An RFx is a catch-all term that refers to any document that is a 'request for' something. It represents documents like requests for proposals (RFPs), request for quotations (RFQs) and more. 

Are a type of tracking system that uses radio frequency to search, identify, track, and communicate with items and people.

Roll-on/roll-off or RO-RO is the term given when freight is loaded onto a road vehicle at some inland origin, the vehicle is then driven to an appropriate port and, upon arrival at port, driven straight onto a vessel.

Racking (in a warehouse) is defined as: A vital part of a warehouse infrastructure (consisting of steel upright structures) that uses frames, beams, and connectors to support raw material, components and finished goods that are to be kept in storage

Randomness is another factor that affects time series data. Randomness re-fers to unexpected events that may distort trends that otherwise exist over the long-term. Events such as natural disasters, political crisis, and the out-break of war can result in temporary distortions in trends.

Is a variant of the popular multiple-choice question which is widely used to gather information that provides relative information about a specific topic.

The reorder point is the level of inventory which triggers an action to replenish that particular inventory stock. It is a minimum amount of an item which a firm holds in stock, such that, when stock falls to this amount, the item must be reordered.

Relating to a system in which input data is processed within milliseconds so that it is available virtually immediately as feedback to the process from which it is coming,

A period of reduced economic activity. 

The stage when business activity starts to improve.

An increase in cost of goods sold per unit that is not accompanied by an equivalent or greater percentage increase in selling prices will result in a lower gross profit. With expenses remaining at a constant level, such a decrease in gross profit will reduce your net profit.

The action to pay back money to a customer who is not satisfied with goods or services bought from a company.

 Aims to convince current purchasers they made the right choice.

Relationship Management refers to a strategy put in place by an organisation to consistently evaluate, supervise and maintain relationships between companies and external and internal partners.

Relationship management strives to create partnership and collaboration between various stakeholders.

Relevance is the concept of one topic being connected to another topic in a way that makes it useful to consider the second topic when considering the first. 

 Aims to stimulate repeat purchases of products and services. 

Is energy that has been derived from earth's natural resources that are not finite or exhaustible.

(noun) 1. A word, sound, or phrase that is repeated; a refrain. 2. Mathematics The digit or group of digits that repeats infinitely in a repeating decimal.

Request for Quotation. A document which is prepared according to a scope of work required by a purchaser. The RFQ will outline the requirements of the purchaser and invite bidders to put forward a proposal.

A Resource Bill is similar to a Bill of Material in that it provides details of the resources that are required in order to manufacture a product. It will provide information such as the production line or work centres which will be used, the number of hours needed for each stage of a job, the labour required and any critical resources or milestone operations.

Available supply that can be drawn on when required.In a working environment this could range from a computer, to pens and pencils in an office to wrenches, screwdrivers, calibrators, tape measures and forklifts in a workshop or factory

Having the job or duty of dealing with or taking care of something or someone; able to be trusted to do what is right or to do the things that are expected or required.

A thing that is caused or produced by something else; a consequence or outcome.

Net Profit to date

The retained earnings of a corporation is the accumulated net income of the corporation that is retained by the corporation at a particular point of time, such as at the end of the reporting period

The return on assets shows the percentage of how profitable a company's assets are in generating revenue.  In financial analysis, it is the measure of the return on an investment in Assets. ROA is used in evaluating management's efficiency in using assets to generate income.

A ratio that shows how much profit a company can generate from its assets.

Return on sales, often called the operating profit margin, is a financial ratio that calculates how efficiently a company is at generating profits from its revenue. ... The return on sales formula is calculated by dividing the operating profit by the net sales for the period

Refers to  collecting returns (e.g., surplus, damaged or recalled goods) and bringing them back to the depot/ warehouse and integrating them back into the system (i.e., for scrap, repair, or replacement, etc).

A loan against securities, such as property, where once a certain amount of the debt is repaid, the loan may be renewed to the original amount.

An entitlement to something, whether to concepts like justice and due process or to ownership of property or some interest in property, real or personal.

The assortment or variety of products offered by a retailer and can be described in terms of breadth, length, depth and consistency. Breadth or width refers to the number of different product lines or categories a retailer offers customers.

The extent or level to which risks can be handle.

Rolling stock is the term used for anything on rail wheels by the railroad industry. The term includes freight cars, flat cars, locomotives, tank and other vehicles that make use of steel wheels and goes on the railroad tracks.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is defined as a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover causes of problems.

A run chart is a graphical representation of statistical information which provides data on how a process is performing over time. By examining and analysing a run chart, you can determine if a process is out of control. The most common type of data used to construct the charts are ranges, averages, percentages/counts, and individual process attributes.

Cost of fixed assets.