app.py

import gradio as gr
from transformers import pipeline
import threading



# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("question-answering", model="Intel/dynamic_tinybert")

def get_answer(text):
    result = pipe(question=text, context=knowledge_base_text)
    answer = result["answer"]
    confidence = result["score"]
    return answer, confidence

# Define the Gradio interface
def chatbot_interface(Question):
    answer, confidence = get_answer(Question)
    if confidence < 0.33:
        response = "Not found in the knowledge base"
    else:
        response = f"Answer: {answer}"
    return response


knowledge_base_text = """
CTC : Ceylon Tobacco Company ; 
PTC : Pakistan Tobacco Company ; 
3GGT : The 3 Great Growth Things ; 
4D : Four "D" model ; 
60 day crops : 60 day crops ; 
70/70 : 70/70 'tipping point' ; 
A1 : Cutter ; 
A4R : Article Four Review ; 
AB : Activity Board ; 
ABC : Activity Based Costing ; 
ABC  : Account Business Competencies ; 
ABC/LMH :  ; 
AC : Air curing ; 
ACF : Active Charcoal Filter ; 
ACF  : Active Characoal Filter (Brand Status Report) ; 
ACM :  ; 
ACO : Amsteram Corporate Office ; 
ACP : Annual Cycle Plan / Activity Critical Path ; 
ACT : Air Cured Tobacco  ; 
AD : Annual Demand ; 
AD  : Area Director ; 
ADC : Average Daily Consumption ; 
ADH : Adhesive (WMS) ; 
Admoist : Conditioner ; 
ADR : American Depository Receipts ; 
Ad-valorem : Ad-valorem ; 
AED : Arab Emirates Dirham ; 
AER : Annual Equivalent Rate ; 
Aerosort : Sorter ; 
AF : Air freight ; 
AFAIRP : As Far As Is Reasonably Practical/Possible ; 
AFS : Approval for service ; 
AG : Arabian Gulf ; 
AGV : Automated Guided Vehicle ; 
AIA : Attract-Interact-Act ; 
AIC : Intra community acquisitions ; 
AIR : Activity Impact Ratio ; 
Air lift : Air lift ; 
Air-cured tobacco : Air-cured tobacco ; 
Air-curing : Air-curing ; 
AIT : Anti-Illicit Trade ; 
AIT  : Anti Illicit Trade  ; 
AL : Air Lift ; 
ALPS : Area Leaf Planning System ; 
AM : Audit Memo/Autonomous Maintenance ; 
Ambassador : See Amplifier ; 
AME : Achieving Marketing Excellence database ; 
AME   : Achieving Marketing Excellence database/ or Africa Middle East (region) ; 
Ameliorants : Additives - usually acids and alkalis - which are added to particularly harsh grades of blends of tobaccos to balance the taste o the smoke. ; 
AMGP : Additives and Material Guidance Panel (see PSC) ; 
AMGP   : Additives and Material Guidance Panel ; 
AMO : Average Module Output ; 
AMO  : Average Module output ; 
AMPAC : America-Pacific (region) ; 
Amplifier : People who are considered 'role models' in the target group of a particular brand that advocates sales of the brand to others in the same target group.  ; 
AMR : Americas ; 
AMS : Account Market Share ; 
AmSSA : Americas and Sub Saharan Africa ; 
AOP : Adverse Outcome Pathway ; 
AP : Accounts Payable ; 
AP   : Accounts Payable ; 
APM : Attribute Process Matrix ; 
APME : Asia Pacific and Middle East Region ; 
APO : Advanced Planner & Optimizer (SAP) ; 
APR : Annual Performance Review ; 
APS : Advanced Planning Systems / Air Product Separator ; 
APT : Account Planning Tool ; 
APV : Accounts Payable Vouchers ; 
AQL : Acceptance Quality Limit ; 
AR : Accounts Receivable ; 
AR   : Accounts Receivable ; 
AR51 : Nobleza Piccardo SACIyF ; 
ARF : Activity Recommendation Form ; 
AS400 :  ; 
ASH : Action on Smoking & Health ; 
ASI : Account Strategic Importance ; 
ASM : Area Sales Manager ; 
ASMO : Area Sales & Marketing Office ; 
ASN : Advanced Ship Notice ; 
ASP : Application Service Provider ; 
ASPAC : Asia Pacific Region ; 
ASTM : American Society of Testing and Materials ; 
ASU 30 : Adult Smoker Under 30 years old ; 
ASU30 : Adult smokers under 30 ; 
AT : Account teams ; 
ATC : Advanced Technologies Cambridge ; 
ATD : Anti Tampering Device ; 
ATIF : Any Time In Full ; 
ATL : Above The Line (traditional media advertising term) ; 
Atlas : Cutter ; 
ATP : Availability to Promise ; 
ATSM : Adult Tobacco Shopper Marketing ; 
Attemporation : Attemporation ; 
ATTL : Advanced Tereasury Technologies Ltd. ; 
AU70 : Australia Factory ; 
AUC : Assets under Construction ; 
AUD : Australian Dollar ; 
Autofeeder : Autofeeder ; 
Automation : Automation ; 
AV : Ad-Valorem / Availability ; 
AVG : Average ; 
AW : Active Data Warehouse ; 
B&H : Benson & Hedges ; 
B2B : Business to Business ; 
B2C : Business to Consumer ; 
B2E : Business to Employee ; 
BA : Brand Architecture -Brand guidelines that defines the look & feel ; 
Back Margin : Back Margin ; 
BADI : Business Add In ; 
BARQA : British Association for Research Quality Assurance ; 
BASS : British American Shared Services ; 
BASSE : British American Shared Service Europe ; 
BAT ME : BAT Middle East ; 
BATCA : British American Tobacco Central America ; 
BATCAP : BAT Capital Corporation ; 
BATES : Advertising Agency ; 
BATICS : British American Tobacco Inter Company Settlement ; 
BatMark : Trademark Department ; 
BATProbe : General consumer survey GCS analysis tool ; 
BATPS : British American Tobacco Pension Scheme ; 
BATUKE : BAT (UK & Export) Ltd ; 
BAU : Business As Usual ; 
BBOA : Best Bet Option Analysis ; 
BC : Base Condition / Business Case ; 
BCC : Board Compensation Committee ; 
BCM : Business Continuity Management ; 
BCOT : Blend Coordination Team ; 
BCP : Business Continuity Planning ; 
BCP  : Business Contingency Plan / Planning ; 
BCT : Business Control Teams ; 
BD : Bobbin Depalletizer ; 
BD01 : Bangladesh - Dhaka Factory ; 
BDD : Business Development Department ; 
BDD   : Business Development Department ; 
BDE : Breakdown Elimination ; 
BDR : Brand Director Review ; 
BDR  : Brand Director Review ; 
BE : Bevel Edge(Pack Format) ; 
BEC : Basic Equipment Conditions: ; 
Beetle trap : These are traps designed to catch tobacco beetles ; 
BEG : Brand Enforcement Group (Vendor Group) ; 
BES : Brand Excellence Series ; 
BES  : Brand Excellence Series Best Practice  A procedure/method recommended by the Tobacco  Management Board ; 
BEST : Business Enablers Survey Tool/Belgian Engineering Sortation Technique ; 
BFL : Breakdown Function Loss ; 
BFR : Breakdown Function Reduction ; 
BHAG : Big Hairy Audacious Goal ; 
BI : Business Intellegence ; 
BIA : Business Impact Analysis ; 
BIB : Blend In a Box ; 
BIM : Brand Image Mapping ; 
BIM   : Brand Image Mapping   ; 
BLACK TOBACCO :  ; 
Blank : WMS - Blank ; 
Blend :  ; 
Blending :  ; 
Blending Silo :  ; 
BLM : Brand Launch Modification ; 
BM : Brand Manager/Bench Mark ; 
BM   : Brand Manager ; 
BMF : Brand Modification Form ; 
BMP : Brand Marketing Planning ; 
BMTA : British Measurement Testing Association ; 
bn   : Billion, e.g. 1.3 bn sticks (Brand Status Report) ; 
BOB-ME : Bobbin Loader ; 
BOC : Business Optimisation Centre ; 
BOD : Bill Of Distribution ; 
BOL : Bill Of Lading ; 
BOM : Bill of Material ; 
Bonded : Finished goods (FG) stock held before excise is paid ; 
BOSS : Business and Operational Systems Steering Group ; 
BOT : Board Outer (WMS) ; 
BP  : Bigpack ; 
COGS : Cost of Good Sales;
RSP : Retailer Selling Price;
BPC : Business Planning & Consolidation ; 
BPCOE : Business Process Centre of Excelence ; 
BPCS : Business Planning & Control System (Integrated AS400 computer system) ; 
BPCS  : Business Planning & Control System (Integrated AS400 computer system) ; 
BPF : Brand Project Forum ; 
BPI : Business Process Improvement ; 
BPI   : Business Process Improvement ; 
BPK : Board Pack (WMS) ; 
BPM : Business Project Management ; 
BPO : Business Process Outsourcing ; 
BPR : Business Process Re-engineering ; 
BPR   : Business Process Re-engineering ; 
BPTO : Brand Price Trade-Off ; 
BPTO  : Brand Price Trade-Off ; 
BR : Business Release ; 
BRAA : Brazil - Cachoeirinha Factory ; 
BRAD : Brazil - Uberlândia Factory ; 
BrAmToCo : British American Tobacco Company ; 
Brand Pillars : One of the core elements that comprise the marketing mix of the 21st century for a particular brand- for example: PR, Packaging & New Media are all separate brand pillars several projects can be initiated in each of these pillars. ; 
BritAm : The name of the proprietary type face designed specially for BAT ; 
BRM : Budget Review Meeting ; 
BRR : Business Risk Register ; 
BS : Burley Strips ; 
BSE : Brand Support Expenditure ; 
BSE   : Brand Support Expenditure ; 
BSL : Bond Street Lights (brand) ; 
BSU : Business Service Unit ; 
BT : Business Technology ; 
BTC : BAT Technology Center ; 
BTC  : British American Tobacco Technology Centre   ; 
BTE : Brand Trade Expenditure ; 
BTL : Below The-Line (traditional merchandising/promotions) ; 
BU : Business Unit ; 
Bulk : Bulk ; 
Bulking : Bulking ; 
BUM : Business Unit Manager ; 
BUoM : Based Unit of Measure ; 
Burrus : Carton ; 
BVA : Best Value Analysis ; 
BVS : Brand Value Segmentation ; 
BW : Business Warehouse ; 
BY : Burley ; 
C + C  : Cash + Carry ; 
C&C : Cleaning & Classifying ; 
C&D : Connect & Develop ; 
C&F : Casing & Flavours ; 
C&IS : Control and Information System ; 
C&L : Classification & Labelling ; 
C&PCR : Complexity & Product Cost Reduction ; 
C2P : Conformance to Plan ; 
C2P  : Conformance to Plan ; 
