRP: Continuous Replenishment Program CRT: Cathode Ray Tube CRT: Current Reality Tree CSBB: Client Side Browser Based CSI: Customer Satisfaction Index CSP: Chip Scale Packaging CSP: Commerce Service Provider CTE: Coefficient of Thermal Expansion CTE: Committee on Trade and the Environment CTG: Council for Trade in Goods CTO: Configure To Order CTP: Capability To Promise CVD: Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD: Countervailing Duty
DAMA: Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DAQ: Data Acquisition DAS: Deputy Assistant Secretary DAU: Defense Acquisition University DBMS: Database Management System DC: Direct Current DC: Distribution Center DCA: Direct Chip Attach
DCE: Distributed Computing Environment DCOM: Digital Component Object Model DCS: Digital Cellular System DCS: Distributed Control System DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange DEM: Dynamic Enterprise Modeling DES: Distributed Execution System DFA: Design for Assembly
DFAA: Design for Automated Assembly DFAS: Defense Finance and Accounting Service DFB: Distributed Feedback DFD: Design for Disassembly DFE: Design For Environment DFL: Demand Flow Leadership DFM: Demand Flow Management DFM: Demand Flow Manufacturing DFM: Design For Manufacturability DFS: Distributed Factory System DFSC: Design for Supply Chain DFT: Demand Flow Technology DFX: Design For X DI: Disability Insurance DID: Digital Image Decoding
DIN: Deutsches Institut fur Normung (German national standards institute) DISA: Defense Information Systems Agency DLA: Defense Logistics Agency DLL: Dynamic Linking Libraries DMA: Digital Memory Access DMD: Direct Metal Deposition DMI: Digital Migration Interface DNC: Direct Numerical Control