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18.07.2013 07:37 |
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Rapporteur
1) A person appointed by an organization to report on its meetings. Also found taking part in focus groups.
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18.07.2013 07:35 |
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Rapid Service Pass
1) Eurotunnel pass to allow regular Channel Tunnel (ie Le Shuttle) users to travel on an account basis without having to stop and make payment on arrival at the Tunnel toll.
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Rapid acquisition of manufactured parts (RAMP) |
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18.07.2013 07:33 |
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Rapid acquisition of manufactured parts (RAMP)
1) A make to order process to reduce the purchasing lead time for long lead time manufactured parts whereby product data is held in STEP (the international standard for exchange of manufacturing product data) by the customer and exchanged, in electronic format, when an order is placed. (Source: ILT Supply-Chain Inventory Management SIG)
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Random sample cycle counting |
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18.07.2013 07:31 |
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Random sample cycle counting
1) A method in which the particular parts to be counted are selected from the population of part numbers in a manner that has no inherent bias. In this selection process, each part number has an equal chance of being selected. (Source: ILT Supply-Chain Inventory Management SIG)
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18.07.2013 07:29 |
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Railtrack pic
1) Owner and operator of UK rail infrastructure (ie track, signalling and stations, etc) - train operators pay track access charges for its use.
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18.07.2013 07:27 |
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Rail loading gauge
1) The profile of bridges and tunnels, etc above rail lines which determines the size of wagons that can pass through. Generally, gauges are known by name - eg A, B, B+, C, W6, Berne, UIC and Channel Tunnel.
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18.07.2013 07:36 |
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Rapid transit
1) Passenger transport system (usually rail) designed to provide quick journeys. Normally segregated from other traffic.
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Rapid intervention vehicle |
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18.07.2013 07:34 |
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Rapid intervention vehicle
1) Fast vehicle used by fire brigades to get quickly to a fire/emergency to start fire fighting/rescue pending arrival of main (usually slower) vehicle units.
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18.07.2013 07:32 |
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Range-change
1) Form of gearbox used on heavy goods vehicle. Four/five main gears are ranged down to provide double the number of ratios (ie 8/ 10) - necessary when trying to match narrow bands of engine speed to wide range of road speed/load/gradient capability. See also Splitter gearbox.
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18.07.2013 07:30 |
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RAM
1) Random access memory. Computer terminology.
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18.07.2013 07:28 |
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Railhead
1) Rail depot/terminal where loading/unloading and transhipment of loads/swap bodies (eg to and from road vehicle) takes place. Key location in intermodal/combined transport operations.
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18.07.2013 07:26 |
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Rail freight
1) Freight traffic carried by rail, booked either by container, wagonload or trainload.
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