C2S : Conformance to Schedule ; 
C2S  : Conformance to Schedule ; 
C48 : Carton ; 
CA : Camel (brand) ; 
CAC : Corporate Audit Committee ; 
CAD : Computer Aided Design/Cash Against Documents ; 
CAGR : Compound Annual Growth  Rate ; 
CAL : Camel Lights (brand) ; 
CAO : Computer Assisted Ordering ; 
CAP : Customer Account Profitability / Conformity Assessment Process / Capsule (WMS) ; 
CAP1 : Conformity Assessment Process ; 
CAP2 : Conformity Assessment Process ; 
CAP3 : Conformity Assessment Process ; 
CAPA : Corrective and preventive action ; 
CAPEX : Capital Expenditure ; 
CAPEX  : Capital Expenditure - the investment/purchase of an asset ; 
CAPI : Computer Assisted Personal Interviews ; 
Carton : The unit of measure for holding packs (otherwise termed 'outer') ; 
Cash make cost : Cash make cost ; 
Casings : Casings ; 
CASN : Chemical Abstract Service Number ; 
Castings : Processing terminology ; 
Category : The segment of the tobacco market or the tobacco category within the retail environment ; 
Category Management : A distributor-supplier process of managing categories as strategic business units, producing enhanced business results by focusing on delivering consumer value. ; 
CATI : Computer Assisted Telephone Interview ; 
CATMAN : Category Management ; 
CATMAN  : Category Management ; 
CBA : Current Best Approach/Cost Benefit Analysis ; 
CBI : Competency-Based Interviews ; 
CBM : Condition Based Maintenance ; 
CBN : Compelling Business Need (IWS) ; 
CBPR : Checklist Based Project Review ; 
CBR : Central Bank Rate ; 
CBU : Commercial Business Unit ; 
CC : Consumer Companion ; 
cc/g : Cubic Centimeters/Gramme ; 
CCB : Change Control Board ; 
CCC : Common Communication Code ; 
CCM : Continuous Control Monitoring ; 
CCR : Consumer Companion Representant ; 
CCT : Processing terminology/Consumer Concept test ; 
CD : Consumer Dialogue / Cross Docking ; 
CD&I : Consumer Dialogue & Insight ; 
CDE : Customer Defect Elimination ; 
CDF : Consumer Disposition Funnel ; 
CDM : Career Development Meeting ; 
CDR : Consumer Dialogue through Retail ; 
CE : Cost Element ; 
CEA : Cost Element Accounting ; 
Centre : Colloquial term for Globe House ; 
CEO : Chief Executive Officer ; 
CEP : Consumer Engagement Programme ; 
CES : Competitive Edge Series ; 
CES  : Competitive Edge Series ; 
CF : Cashflow ; 
CFC : Controlled Foreign Companies ; 
CFG : Customer Focus Group / Cross Functional Group ; 
CFO : Chief Financial Officer ; 
CFR : CFR (Customer Service) Customer Failure Report/Cumulative Failure Rate ; 
CFT : Customer Facing Team ; 
CGU : Cash-generating unit ; 
CH12 : BAT CH - Boncourt Factory ; 
CHK  : Checker ; 
CI : Continuous Improvement ; 
CI  : Continuous improvement ; 
CIA : Change Impact Assessment ; 
CIC : Capex Investment Committee / Continuous Improvement Coach ; 
CIC  : Capex Investment Committee ; 
CIES : Centre International des Entreprises de Secteur Alimentaire (The Food Business Forum) ; 
CIF : Cost, Insurance and Freight (shipping term) ; 
CIF  : Cost, Insurance and Freight (shipping term) ; 
CIF+MSF : Cost Insurance Freight + Market Support Funds ; 
CIGMAR : Cigarette Market (Group Marketing Information System) ; 
CIGMAR  : Cigarette Market (Group marketing information system) ; 
CIL : Clean, Inspect, Lubricate ; 
CINCT : Caucasus, Israel, Northern Cyprus and Turkey ; 
CIS : Central Information System ; 
CIT : Cash in Transit ; 
CKB : Competitor Knowledge Base ; 
CL : Centerline Management (e.g. Visual controls of settings, deviation checks vs sticker tags (rapid audit)) / Cut Lamina ; 
CL  : Cut Lamina ; 
CL03 : BAT Chile Operaciones S.A. - Casablanca ; 
Classic Virginia : Processing terminology ; 
Classification : Classification is the grouping of outlets in terms of various criteria ; 
CLD : Cased Leaf Drier (Tobacco process) or Central Legal Department ; 
CLD   : Cased Leaf Drier (Tobacco process) ; 
CM : Case / Change Management / Contracts Management / Country Manager ; 
CM  : Case Management ; 
CMB : Centrally Managed Brands ; 
CMB   : Centrally Managed Brands ; 
CME : Colin Mear Engineering ; 
CMMS : Computerized Maintenance Management System ; 
CMR : Convention relative au contrat de transport international de Marchandise par Route ; 
CN : Control Navigator ; 
CNP : Consumer National Promotion ; 
CNTC : China National Tobacco Co ; 
CNTC  : China National Tobacco Co ; 
CO : Change Over ; 
CoA : Certificate of Analysis ; 
COB : Close of Business ; 
COC : Cigarette Overhead Conveyor ; 
COD  : Code destroyer  ; 
COE : Centre of Expertise ; 
CoEs : Centres of Excellence ; 
COG  : Code Generator ; 
Cogr : Convenience & Grocery ; 
COI : Compounds of Interest ; 
COLA : Cost of Living Adjustment ; 
Comas : Supplier ; 
Common platform : Common platform ; 
Communicative name : Communicative name ; 
CONR : Constant Rate ; 
Consumer Dialogue Marketing : The way of doing business by building a mutual, beneficial relationship with our consumer franchise through a closed loop of listening, learning and responding. ; 
Consumer Engagement : Interacting with consumer by engaging in the brand world and creating a dialogue. It is an 'emotional' exposure, a contact opportunity which creates a quantifiable, positive action or emotion from the consumer towards the brand. ; 
Consumer Off-Take : Consumer Off-Take ; 
Consumer Price Turnover : Consumer Price Turnover ; 
Consumer Studies : Consumer Studies ; 
Convergence : Standardising information and processes. ; 
COO : Country Of Origin / Cost of Ownership ; 
COO   : Country Of Origin ; 
COP : Conference of Parties ; 
COPA : Controlling Profitability Analysis ; 
CoPlan : BAT Company Plan ; 
Co-plan : Company plan ; 
CORA : Corporate & Regulatory Affairs department ; 
CORA   : Corporate & Regulatory Affairs department ; 
CORESTA : Co-operation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco   ; 
CORESTA   : Co-operation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco   ; 
Corporate signature : The fixed configuration of the British American Tobacco symbol and logotype ; 
COS : Cost of Sales ; 
COSO : The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission ; 
CP : Cycle Plan / Capability of Process / Cigarette Paper ; 
Cp  : Process Capability ; 
CPC : Common Planning Calendar ; 
CPE : Critical Process Equipment/Element ; 
CPFR : Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment ; 
CPI : Cut Per Inch (Tobacco) / Consumer Price Index ; 
CPK : Process Capability index ; 
Cpk  : Process Capability Index ; 
CPLT : Central Product Leadership Team ; 
CPM : Cycle Plan Meeting / Cigarettes Per Minute ; 
CPMH : Cigarettes Per Man Hour ; 
CPOM : Cycle Planning Operations Meeting ; 
CPP : Consumer Promotion Program/Critical Process Parameters ; 
CPQE : Consumer Physical Quality Evaluation ; 
CPQE   : Consumer Physical Quality Evaluation ; 
CPS : Consumer Product Safety/Crown Prosecution Service ; 
CPT : Consumer Product Testing ; 
CPTO : Consumer Price Turnover ; 
CQA : Critical Quality Attributes ; 
CQMS : Corporate Quality Management System ; 
CQV : Commission, Qualify, Verify (Commissioning, Qualification, Verification) ; 
CR : Cost Rank / Change Request ; 
CRA : Change Readiness Assessment ; 
CREW : CReW - Change Request Exception Waiver ; 
CRI : Consumer Relevant Innovation ; 
CRM : Customer Relationship Management ; 
CRP : Continuous Replenishment Programme ; 
CRS : Cut Rolled Stem (tobacco) ; 
CRT : Cut Rag ; 
CS : Current State / Cut Stem ; 
CS/3 : An ERP system, now provided by Sage, which supports some of our smaller markets. ; 
CSF : Critical Success Factors ; 
CSI : Corporate social investment ; 
CSL : Controlled Strand Length ; 
CSM : Customer Satisfaction Measurement ; 
CSM  : Customer Satisfaction Measurement ; 
CSP : Cluster Strategy Process ; 
CSQA : Commodity Specification and Quality Agreement ; 
CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility / Chgemical Safety Report ; 
CST : Cluster Strategy Team ; 
CSU : Computer Services Unit ; 
CT : Central Treasury ; 
CTA : Contribution to Admin ; 
CTB : Consolidated Trial Balance ; 
CTP : Capable-to-Promise (CTP) ; 
CTS : Cut Tobacco Store ; 
CU : Capacity Utilization ; 
CUP : Compliant User Provisioning ; 
Curing : Processing terminology ; 
Customer : Retailer ; 
CV : Control Value/Control Valve ; 
CVC : Characteristic Value Combinations ; 
CY : Current year ; 
D&D : Damaged & Destroyed ; 
D&D   : Damaged & Destroyed ; 
D&I : Diversity and Inclusion / Distribution & inventory (IPT) ; 
D&M2AC : Design and make to a cost ; 
D&O : Director & Officers ; 
D&S : Design & Specify ; 
DAC : Dark air cured ; 
DB : Defined Benefit ; 
DB Agencies : Database Agencies ; 
DBNR : Days Before Next Run ; 
DC : Distribution Centre / Data Centre / Defined Contribution(Pension) ; 
DCC : Direct Cylinder Conditioning ; 
DCCC : Direct Cylinder Conditionning and Casing ; 
DCCC  : Direct Conditioning & Casing Cylinder ; 
DCF : Discounted Cash Flow ; 
DCF  : Discounted Cash Flow ; 
DCTA : Digital coding and Tracking Association ; 
DD : Doubtful Debts ; 
DD1 : Down-Day ; 
DDC : Distributor Distribution Centre ; 
