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An alphabetized list of business acronyms

3M: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
3PL: Third Party Logistics
A&W: Allen & Wright (Roy Allen and Frank Wright combined their initials to name A&W Root Beer in 1922)
AA: Author Alteration (a publishing term)
AAA: American Automobile Association
ADP: Automatic Data Processing
AIG: American International Group
AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
AMF: American Machine & Foundry (bowling lane operators and former owners of Harley Davidson motorcycles)
AOL: America Online
AT&T: American Telephone and Telegraph
AX: Armani Exchange
B&N: Barnes & Noble
B2B: Business to Business
B2C: Business to Consumer
BBB: Better Business Bureau
BHAG: Big, Hairy Audacious Goal
BOI: Business Object Interface
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CK: Calvin Klein
COB: Close Of Business
COGS: Cost of Goods Sold
COLA: Cost of Living Adjustment
COO: Chief Operating Officer
CPK: California Pizza Kitchen
CRM: Client Relationship Management
CSP: Certified Speaking Professional
CTO: Chief Technology Officer
DBA: Doing Business As
DHL: Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn (founders of DHL Worldwide Express)
DK: Dorling Kindersley
DKNY: Donna Karan New York
DSO: Days Sales Outstanding
DSW: Discount Shoe Warehouse
EA: Electronic Arts
EBX: Electronics Boutique X
EMS: Eastern Mountain Sports
FANNIE MAE: Federal National Mortgage Association (a privately owned corporation)
FLP: Family Limited Partnership
FSB: Fortune Small Business
FT: Full Time
FTE: Full Time Equivalent
FUBU: For Us, By Us
GE: General Electric
GEICO: Government Employees Insurance Company
GM: General Motors or General Mills
GNC: General Nutrition Centers
HP: Hewlett Packard
IBC: Independent Breweries Company (original manufacturer of IBC Root Beer)
IBD: Investors Business Daily
IBM: International Business Machines Corporation
ILM: Industrial Light and Magic
IMR: Information Management Research
ING: Internationale Nederlanden Group (a financial company)
IREA: Intermountain Rural Electric Association
JC Penney's: James Cash Penney
JOA: Joint Operating Agreement (example: the relationship between The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News)
JVC: Japan's Victor Company
KB: Kaybee Toys OR Kaufmann Broad (home builder)
KFC: Kentucky Fried Chicken
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
KPMG: Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm)
LLC: Limited Liability Company
LLP: Limited Liability Partnership
MCI: Microwave Communications Incorporated
MOH: Message/Music On Hold
MSI: Multiple Streams of Income
MSN: Microsoft Network
MSRP: Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MVI: Mini Vacations Incorporated
NBB: New Belgium Brewery
NCOA: National Change of Address (List)
NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement
NIB: New In the Box
NSA: National Safety Associates
OPM: Other People's Money
OPR: Other People's Resources
OPT: Other People's Time
P&G: Proctor and Gamble
PBGC: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PE: Printer Error (a publishing term)
PL: Profit and Loss
PO: Purchase Order
POP: Point of Purchase
PT: Part Time
QA: Quality Assurance
QAI: Quality Assurance International
QC: Quality Control
QSC: Quality, Service, Cleanliness (Ray Kroc's motto for McDonald's)
REI: Recreational Equipment, Inc
RFP: Request for Proposal
SBC: Southwestern Bell Corporation
SBI: Site Build It! (software for building web sites)
SFI: Six-Figure Income
SKU: Stock Keeping Unit
SM: Service Mark
SOHO: Small Office, Home Office
SOS: Switched On Schoolhouse
SYSTEM: Save Your Self Time, Energy, and Money (as reported by www.just15minutes.com)
TCBY: The Country's Best Yogurt (originally This Can't Be Yogurt)
TM: Trademark
TSR: Tactical Studies Rules (company that produces Dungeons & Dragons)
UMB: United Missouri Bank
UPS: United Parcel Service
USAA: United Services Automobile Association