DDG : Device Development Guideline ; 
DDP : Delivery Duty Paid ; 
DDS : Daily Direction Setting  ; 
DDU : Delivery Duty Unpaid ; 
DE : Design effectiveness ; 
DE27 : DE Bayreuth ; 
Declink : Massflow Conveyor ; 
DEER : Directly Extruded Expanded Recon ; 
DEER  : Directly Expanded Extruded Reconstituted (tobacco) ; 
Delphi : Reclaimer ; 
DES : Distribution Edge Series ; 
DES   : Distribution Edge Series   ; 
DEX : Direct Exchange ; 
DEX-UCS : Direct Exchange UCS ; 
DF : Demand Forecasting ; 
DF10 :  ; 
DFA : Demand Forecast Accuracy ; 
DFMEA : Design Failure Modes Effects and Analysis ; 
DFSS : Designed For Six Sigma ; 
DG : Deployment Group ; 
DH : Defect Handling (IWS terminology) ; 
DI : Data Integrity ; 
DICE : DICE Chart ; 
Dickinson : Supplier ; 
DIET : Processing Term ; 
DIP : Diversified International Product ; 
Discovery :  ; 
Distribution :  ; 
DKS : Dunhill King Size (brand) ; 
DM : Data Management ; 
DM2C : Design & Make to a Cost ; 
DME : Distance to Mouth End ; 
DMM : Distributor Management Manual ; 
DMR : Deployment Metrics Review ; 
DMS : Daily Management System ; 
DNP : Duty Not Paid ; 
DNP\DPP : Duty Not Paid / Duty Partly Paid(DPP) ; 
DO : Distribution Outlets ; 
DoA : Delegation of Authorities ; 
Documentum :  ; 
DOL : Daily Overdraft Limit ; 
DOM : Demand Operations Manager ; 
DOR : Do On the Run ; 
DP : Duty Paid ; 
DPP : Direct Product Profitability / Duty Partly Paid ; 
DQ : Data Quality ; 
DQC : Data Quality Check ; 
DR : Distribution Representative / Disaster Recovery ; 
DRBU : Direct Reporting Business Unit ; 
DRF : Dust Recovery Filter ; 
DRF  : Dust Recovery Filter ; 
DRG : Design Reference Group ; 
Drill down : Brand Communication implemented at SQ level that is reflected in HQ and NQ. ; 
DRIP : Dividend Re-investment Programme ; 
DRP : Distribution Resource Planning / Disaster Recovery Programme / Distributions Requirement Planning ; 
DRWO : Designing Risk & Waste Out ; 
DS : Demi Slim ; 
DSA : Daily Sales Average ; 
DSBS : Deferred Share Benefit Scheme ; 
DSD : Direct Store Delivery ; 
DSM : Demand Supply Meeting ; 
DSS : Direct Store Sales ; 
DT : Down Time ; 
DTI : Department of Trade and Industry / Down Time Indicator / Duty transit Insurance ; 
DTI  : Department of Trade and Industry ; 
DTR : Double Tax Relief ; 
DTS : Digital Tax Stamps ; 
DTS  : Digital Tax Stamps ; 
DTV : Digital Tax Verification ; 
DV : Digital Verification ; 
DV  : Digital Verification ; 
DWB : Dry Weight Basis ; 
DWR+ : Reclaimer ; 
DX : Distribution Excellence ; 
DX   : Distribution Excellence     ; 
DXS : Distribution Excellence ; 
DZ01 : Oran Factory ; 
E2E : End to End ; 
EAI : Enterprise Applications Integration ; 
EAN : European Article Numbering  ; 
EAS : Enterprise Applications Strategy ; 
EBF : Employees Benevolant Funds ; 
EBITDA : Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization ; 
ECA : European and Central Asia ; 
ECC : Enterprise (Resource Planning) Central Component ; 
ECGD : Export Credit Guarantee Department ; 
ECLT Foundation : Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation ; 
ECP : Euro Commercial Paper ; 
ECR : Efficient Consumer Response ; 
ECRS : Eliminate Combine Reduce/Reorder Simplify/Standardize ; 
EDC : European Data Centre ; 
EDI : Electronic Data Interchange ; 
EDI   : Electronic Data Interchange ; 
EDLC : Every Day Low Cost ; 
EDLP : Every Day Low Prices ; 
EDM : Executive Directors' Meeting / Enterprise Data Model ; 
EDP : Electronic Data Processing ; 
EEAME : Eastern Europe, Africa & Middle East ; 
EEC : European Employee Council ; 
EELT : East European Leadership Team ; 
EEMEA : Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa ; 
EFM : Export Finance Manager ; 
EFT : Electronic Fund Transfer ; 
EFTL : European Finance Leadership Team ; 
EFTPos : Electronic Fund Transfer at Point of Sale ; 
EH&S : Environmenal, Health and Safety ; 
EH&S  : Environment, Health and Safety ; 
EIR : Effective Interest Rate ; 
EISP : Enterprise Infrastructure and Services Programme ; 
ELPc : Extra low price cigarettes ; 
ELT : Extended Leadership Team ; 
EM : Environment Management / End Market ; 
EMDM : European Master Data Management  ; 
EMEA : Europe, Middle East and Africa ; 
EMEA  : Europe Middle  East  Africa region ; 
EMF : Effective market focus ; 
EMF II : Effective Market Focus ; 
EMF2 : Effective Market Focus ; 
EMIS : European Mathematical Information Service ; 
EMLT : European Marketing Leadership Team ; 
EMO : External Manufacturing Organization ; 
EMTT : Endmarket Top Team ; 
ENA : Europe and North Africa ; 
ENT : Enterprise Management (IWS Pillar) ; 
EO : Equipment Owner/ship ; 
EOD : End of the day ; 
EOM : Enterprise Operating Model ; 
EOQ : Economic Order Quantities ; 
EOS : Exchange Of Sale ; 
EOSB : End of Service Benefits ; 
EP : Electrostatic Perforation ; 
EP   : Electrostatic Perforation ; 
EPAP : Experimental Product Advisory Panel ; 
E-PDC : European Product Development Committee ; 
EPF : Economic Production Frequency ; 
EPoS : Electronic Point of Sales ; 
EPP : European Productivity Portfolio ; 
EPPE : Export Production Planning Executive ; 
EPPM : European Productivity Portfolio Manage ; 
EPR : Effective Problem Resolution ; 
EPS : Earnings Per Share ; 
EQUATA : Combustible Quality system (visuals) ; 
ER : Expert Review ; 
ERM : Enterprise Role Management / Exchange Rate Mechanism ; 
ERP : Enterprise Resourcing Planning ; 
ERTS : Enhanced Remote Planning Shed ; 
esh : Extended Scheduling Horizon ; 
ESOP : Employee Stock Ownership Plan ; 
ESOS : Executive Share Option Scheme ; 
ESRO : Employees Savings Related Options ; 
ESSC : External Secondary Supply Chain ; 
ET : Executrac / Expanded Tobacco / Education & Training ; 
ETI : BAT Acquisition ; 
ETR : Effective Tax Rate ; 
ETS : Environmental Tobacco Smoke ; 
ETS   : Environmental Tobacco Smoke ; 
EUCA : EU Cooperation Agreement with BAT on illicit trade ; 
EUP : End User Procedure ; 
EVA : Economic Value Added ; 
EVP : Employer Value Proposition ; 
EWC : Expected Week of Confinement ; 
EWP : Engineering Work Process ; 
Excise Credit :  ; 
Excise Incidence :  ; 
Excise Payable :  ; 
Excise Yield :  ; 
ExCo : Executive Committee ; 
Expat : Expatriate ; 
F&SV : Fixed and Semi Variable Expenses ; 
F&SV's : Fixed and Semi Variable Expenses ; 
F2F : Face to Face ; 
F2S : Forecast to Stock ; 
FA : Fixed Assets ; 
FAP : Finance Appreciation Programme ; 
FAQ : Frequently Asked Question(s) ; 
FAR : Fixed Assets Register ; 
FBD : Fluidised Bed Dryer ; 
FC : Flue Cured / Fine Cut / Fully Combustible ; 
FC  : Flue Cured ; 
FC8 : Filter combiner 800 ; 
FCC   : FractureCode Corporation ; 
FCF : Free Cash Flow ; 
FCL : Full Container Load ; 
FCTC : Framework Convention of Tobacco Control ; 
FCTC  : Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO international Treaty)  ; 
FCV : Flue Cured Virginia ; 
FCV   : Flue Cured Virginia ; 
FD : Finance Director ; 
FD   : Finance Director   ; 
FDA : Food and Drug Administration ; 
FDD : Finance Director Delegate checklist ; 
FDI : Foreign Direct Investments ; 
FDP : Finance Development Programme ; 
FEFO : First Expired First Out ; 
FEI : Front End Innovation ; 
FEM : Factory Engagement Meeting ; 
FF : Full Flavour / Field Force ; 
FF  : Full Flavour (Brand Status Report) ; 
FFI : Fauna and Flora International ; 
FFP : Factory Foot Print ; 
FFR : Forecast Fill Rate ; 
FG : Finished Goods / Focus Group ; 
FGS : Finished Good Stock / Finished Goods Sales ; 
FGV : Finished Goods Validation ; 
FHC : Financial Health Check ; 
FI : Focussed Improvement (IWS Pillar) ; 
FI  : Filter ; 
Fibex : Fibre Extrusion ; 
FIFO : First In First Out ; 
Fill Value : Processing terminology ; 
Filtromat : Filter Feeder ; 
FITM : Functional IT Manager ; 
FJ01 : Fiji Factory - Suva ; 
Flagship store : A retail store that engages target consumers into a brand world. ; 
Flavouring : Processing terminology ; 
Flavourings : Top dressings which are applied onto cut tobacco in small quantities towards the end of the primary process ; 
Flexport : Modules ; 
FLT : Finance Leadership Team / Fork Lift Truck ; 
Flue-curing : A curing process which uses a flue to transmit heat to leaf to dry it and promote chemical change ; 
FMC : Factory Made/Manufactured Cigarettes ; 
FMCG : Fast Moving Consumer Goods ; 
FMD : Filter Manufacturing Department ; 
FMEA : Failure Modes Effects and Analysis ; 
FMECA : Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis ; 
FMGC : Fast Moving Goods Companies ; 
FOB : Free On Board ; 
FOC : Free Of Charge / Fixed Order Cycles ; 
Focke : Supplier ; 
FOQ : Fixed Order Quantity ; 
Foresight : Sales forecasting and supply chain system ; 
Foresight   : Sales forecasting and supply chain system ; 
FP : Filling Power ; 
FPD : Foreign Particle Detector ; 
FPI : Finished Product Inspection ; 
FPI   : Finished Product Inspection   ; 
FPO : Full pass on ; 
FPS : Final Product Silo ; 
FR : Filter Rod (WMS) ; 
FRC : Financial Reporting Council ; 
FRD : Filter Rod Department ; 
Front margin :  ; 
FS : Future State ; 
FSD : Financial Service Desk ; 
FSLI : Financial Statements Line Items ; 
FSP : Forward Stock Planner ; 
FSS : Finance Shared Services ; 
FSSC : Financial Shared Service Centre ; 
FSV : Financial Statement Version ; 
FT : Filter Tow ; 
FTA : Filter Tip Attacher ; 
FTD : Feedback To Design ; 
FTE : Full Time Equivalent/Employee ; 
FTO : Freedom To Operate ; 
FTSE : Financial Times Stock Exchange ; 
FTZ : Free Trade Zone ; 
FU : Follow-up ; 
FV : Fill Value  ; 
FX : Financial Exchange ; 
FY : Full Year ; 
FYI : For Your Information ; 
G2 : Grey advertising agency ; 
G2G : Go to Go time ; 
GAAP : Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ; 
GAM : Group Accounting Manual ; 
GAM   : Group Accounting Manual ; 
GAMS : Glue Application Monitoring System ; 
Garbuio : Supplier ; 
Garniture :  ; 
GB  : Gauloises Blondes ; 
GB24 : BAT (Corby) Limited ; 
GBL  : Gauloises Blondes Legeres ; 
GBLT : Global Blending Leadership Team ; 
GBM : Group Brand Manager ; 
GBM   : Group Brand Manager ; 
GBS : Global Business Services ; 
GBS HR : Global Business Service HR ; 
GBU : Global Business Unit ; 
GBV : Gross book value ; 
GCC : Gulf Cooperation Council ; 
GCEU : Global Customer Engagement Unit ; 
GCI : Global Commerce Initiative ; 
GCMI : Greece, Cyprus Malta & Israel ; 
GCoA : Group Chart of Accounts ; 
GCP : Good Clinical Practice ; 
GCS : General Consumer Survey ; 
GD : Supplier ; 
GD  : Italian cigarette machinery supplier ; 
GD X1 : Soft cup packer ; 
GD X2 : Hinge lid packer ; 
GD X2000 : High speed HL packer ; 
GD X500 : High speed SC packer ; 
GDB : Global Drive Brand ; 
GDB+2 : Global Drive Brands +2 ; 
GDFP : Global Demand Forecasting Project ; 
GDP : Gross Domestic Product ; 
GDPR : General Data Protection Regulation ; 
GDX1 : Soft cup packer ; 
GDX2 : Hinge lid packer ; 
GDX2000 : High speed HL packer ; 
GDX500 : High speed SC packer ; 
GeHOP : Geographic Head Of Procurement ; 
GENA : Global Enterprise Network Architecture ; 
Generic :  ; 
Geo marketing : Tool that is used to help identify geographic areas populated with your target group. ; 
GGP  : Global Graduate Programme ; 
GH : Globe House- The British American Tobacco headquarters ; 
GHS : Globally Harmonised System ; 
GHW : Graphic/Government Health Warnings ; 
GI : Goods Issued ; 
GIP : Global Integration Program ; 
GIPS : Group Intellectual Property Service ; 
GIT : Goods in Transit ; 
GIV : Gross Invoice Value ; 
GJ : Gigajoule  ; 
GL : General Ledger ; 
Global CORE : A set of standard global processes and data which enables convergence, defined by authorised managers in Finance and Operations. ; 
GLOSS : Global Leaf Order Supply System ; 
GLP : Global Leaf Pool ; 
GLS : Good Laboratory System ; 
GLSU : General Ledger Spreadsheet Uploader ; 
GLT : Green Leaf Threshing ; 
GM : General Manager / Gross Margin ; 
GM   : General Manager ; 
GMALT : Global Manufacturing Leadership Team ; 
GMAPP : Group Manual of Accounting Policies & Procedures ; 
GMDM : Global Master Data Management ; 
GMES : Global Manufacturing Executive System ; 
GMLT : Global Manufacturing Leadership Team / Global Marketing Leadership Team ; 
GMP : Good Manufacturing Practice ; 
gnaa : Greater North America Area ; 
GNC : Global Naming Convention ; 
GOD : Global Operations Director ; 
Godioli and Bellanti : Supplier ; 
GOLT : Global Operations Leadership Team ; 
GOM : Group Operating Model ; 
GOM  : Global Operating Model ; 
GOV-CHK : Government Checker ; 
GP : Glide Path ; 
GPA : Global Process Audit ; 
GPC : Group Product Champion ; 
GPDC : Global Product Development Council ; 
GPGP : Global Policies & Group Principles ; 
GPI : General Price Increase ; 
GPLT : Global Product Leadership Team ; 
GPMO : Global Programme Management Office ; 
GPOC : Global Product Optimisation Council ; 
GPS : Global Process Standards / Global Product Stewardship ; 
GPSG : Global Product Steering Group ; 
GQLT : Global Quality Leadership Team ; 
GQT : Group Quality Team ; 
GR : Goods Received ; 
GR&D : Group Research & Development ; 
Grades : Processing terminology ; 
GRC : Governance, Risk & Compliance ; 
GRC PC : Governance Risk & Control – Process Control ; 
GRE : Global Retail Excellence ; 
GRE   : Global Retail Excellence ; 
Grey : Grey advertising agency ; 
Grey   : Grey advertising agency ; 
Griffin Cardwell : Supplier ; 
GRMC : Global Risk Management Committee ; 
GRNI : Goods Received but not invoiced ; 
Gross Weight : Gross Weight ; 
GRP : Gross Rating Points ; 
GRRR : Global Ruthless Relentless Repeatability ; 
GS&I : Global Supply and Inventory ; 
GSC : Global Supply Chain / Global Standards Council ; 
GSCS : Global Supply Chain Strategy ; 
GSCSC : Global Supply Chain Service Centre ; 
GSCSCLT : Global Supply Chain Service Centre Leadership Team ; 
GSD : Group Service Delivery or Global Service Desk ; 
GSD- CS  : Customer Services ; 
GSD- CS- S  : Customer Services- Solutions ; 
GSD- CS- T : Customer Services- Technologies ; 
GSD- CS-A : Customer Services- Applications ; 
GSD- IT- S  : IT- Security ; 
GSI : General Standing Instructions ; 
GSM : Grams per Square Meter / Global Specification Management ; 
GSMP : Global Service Management Project ; 
GSOP : Global Sales Operations Planning ; 
GSOP  : Global Sales Operations Planning ; 
GSP : General System of Tariffs and Preferences / Global Specification Platform / Global Strategy Process ; 
GSS : Global Specification Services ; 
GST : Global Scheduling Tool / Government Sales Tax ; 
GSUM : Global Start-Up Methodology ; 
GT : General Trade ; 
GTGG : Global TOM Governance Group ; 
GTM : Global Technology Manager J ; 
GTM  : Global Technology Manager  ; 
GTNF : Global Tobacco Nicotine Forum ; 
GTO : Gross Turnover ; 
GTR : Global Travel and Retail ; 
GUI : Graphical User Interface ; 
GUI   : Graphic User Interface ; 
GWAN : Global Wide Area Network ; 
GWD  : Gross Weighted Distribution (Brand Status Report) ; 
HACCP : Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point ; 
HAS : Historical Analysis of Spend ; 
Hauni : Supplier ; 
HB : Haus Bergman (Cigarette Brand) ; 
HBS : High Bay Storage ; 
HC : Health Check ; 
HCM : Human Capital Management ; 
HCS : HoReCa Classification System - system used by Belgium to help determine SQ, HQ & NQ outlets ; 
HDT : Dryer ; 
HES : High Efficiency Sieve/Heat Exchanger Screw ; 
HFM : High Efficiency Sieve/Heat Exchanger Screw ; 
HHD : High Humidity Dryer ; 
HITM : Headquarters IT Manager ; 
HL : Hinge Lid ; 
HLC : Hinged Lid Corners (board type for cigarette packs) ; 
HLP : Hinge Lid Packer ; 
HLR : Highlight Report ; 
HMC : Hand made cigarettes ; 
HMI : Human Machine Interface ; 
HMRC : Her Royal Majesty's Revenue an Customs ; 
HN01 : Tabacalera Hondureña SA - San Pedro Sula ; 
HnB : Heat not Burn ; 
HND : Processing Term ; 
HoCM : Head Of Category Management ; 
HOD : Head Of Department ; 
HOD   : Head Of Department ; 
HOF : Head Of Function ; 
HOF   : Head Of Function ; 
HOHR : Head of Human Ressources ; 
HOLO : Head Of Leaf Operations ; 
HOLOS : Holistic System ; 
HOLP : Head Of Leaf Processing ; 
HOP : High Opacity Paper ; 
Hopper :  ; 
HoReCa : Hotel, Restaurant & Cafe ; 
HORECA  : Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes ; 
Horsley Court : International Training Center at Horsley, Surrey, UK ; 
HOS : Head Office Services ; 
HOS   : Head Office Services ; 
HOT : Head Of Trade ; 
HPO : High Performance Organization ; 
HPQC : Hewlett Packard Quality Centre ; 
HPV : High Production Volume ; 
HPWS : High Performance Work System ; 
HQ : High Quality ; 
HR : Human Resources ; 
HSE : Health and Safety Executive ; 
HSU : High Speed Unit ; 
HT : Conditioner ; 
HTD : High Temperature Dryer ; 
HTR : Hard To Reach ; 
Hu mectants : Additives to blends which assist moisture retention ; 
HU13 : Pécs Main Factory ; 
HU15 : Pécs LCO Factory ; 
Humectants : Processing terminology ; 
HVST : High Velocity Steam/Stem Tube ; 
HW : Hollywood (cigarette brand) ; 
HWL : Health Warning Label ; 
Hyperion : Financial terminology ; 
I&C : Information and Consultation/Installation and commissioning ; 
IA : International Assignment / Impact Assessment / inventory availability ; 
IAA : International Advertising Association ; 
IAA   : International Advertising Association ; 
IAD : Invoice Authorization Database ; 
IATA : Intenational Air Transport Association ; 
IB : International Brand / Inner Bundling (WMS) ; 
IBG : International Brand Group ; 
IBG   : International Brand Group ; 
IBIS : Packing machinery ; 
IBPM : Integrated Budgeting and Planning Management ; 
IC : Inter Company ; 
ICA : Inward Cartage Allowance ; 
ICC : International Chamber of Commerce ; 
ICC   : International Chamber of Commerce ; 
ICFR : Internal Control Over Financial Reporting ; 
ICG : Interchangeable goods / Interchangeable groups ; 
ICP : Individual Career Plan ; 
ICP  : Individual Career Plan   ; 
IDD : If Down - Do ; 
IDM : Initiative Diamond Management ; 
IDP : Individual Development Programme ; 
IDP   : Individual Development Programme ; 
IDT : Inventory drive team ; 
IE : Incident Elimination (IWS) / Inventory Effeciency ; 
IEIS : International Executive Incentive Scheme ; 
IF : Inner Frame (WMS) ; 
IFRS : International Financial Reporting Standards ; 
IFT : Induced Failure Test ; 
IG : Individual Grocery ; 
IGT : Intercompany Global Team ; 
IH : Industry Hygiene ; 
IH&S : Industrial Health and Safety ; 
IHC : In House Cash ; 
IIR : Injury Incident Rate  ; 
IKA : International Key Account ; 
IKEA : Integrated Key Element Assessment ; 
ILO : International Labour Organisation ; 
IM : Initiative Management (IWS Pillar) ; 
IMASCO : Financial services, tobacco and retailing group (Canada) ; 
IMASCO   : Financial services, tobacco and retailing group (Canada) ; 
"IMF : Incident Management Feedback
 ; "
IMI : Incoming Materials Inspection ; 
IMP : International Marketing Principles ; 
IMP   : Importer ; 
IMS : International Marketing Standards or In Market Sales ; 
International spec : A term referring to the approximate length of international cigarettes (87mm long) ; 
IP : Ingress of Protection/Intellectual Property ; 
IPHSA : International Public Health & Scientific Affairs Centre of Expertise ; 
IPO : Initial Public Offering ; 
IPRA : International Political and Regulatory Affairs ; 
IPS : Initial Problem Solving ; 
IPT : Integrated Planning Transformation ; 
IR : Information Request / Industrial Relations ; 
IRI : Immediately Reportable Incident ; 
IRR : Internal Rate of Return ; 
IS : International Staff ; 
ISF : In store Furniture ; 
ISIS : Packing machinery / Supplier ; 
ISO : International Standards Organisation  ; 
ISO  : International Organisation for Standardisation ; 
ISU : Instantaneous Start-Up ; 
IT : Information Technology ; 
IT- BE  : Information Technology- Business Engagement ; 
IT- BI  : Information Technology- Business Information ; 
IT- SDM  : Information Technology- Service Delivery Management      ; 
ITC : India Tobacco Company (subsidiary) ; 
ITCL : Imperial Tobacco Co. (Canada) ; 
ITD : Information Technology Department ; 
ITD   : Information Technology Department ; 
ITG : Imperial Tobacco Group ; 
ITG  : Imperial Tobacco Group ; 
ITGA : International Tobacco Growers' Association ; 
ITGC  : Information Technology General Controls ; 
ITL : Imperial Tobacco Limited ; 
ITM : International Tobacco Machinery ; 
ITM  : International Tobacco machinery (Supplier)/ Principle of a Rotary Drier Process ; 
ITP : Illicit Trade Protocol ; 
ITPP : Innovative Tobacco Processing Plant ; 
ITT : Internationally Traded Tobacco ; 
ITX : IT Transformation ; 
IU : Intelligence Unit ; 
IWG : Industry Working Group ; 
IWS : Integrated Work System ; 
IWT : Inventory Within Target ; 
JF : Job Families ; 
JIT : Just In Time ; 
JKAM  : Junior Key Account Manager ; 
JML : Joiners, Movers, Leavers ; 
JND : Just Noticeable Difference ; 
JO03 : BAT Jordan - Amman Factory ; 
Joshua : Advertising agency ; 
JP : Journey Plan ; 
JPGL : John Player Gold Leaf (brand) ; 
JPGL  : John Player Gold Leaf ; 
JPS : John Player Special (brand) ; 
JPS   : John Player Special ; 
JRC : Joint Research Centre ; 
JTI : Japan Tobacco International ; 
JV : Joint Venture ; 
JV   : Joint Venture       ; 
KA : Key Accounts ; 
Kahl : Supplier ; 
KAM : Key Account Manager ; 
KAM  : Key Account Management ; 
KAPPA : Key Area Paper ; 
KB : Knowledge Base ; 
KCM : Key Competitor Metrics ; 
KCN : Key Control Navigator ; 
KDF : Filter Rod Maker ; 
KE01 : BAT Kenya - Nairobi ; 
KEA : Key Element Assessment ; 
Kennametal : Supplier ; 
KH01 : BATC Factory Plant - Phnom Penh ; 
KIL : Key Issues List ; 
King size : A term referring to the approximate length of a cigarette (87-94mm long) ; 
KLD : Dryer ; 
KLK :  ; 
KM : Knowledge Management ; 
Koehl : Supplier ; 
KOR : Keep Ops Running ; 
KOR  : Keep Ops Running (a capex category) ; 
KPI : Key Performance Indicators ; 
KPL : Kent Premium Lights ; 
KR07 : Sacheon BAT Korea Manufacturing ; 
KRA : Key Result Areas ; 
KRA   : Key Result Areas ; 
KS : King Size (cigarette) ; 
KS  : King Size ; 
KSA : Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; 
KSB : King Size Box ; 
KSBA : Key Balance Sheet Accounts ; 
KSF : King Size Filter ; 
KSF   : King Size Filter ; 
KSS : King Size Super Slim ; 
KT : Kent (brand) / Knowledge transfer ; 
KT 2 : Cutter ; 
KT 3 : Cutter ; 
KT2 : Cutter ; 
KT3 : Cutter ; 
KTC : Cutter ; 
KTH : Cutter ; 
KYC : Know your Customer ; 
L&B : Lambert & Butler (brand) ; 
L&B   : Lambert & Butler ; 
L&D : Logistics and Distribution / Learning & Development ; 
L&M : Liggett & Myers (brand) ; 
L&M   : Liggett & Myers ; 
LA : Launch Authorisation / Loss Allocation ; 
LAC : Latin America and the Caribbean ; 
LACAR : Latin America and the Caribbean ; 
Lamina : Lamina ; 
LAN : Local Area Network / Financial services, tobacco and retailing group (Canada) ; 
Landscape management : Landscape management ; 
LAP : Laminated Pouch (WMS) ; 
Laserport : Cigarette Maker Laser ; 
LAT : Leadership Assessment Tool ; 
LB : Local Brand ; 
LC : Leaf Council / Local Currency ; 
LCC : Life Cycle Costs ; 
LCL : Lower Control Limit ; 
LD : Lady lighter ; 
LDE : Local Deployment Execution (IPT) ; 
LDR : Leadership (IWS Pillar) ; 
LDW : Laid Down Weight ; 
LE : Latest Estimate / Logistics Execution ; 
Leaf :  ; 
LEC : Leaf Executive Council ; 
LEDS : Line Event Data System ; 
Legal names :  ; 
Legg : Supplier ; 
LEO : Legal Entity Object ; 
LEP : Limited Edition Pack ; 
LES : Logistic Execution System ; 
Levant : Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Yemen ; 
LEX : Legal and External Affairs ; 
LFRs : Legal, Fiscal and Regulatory ; 
LIFO : Last In First Out ; 
LIFO  : Last in first out ; 
LIMS : Laboratory Information Management System ; 
LIP : Lower Ignition Propensity ; 
LIW : Loss In Weight ; 
LK01 : Colombo Factory ; 
LL : Line Lead / Lower Limit ; 
LLC : Line Coach ; 
LLL : Lessons Learned Log ; 
LLP : Lead Logistics Partner ; 
LM : Licensed Manufacture ; 
LN : Lotus Notes ; 
LOC : Letter Of Credit ; 
Locator :  ; 
LOF : Cigarette Maker  ; 
LOG : Cigarette Maker  ; 
LOGA : Cigarette Maker  ; 
Logotype :  ; 
Look & Feel : The look (visual design) and feel (materials used) of any brand communication developed ; 
LOS : Line of Sight ; 
LOV : List Of Values ; 
LPA : Launch Plan Agreement ; 
LPE : Latest Profit Estimate ; 
LPO : Local Purchase Order ; 
LPV : Low Production Volume ; 
LRR : Leaf Reception Room ; 
LS : Lucky Strike / Line Structure (LL, ML, PL) ; 
LS  : Lucky Strike (Brand Status Report) ; 
LSC : Logistic Service Center / Line Structure Coaches (LLC, MLC, PLC) ; 
LSD : Laboratory Services Department ; 
LSL : Lucky Strike Lights / Lower Specification Limit ; 
LSM : Leaf Suppliers Manual ; 
LSS : Low Smoke Smell ; 
LT : Loss Tree / Leadership Team ; 
LTR : LTR ; 
Luckies : International Brand/Lucky Strike ; 
LUM : Line under microscope ; 
LWC : Lost Workday Case ; 
LWCIR : Lost Workday Case Incident Rate ; 
LY : Last Year ; 
M&A : Mergers and Acquistions ; 
M&A  : Mergers and Acquisitions ; 
M&R : Maintenance & Repair ; 
M&S : Materials and Supplies ; 
M2U : Manufacture To User ; 
MA : Marlboro/Management Accounts ; 
MAC : Marine & Air Control ; 
MAEP : Mean Absolute Percent Error ; 
MAL : Marlboro Lights ; 
Man   : Manufacturer ; 
ManEx : Manufacturing Exellence ; 
ManEx  : Manufacturing Exellence (assessments) ; 
MAPE : Method of Assessing Smoking Quality ; 
Market : Market ; 
Market Capitalisation : Market Capitalisation ; 
Market review : Market review ; 
Marketing Standards : A self imposed system of regulation defining acceptable standards of communication ; 
MASQ : Method for Assessing Smoking Quality ; 
MASQ   : Method for Assessing Smoking Quality ; 
MAT : Machinery Acceptance Test ; 
MAT  : Moving Annual Total (Brand Status Report) ; 
MatQuIS : Material Quality Information System ; 
Maxfli : TM&D Information System ; 
Maxfli   : TM&D Information System ; 
MBO : Marlboro ; 
MC : Moisture Content / Manufacturing Cost / Machine / Monte Carlo ; 
MCE : Minimum Collectable Excise ; 
MCF : Manageable Cash Flow ; 
MCG : Manufacturing Centre Gateway ; 
MCS : Manufacturing Contingency Sourcing ; 
MCSP : Manufacturing Contigency Supply Plan ; 
MCT : Minimum Collectable Taxation ; 
MD : Managing Director / Master Data ; 
MD   : Managing Director ; 
MDC : Marketing Development Centres ; 
MDC   : Marketing Development Centres ; 
MDD : Management Decision Diary ; 
MDDS : Machine Desing and Documentation Standard ; 
MDG : Master Data Governance ; 
MDM : Master Data Management ; 
MDS : Marketing Tool for CD ; 
MDSG : Manufacturing Development Steering Group  ; 
ME : Middle East / Maxim / Manufacturing Execution ; 
MEC : Manufacturing Executive Council ; 
MEC   : Manufacturing Executive Council ; 
MEEG : Managed External Email Gateway ; 
MEIO : Multi Echelon Inventory Optimization ; 
MENA : Middle East, North Africa ; 
MEP : Manufacturing Essentials Programme ; 
MEP  : Manufacturing Essentials Programme (training course) ; 
MES : Manufacturing Execution System ; 
MES  : Manufacturing Execution System ; 
MESA : Middle East South Asia ; 
MESCA : Middle East, South and Central Asia (Region) ; 
MET : Minimum Excise Tax ; 
Metering Band : Process machinery ; 
MFC : Manufacturing Cost ; 
MFEI : Marketing Finance Excellence Index ; 
Mfg Cig. : Manufactured Cigarette ; 
MFU : Marketing Finance Unit ; 
MFU   : Marketing Finance Unit   ; 
MGP : Materials Guidance Panel ; 
MHE : Materials Handling Equipment ; 
MHI : Monthly Household Income ; 
MHRA : Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency ; 
MI : Marketing investment ; 
MIGTPA : Master Inter-Group Treasury Products Agreement ; 
Mille : One thousand Cigarettes ; 
Mille  : Measurement for per thousand cigarette sticks ; 
MIN-G : Marketing Information& Numbers - Global ; 
MIR : Miscellaneous Invoice Request ; 
MIS : Management Information System ; 
MISD : Marketing Intelligence & Staff Department ; 
Mixed System : Financial terminology ; 
MKT : Marketing ; 
ML : Maintenance Lead ; 
MLA : Minimum legal age ; 
MLC : Maintenance Lead Coach ; 
MLE : Module Learning Element ; 
MLT : Marketing Leadership Team ; 
MM : Maintenance Manager / Materials Manager ; 
MMIS : Maintenance Manager Information System ; 
MND : Processing Term ; 
Modified Virginia : Processing Term ; 
MOE : Major Obsolescence Electronic  ; 
MOE  : Major Obsolescence Electronic  ; 
MOM  : Month on Month (Brand Status Report) ; 
MOPaD : Methodology of Packaging Development ; 
MOPD : Methodology of Process Development ; 
MOPE : Monthly Operating Profit Estimate ; 
MOQ : Minimum Order Quantity ; 
MoS : Measures of success ; 
MOU : Memorandum Of Understanding ; 
MOU  : Memorandum Of Understanding ; 
MP : Maintenance Planner / Material Planner / Prevention or Master Plan ; 
MP&S : Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (IWS) ; 
MPC : Marketing Portfolio Committee / Monetary Policy Committee ; 
MPD : Manufacturing Performance Dashboard ; 
MPD  : Manufacturing Performance Dashboard ; 
MPEP : Master Planner for external procurement (IPT) ; 
"MPI : Market Price Index
 ; "
MPLE : Managing People Lawfully & Effectively ; 
MPN : Manufacturer Part Number ; 
MPPC : Most Popular Price category ; 
MPQ : Managing Product Quality ; 
MPR : Manual Payment Request ; 
MPS : Master Production Schedule / Maintenance Planning and Scheduling ; 
MPSA : Master Production Schedule Adherence ; 
MPSG : Marketing & Product Strategy Group ; 
MQ : Material Qualification ; 
MQI : Manufacturing Quality Index ; 
MQI  : Manufacturing Quality Index ; 
MQS : Material Qualification Stage ; 
MQS 1 : Material Qualification Stage 1 ; 
MQS 2 : Material Qualification Stage 2 ; 
MQS 3 : Material Qualification Stage 3 ; 
MQS1 : Material Qualification Stage 1 ; 
MQS2 : Material Qualification Stage 2 ; 
MQS3 : Material Qualification Stage 3 ; 
MR&I : Marketing Research & Information ; 
MR&I  : Market Research and Information   ; 
MRA : Manufacturing Readiness Assesment ; 
MRCFF : Multicurrency Rolling Cashflow Forecast ; 
MRH : Management Reporting Hierarchy ; 
MRIB : Market research initiating brief ; 
MRO : Maintenance, Repair & Operations ; 
MRP : Manufacturing Resource Planning ; 
MRP   : Materials Resource Planning ; 
MRP 2 : Manufacturing Resource Planning II ; 
MRPII : Manufacturing resource planning process ; 
MS : Minor Stop / Mainstream Smoke ; 
MSA : Machine Standardization Audit / Master Settlement Agreement ; 
MSD : Microsoft Dynamics ; 
MSDS : Materials Safety Data Sheet ; 
MSE : Marketing Spend Effectivness ; 
MSHG : Materials Specification Harmonisation Group ; 
MSM : Material Supply Management ; 
MSP : Managing Successful Programmes ; 
MSP  : Market Share Points (Brand Status Report) ; 
MSU : Marketing Service Unit ; 
MSVD : Material Stock Value & Duration ; 
MT : Materials Testing / management Trainee ; 
MTBF : Mean Time Between Failure ; 
MTBF  : Mean Time Between Failure ; 
MTBM : Mean Time Between Maintenance ; 
MTBS : Mean Time Between Stops ; 
MTC : Malaysian Tobacco Company ; 
MTM : Market-to-market ; 
MTO : Made to Order ; 
MTS : Made to Stock ; 
MTS  : Make to Stock ; 
MTTR : Mean Time to Repair ; 
MU : Material Utilization ; 
MV : Modified Virgina ; 
MX03 : BAT Mexico ; 
MXS : Marketing Excellence Series ; 
MY02 : BAT Malaysia ; 
MYO : Make your Own ; 
MYO  : Make your own (a type of loose tobacco) ; 
MZ04 : BAT Mozambique ; 
NA : Net Available/ Not Applicable ; 
NAKAM  : National Key Account Manager ; 
NAMAS : National Measurement Accreditation Service ; 
NAMAS   : National Measurement Accreditation Service ; 
Nano : Cigarette Maker ; 
National signatures : National signatures ; 
NBD : New Business Development ; 
NBMC : Non-Branded Master Cases ; 
NBSE : Non Brand Span Expenditure ; 
NBV : Net book value ; 
NCL : Non Criminal Losses ; 
NCM : Non-conforming Material ; 
NCO : Network Change Opportunities ; 
NCP : Non-Conforming Product / Nicotine Containing Product ; 
ND : Normal Deterioration ; 
NDC : Supplier ; 
NEC : Northern European Cluster ; 
NEO : SAP NetWeaver Cloud Platform ; 
Net Cost : Financial Terminology ; 
Net Weight : Net Weight ; 
New Media : Digital communication channels, such as web-based technology, mobile phone technology etc. ; 
NEX : Network Exchange ; 
NFC : Near Field Communication ; 
NFDPM : Nicotine Free Dry Particulate Matter ; 
NFDPM   : Nicotine Free Dry Particulate Matter (tar, new terminology)   ; 
NG : Northern Gulf ; 
NG03 : British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited ; 
NGO : Non-governmental Organisation ; 
NGP : Next Generation Products ; 
NI  : Nielsen ; 
NIS : New International Standards ; 
NL33 : BAT Niemeyer Groningen ; 
NM1 : New Market One ; 
NMA : National Manufacturers Association ; 
NNAS : Number of non-attributable Stops ; 
NnaS   : Number of non-attributable Stops ; 
NND  : Net Net Density ; 
NOC : Network Operations Centre ; 
Non-Traditional Media tools : Communication channels other than ATL & BTL for e.g. media PR, New Media, Consumer Engagement etc. ; 
North Africa : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Soudan ; 
NP : Net Permeability ; 
NP   : Net Permeability ; 
NPAT : Net Profit After Tax ; 
NPBT : Net Profit Before Tax ; 
NPD : New Product Development ; 
NPI : New Product Introduction ; 
NPV : Net Present Value ; 
NPV  : Net Present Value ; 
NQ : Normal Quality ; 
NQP : Normal Quality Prestige ; 
NSM : National Sales Meeting ; 
NSS : New Supplier Selections ; 
NSWH : Near Site Warehouse ; 
NTA : Net Trading Assets ; 
NTM : Nottingham Tobacco Machinery ; 
NTMR : Neighbourhood Trade Marketing ; 
NTO : Net Turnover ; 
NTRM : Non Tobacco Related Material ; 
NTRM  : Non Tobacco Related Material ; 
NVC : Net variable cost ; 
NWA : Non Wrapped Acetate ; 
NWOM : New World of Marketing ; 
O&M : Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency ; 
O&M   : Ogilvy & Mather advertising agency ; 
O2C : Order to Cash ; 
OA : Opportunity Analysis ; 
OA   : Opportunity Analysis ; 
OBU : Operational Business Unit/ Factory ; 
OCA : Outward Carriage Allowance ; 
OCC : Optimistic Concurrency Control ; 
OCF : Operational Cashflow ; 
OCI : Operating Company Income (UOP) ; 
OCR : Optical Character Recognition ; 
OCR   : Optical Character Recognition ; 
OCV   : Optical Character verification  ; 
OD : Outcome Driver / Organisational Design ; 
ODG : Operational Design Group ; 
ODMS : One Day Material Store ; 
ODP : Operational Demand Planning ; 
ODS : One Day Store (Wrapping Material) / Operational Data Store ; 
OE : Order Estimate / Operating Effectiveness ; 
OE   : Order Estimate ; 
OECD : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ; 
OEE : Overall Equipment Effectiveness/Efficiency ; 
OEI : Other expenses internal ; 
OEL : Occupational Exposure Limit ; 
OEM : Original Equipment Manufacturer ; 
OEM  : Original Equipment Manufacturer ; 
OFEI : Operations finance excellence index ; 
Offal : Processing terminology ; 
OFI : Opportunity for Improvement ; 
OFR : Order fill rate ; 
OGL : Open General License ; 
OGSM : Objectives, Goals, Strategies, Measures ; 
OHA : Organization Health Assessment ; 
"OIE : Other income external
 ; "
OII : Other income internal ; 
OLAF : European Anti-Fraud Office ; 
OLAP : On-Line Analytical Processing ; 
OLT : Operations Leadership Team ; 
OM : Operating Model / Outcome Milestones ; 
OMBC : Operating Model Business Case ; 
ONB : Onboarding ; 
OO : Other Overheads ; 
OOH : Out Of Home ; 
OOH   : Out Of Home ; 
OOL : Out Of Limits ; 
OOO : Out of office ; 
OOR : Open Order Report ; 
OOS : Out of Stock ; 
OP : Organizational Process (Assessment) / Operating Profit ; 
OPB : Operations Portfolio Board ; 
OpCo : Operating Company ; 
Operation : The term used to describe a manufactured unit of stem and lamina ; 
OpEx : Operating Expenditure ; 
OPL : One Point Lessons ; 
OPM : Organisation Performance Model (IWS) ; 
OPO : Other Production Overheads ; 
OPOL : Open Purchase Order List ; 
OR : Oriental Leaf ; 
ORA : Overall Risk Assessment ; 
Oracle : Oracle Market Research Ltd ; 
ORG : Organization ; 
Oriental  : Oriental Leaf ; 
Oriental (OR) : Oriental blends are normally composed of 100% sun-cured tobacco ; 
Oriental tobacco : Small aromatic leaf generally grown around the middle eastern Mediterranean region used for its characteristic smoking quality ; 
ORSC : Operations Regional Standards Council ; 
ORT : Odour Reducing Technology ; 
OSC : Operations Standards Councils ; 
OSIRIS : Packing machinery ; 
OSOR : One Substance One Registration ; 
OSP : Operational Supply Planning ; 
OT : Oracle Tracker ; 
OT/OM : Operation Technician/Manager ; 
OTC : Other Tobacco Categories ; 
OTDP : Operations Transformation Data Project ; 
OTIF : On Time In Full ; 
OTIF  : On Time In Full ; 
OTP : Other Tobacco Products ; 
OTS : Opportunity To See ; 
OTS   : Opportunity To See       ; 
Outer : The unit of measure for holding packs (otherwise termed 'carton') ; 
Outlet : Point of purchase ; 
OV : Oven Volatile ; 
P E Ratio : Price Earnings Ratio ; 
P&E : Price & Excise ; 
P&HM : Pest & Hygiene Management ; 
P&L : Profit & Loss ; 
P&L   : Profit & Loss ; 
P&P : Programmes and Projects ; 
P&R : Planning and Reporting ; 
P2P : Procure to Pay ; 
PAC : Platforms Aligned Committee ; 
PACE : Performance Appraisal and Career Evaluation ; 
PACE  : Performance Appraisal and Career Evaluation ; 
Pack : Cigarette packet ; 
PAF : Preliminary Approval Form ; 
PAGB : Proprietary Association of Great Britain ; 
Pallet :  ; 
PAP : Personal Action Plan ; 
PAP  : Personal Action Plan ; 
PASS : Personal Administration Site Services ; 
PASSIM : Cigarette maker ; 
PAT : Profit After Tax / Project Assessment Tool ; 
PBAT : Principle Behavior Assessment Tool ; 
PBI : Power BI ; 
PBIT : Profit Before Interest & Tax ; 
PBP : Puff By Puff ; 
PBT : Profit Before Tax ; 
PBT   : Profit Before Tax ; 
PBV : Product Brand Value ; 
PC : Product Centre / Project Commitment / Politically Correct / Personal Computer ; 
PCD : Pathway for Continuous Development / Pitch Circle Diameter ; 
PCoE : Process Centre of Excellence ; 
PCR : Production Change Request ; 
PD : Pressure Drop ; 
PDBI : Property Damage & Business Interruption ; 
PDC : Product Development Committee ; 
PDC  : Product Development Committee ; 
PDCA : Plan, Do, Check, Act ; 
PDD : Programme Definition Document ; 
PDM : Project Delivery Manager ; 
PDP : Product Development Plan ; 
PDPC : Primary Delivered Product Cost ; 
PDSG : Product Development Strategy Group ; 
PDT : Product Development Team / Planned Down Time / Planned Delivery Time ; 
PE : Price to earnings ratio / Production Execution/ Project Establishment ; 
PEC : Procurement Executive Committee ; 
PEC  : Procurement Executive Committee ; 
PEM : Programme Effectiveness Management ; 
PEPY : Political & Regulatory, Economic & Competitive, Social & Technological Environmental analysis ; 
Perten : Supplier ; 
PeTra : PErformance TRAnsformation (Programme) ; 
PF : Film (WMS) ; 
PFD : Process Flow Diagram ; 
PFMEA : Process Failure mode and Effect Analysis ; 
PFR : Product Fill Rate ; 
PFS : Process Flow Sheet ; 
PG27 : Madang Factory ; 
PHW : Pictorial Health Warning ; 
PI&T : Product Integrity & Traceability ; 
PIB : Product Initiation Brief / Paper Inner Bundling ; 
PIC : Personal Information Centre ; 
PID : Project Initiation Document / Proportional Integral Derivative ; 
PIL : Process improvement Lead ; 
PIM : Portfolio Integration Meeting ; 
PIP : Personal Improvement Plan ; 
PIPO : Phase In Phase Out ; 
PIR : Post Implementation Review / Purchase Info Record ; 
PIT : Point In Time ; 
PK01 : Pakistan - Jhelum factory ; 
PK02 : Pakistan - Akora factory ; 
PKF : Product Knowledge Foundation ; 
PL : Process Lead ; 
PL01 : Poland - Augustow Factory ; 
PLA : Poly Lactose Acetate ; 
Plasticiser : Filter rod component ; 
PLB : Paper Label (WMS) ; 
PLC : Programmable Logic Controller / Public Listed Company / Process Lead Coach ; 
PLM : Product Lifecycle Management ; 
PLP : Product Line Profitability ; 
PLS : Plan Logistic Services ; 
PLS  : Plan Logistic Services ; 
PLT : Procurement Leadership Team ; 
PLU : Price Lookup function / People Like Us ; 
PM : Predictive Maintenance /Preventative Maintenance / Progressive Maintenance/ Plant Manager / Program Manager / Pall Mall ; 
PM  : Pall Mall ; 
PM&H : Pest Management and Hygiene ; 
PMD : Primary Manufacturing Department ; 
PMI : Philip Morris International ; 
PMI  : Philip Morris International ; 
PML : Pall Mall Lights ; 
PMO : Portfolio or Programme or Project Management Office PPPM ; 
PMWNF : Particulate Matter Water & Nicotine Free (tar old terminology) ; 
PNG : Papua New Guinea ; 
PNT : Price Net of Tax ; 
PO : Purchase Order / Performance Objective / Project Objective ; 
POA : Power of Attorney ; 
POAP : Plan On A Page ; 
POC : Proof of Concept ; 
POM : Purchase Order Management ; 
POP : Point Of Purchase ; 
POP  : Point of Purchase ; 
POPIC : Point of Purchase Innovation Centre ; 
POrg : Purchasing Organization ; 
POS : Point of Sale ; 
POSM : Point of Sale Material ; 
POSS : Plant Operating Strategy System ; 
POT : Paid on Time ; 
POV : Point of View ; 
PP : Production Plan ; 
PP&D : Product Planning & Development ; 
PPA : Psychophysical Analysis . Purchase Price Allocation ; 
PPA   : Psychophysical Analysis   ; 
PPB : Productivity Portfolio Board ; 
PPCT : Printed packaging costing tool ; 
PPDA : Planning Parameter Download Automation ; 
PPE : Product Physical Evaluation ; 
PPORD : Product Process Orientated Research Development ; 
PPP : Plant Protection Products / Portfolio, Programmes & Projects ; 
PPS : Public Place Smoking ; 
PPVP : Product Performance Validation Plan ; 
PQ : Packaging material Qualification ; 
PQC : Product Quality Control ; 
PQCDSM : Productivity Quality Cost Delivery Safety Morale ; 
PQI : Product Quality Index ; 
PQIT : Product Quality Improvement Team ; 
PQRS : Product Quality Rating System ; 
PR : Process Reliability / Purchase Requisition ; 
PRCC : Process related conversion cost ; 
PREP : Potentially Reduced Exposure Product ; 
Pre-SOP : Pre Sales & Operations Planning ; 
PRF : Project Recommendation Form ; 
Pricer : Software ; 
Pricer   : Software to analyse results of BPTO (Brand Price Trade-off) ; 
PRINCE : Projects IN Controlled Environment ; 
PRIV-CHK  : Private Checker ; 
PRM : Portfolio Reporting Milestones ; 
Product Maturation Stock :  ; 
Prolab : Cigarette Maker  ; 
Protos : Cigarette Maker ; 
PRP : Profit Related Pay ; 
PRP   : Profit Related Pay ; 
PRRP : Potentially Reduced Risk Product ; 
PS : Product Supply ; 
PS  : Peter Stuyvesant (Brand Status Report) ; 
PS&RA : Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs ; 
PSC : Product Stewardship Council  ; 
PSD : Particle Size Distribution ; 
PSE : Product Sensory Evaluation ; 
PSG : Product Steering Group ; 
PSG   : Product Steering Group ; 
PSHG : Product Specification Harmonisation Group ; 
PSM : Product Space Mapping / Product Support Services ; 
PSM   : Product Space Mapping ; 
PSP : Product Stewardship Plan ; 
PSR : Packed Store Room ; 
PSU : Production Services Unit ; 
PSU   : Production Services Unit   ; 
Psychographics : Mental characteristics of a group of people i.e. lifestyle, behaviour, interests etc. ; 
PTA : Product Transformation Analysis (IWS) ; 
PTC : Pakistan Tobacco Company ; 
PTF : Planning Time Fence ; 
PTFE : Polytetrafluoroethylene ; 
PTM : Programme TaO Methodology ; 
PTP : Personal Training Portfolio ; 
pts   : Percentage Points      ; 
PUOM : Purchased unit of measurement ; 
PV : Performance Validation ; 
PVP : Product Validation Plan ; 
PVV   : Product Volume Verification ; 
PW : Plug Wrap (WMS) / Product Wheel ; 
PWC : Price Waterhouse Coopers ; 
PWP : Packaging Work Process ; 
PZ : Plasticizer ; 
Q : Quality (IWS Pillar) ; 
Q&A : Questions and asnwers ; 
Q2 : Quality Reporting System ; 
QA : Quality Assurance ; 
QA  : Quality Assurance ; 
QAS : Quality Acceptance Standards ; 
QB : Quaterly Briefing ; 
QBR : Quarterly Business Review ; 
QBS : Quarterly Borrowings Survey ; 
QC : Quality Control / Quarterly Control ; 
QCP : Quality Control Plan ; 
QI : Quality Inspection ; 
QL : Quality Loss ; 
QM : Quality Manager ; 
QMR : Quarterly Marketing Report ; 
QMR   : Quarterly Marketing Report ; 
QMS : Quality Management System ; 
QPR : Quarterly Profit Review/Quarterly Progress Review ; 
QR : Quick Response  ; 
QRB : Quality Review Board ; 
QS : Qualitative Study ; 
QSC : Quick Size Change ; 
QSC  : Quick Size Change ; 
QTM : Quality Test Machine ; 
QTP : Quality Through People ; 
QTR : Quarterly …. ; 
QUAIL : Quality In Leaf ; 
Quantum : TM&D information system ; 
Quest : Quality Enabler Survey Team ; 
R&As : Report & Accounts ; 
R&B : Remuneration & Benefits ; 
R&D : Research & Development ; 
R&D   : Research & Development ; 
R&R : Repairs & Renewals ; 
R&RS : Repairs & Renewals Stocks (or System) ; 
R2M : Route to market ; 
R2P : Requisition to Pay / Record To report ; 
R4F : Ready for future ; 
R4R : Ready for Regulation ; 
RA : Retail Audit ; 
RA share : Retail Audit (consumed) ; 
RAC : Regional Audit Controllers ; 
RACC : Regional Audit and CSR Committee ; 
RACI : Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed ; 
RACM : Risk & Controls Matrix ; 
RAG : Red, Amber, Green Status ; 
RAI : Reynolds American Incorporated ; 
RAID : Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies ; 
RAL : Regulatory Analysis Laboratory ; 
RAR : Risk Analysis and Remediation ; 
RB : Round Corner  ; 
RBG : Regional Brand Group ; 
RBS : Retirement Benefit Schemes (costs) ; 
RBU : Regional Business Unit  ; 
RBU  : Regional Business Unit ; 
RC : Cutter / Round Corner (Pack Format) ; 
RCA : Root Cause Analysis ; 
RCCP : Rough Cut Capacity Plan ; 
RCD : Rebates Commission & Discounts ; 
RCEE : Rothmans Central Eastern Europe ; 
"RCF : Revolving credit facility
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RCM : Reliability Centered Maintenance ; 
RCO  : Rapid Change Over (IWS) ; 
RCP : Retail Classification Platform ; 
RCP   : Retail Classification Platform ; 
RCS : Retail Classification System ; 
RCS 5 : Retail Classification System version 5 ; 
RD : Regional Director ; 
RD   : Regional Director ; 
RDC : Retailer Distribution Centre ; 
RDF : Retail Disposition Funnel ; 
RDT : Radio Data Terminal ; 
RE : Run Efficiency/Reconstituted Tobacco/Regular ; 
RE  : Recon ; 
REC : Research Executive Council ; 
REC   : Research Executive Council   ; 
RECON : Reconstituted Tobacco ; 
Reconstituted : Processing term ; 
RES : Retail Environment Strategy (maximum impact in stores) ; 
Resy : Massflow Reservoir ; 
Retail Census :  ; 
Retail Universe : The total number of retail outlets in a specified area (i.e. Country or City) ; 
RF : Round corner Front ; 
RFC : Regional Finance Controller / Rothmans Fine Cut ; 
RFP : Request for Proposal ; 
RHOP : Regional Head Of Procurement ; 
RHRM : Regional Human Resources Manager ; 
RHRM   : Regional Human Resources Manager ; 
RI : Rothmans International ; 
Riedel : Supplier ; 
RIG : Regional improvement group ; 
Ripping : Processing term ; 
RIS : Retail Incentive Scheme ; 
RIT : Regional Improvement Team ; 
RITM : Regional IT Manager ; 
RJR : RJ Reynolds ; 
RJR   : RJ Reynolds ; 
RJRT : RJ Reynolds Tobacco ; 
RKS  : Rothmans King Size (Brand Status Report) ; 
RKSF : Rothmans King Size Filtered (brand) ; 
RLA : Reloc Label (WMS) ; 
RLT : Regional Leadership Team ; 
RM : Record Management/Regional Manager ; 
RM   : Regional Manager ; 
RML : Retail Media Landscape ; 
RMM : Regional Marketing Manager ; 
RMM   : Regional Marketing Manager ; 
RMO : Retail Media Outlet/s same as Superior Quality outlet/s ; 
RMS : Retail Measurement Surveys ; 
RMT : Regional Management Team ; 
RMT   : Regional Management Team ; 
RO : Rothmans King Size (brand) ; 
RO02 : Ploiesti Factory ; 
ROCE : Return On Capital Employed ; 
ROCE   : Return On Capital Employed ; 
ROD : Regional Operations Director ; 
ROE : Return On Equity / Roll-Out Education ; 
ROI : Return On Investment ; 
ROLT : Regional Operations Leadership Team ; 
ROM : Regional Operations Manager ; 
ROM   : Regional Operations Manager ; 
RONA : Return On Net Assets ; 
RONA   : Return On Net Assets ; 
RONS : Return On Net Stockholding ; 
RONTA : Return on Net Trading Assets ; 
ROSE : Return On Shareholders' Equity ; 
ROSE   : Return On Shareholders' Equity ; 
ROSF : Return On Shareholder Funds ; 
RPA : Robotic Process Automation ; 
RPC : Regional Product Centre ; 
RPI : Retail Price Index ; 
RPM : Regional Procurement Managers ; 
RPM   : Regional Procurement Managers ; 
RPN : Risk Priority Number ; 
RPRC : Regional Portfolio Review Committees ; 
RPSG : Regional Product Steering Group ; 
RPT : Routine Product Testing ; 
RQA : Retail Quality Assessment ; 
RQI : Retail Quality Index ; 
RQI  : Retail Quality Index ; 
RR : Risk Register / Rapid Response ; 
RRA : Rate Reliability Advisor ; 
RRB : Resource Related Billing ; 
RRP : Reduced Risk Product ; 
RRP  : Recommended Retail Price (Brand Status Report) ; 
RS : Regular Size or Raw Stem ; 
RS  : Regular Size ; 
RSH : Processing term ; 
RSH  : Ripper Shorts ; 
RSM : Rothmans Special Mild (brand) ; 
RSP : Retail Selling Price ; 
RSS : Robust Study Summary ; 
RSU : Regional Support Unit ; 
RSU  : Retail Selling Unit (Brand Status Report) ; 
RTA : Road Traffic Accident ; 
RTC  : Route to Consumer ; 
RTM : Route to Market ; 
RTP : Reduced Toxicity Product ; 
RTPM : Role to Position Mapping ; 
RTS : Reconstituted Tobacco Sheet / Massflow Conveyor ; 
RTS   : Reconstituted Tobacco Sheet ; 
RTT : Run To Target (IWS) ; 
RU : Rate Utilization ; 
RU40 : Saratov factory ; 
RU41 : Saint Petersburg factory and LC ; 
RYO : Roll Your Own (Loose tobacco) ; 
RYO      : Roll Your Own   ; 
S&I : Suppy & Inventory ; 
S&M : Sales & Marketing ; 
S&OP : Sales & Operations Planning ; 
S&P : Strategy & Planning ; 
S&RA : Scientific & Regulatory Affairs ; 
S&W : Salaries and Wages ; 
S&W  : Salaries and Wages ; 
S2K :  ; 
S90 :  ; 
SAA : South Asia Areas ; 
SaaS : Software as a Service ; 
SAD : Single Administrative Document ; 
SAM : Strategic Account Management / Strategic Asset Manager ; 
SAM   : Strategic Account Management ; 
SAP : Systems, Applications & Products in data processing ; 
SAP  : Systems, Applications and Products in data processing (German Enterprise planning system) ; 
SAP BI : SAP Business Information ; 
SAP BW : SAP Business Warehouse ; 
SAS : Shelf Advertising System ; 
SB : Stock Build ; 
SB01 : Solomon Factory - Honiara ; 
SBM : Strategic Brand Manager ; 
SBO : Sales Based Ordering ; 
SC : Soft Cup / Standing Committee / Staff Council ; 
SC  : Soft Cup ; 
SCADA : Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition ; 
SCAM : Supply Chain Above Market ; 
SCC : Supply Chain Compliance ; 
SCCSE : Supply Chain Customer Service Excellence ; 
SCDT : Supply Chain Drive Team / Supply Chain Diagnostic Tool ; 
SCE : Supply Chain Excellence ; 
SCE  : Supply Chain Excellence ; 
SCEE : Supply Chain Eastern Europe ; 
SCEM : Supply Chain Event Management ; 
SCIA : Supply Chain Impact Assessment ; 
SCIA  : Supply Scain Impact Assesment ; 
SCIP : Supply Chain Improvement Project ; 
SCM : Supply Chain Management / Solution Centre managers ; 
SCOR : Supply Chain Operations Reference Model ; 
SCS : Supply Chain Strategy ; 
SCSC : Supply Chain Service Centre ; 
SCSC  : Supply Chain Service Centre ; 
SCTM  : Supply Chain Technology Manager ; 
SCTV : Supply Chain Tax Verification ; 
SCTV   : Supply Chain Tracking and Verification  ; 
SCWE : Supply Chain Western Europe ; 
SCWE  : Supply Chain West Europe ; 
SD : Standard Deviation / Sales Distribution ; 
SD EVO : Cutter ; 
SDDS : Strategy Development and Deployment Systems ; 
SDG : Strategic Design Group ; 
SDM : Service Delivery Manager/Model ; 
SDS : Safety Data Sheet/Shredded Stem ; 
SDS  : Shredded Stem ; 
SDWT : Self Directed Work Teams ; 
SDWT Self      : Directed Working Teams                   ; 
SE : Sensory Evaluation ; 
SEC : US Securities and Exchange Commission ; 
Sellex : Selling Expenses ; 
SEM : Strategic Enterprise Management ; 
SEPA : Single Euro Payments Area ; 
SF : Success Factors ; 
SFDP : Senior Finance Development Programme ; 
SFG : Semi-finished Goods ; 
SFR : Semi-finished Goods - Filter Rods ; 
SG : Southern Gulf / Steering Group ; 
SG21 : Singapore Factory ; 
SGM : Steering Group Meeting / Strategic Global Marketing ; 
SGPH : Singapore Planning Hub ; 
SH : Section Head ; 
SH   : Section Head ; 
SHC : Shipping Case ; 
Shipper : The unit of measure for holding cartons or outers ; 
SHP : Stock Holding Policy ; 
SIDS : Screening Information Data Sets ; 
SIEF : Substance Information Exchange Forum ; 
SIG : Strategic Innovations Group ; 
Signature : Our corporate signature consisting of our three-leaf symbol in corporate yelow and the logotype in the BritAm typeface in corporate blue, in a fixed configuration ; 
SIL : Processing term ; 
SIMPL : Successful Initiative Management & Product Launch ; 
SIMPTWW : Safety Information Material People Tool Where Who ; 
SIMS : Substance Inventory Management System ; 
SIS : Shipment Information System ; 
SITA : Worldwide telecommunications link ; 
SITA  : Worldwide telecommunications link ; 
SITPRO : Simplification of International Trade Procedures ; 
SITPRO   : Simplification of International Trade Procedures ; 
SKU : Stock Keeping Unit ; 
SL : Source List ; 
SL  : Super Long ; 
SLA : Service Level Agreement / Strategic Leadership Agenda ; 
SLD : Severity, Likelihood, Detection ; 
SLOBS : Slow Moving & Obsolete Stocks ; 
Sloc : Storage Location ; 
SLS : Shelf Life Study ; 
SLT : Site Leadership Team ; 
SM : Service Management ; 
SM@RT : Standardised Materials At Realistic Transfer Prices ; 
Small Lamina : Processing term ; 
Smalls : Processing term ; 
SMART : Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-based (Objectives) ; 
SMD : Secondary Manufacturing Department ; 
SME : Subject Matter Expert ; 
SMF : Senior Managers Finance programme ; 
SMP : Strategic Marketing Programme / Shared Materials Planning ; 
SMS : Senior Managers Skills Workshop ; 
SN : Supply Network (IWS Pillar) ; 
SND : Supply Network Design ; 
SNO : Supply Network Operations ; 
SNOLT : SNO lead team ; 
SNP : Supply Network Planning ; 
SNPLT : SNP lead team ; 
SNS : Supply Networking Systems ; 
SO : Sales Order ; 
SOB : Source of Business ; 
SOBC : Standards of Business Conduct ; 
SOC : Source of Contamination, Standard Operating Conditions, Span Of Control, Statement Of Capability, Special Operations Command, State Of Charge, Separation of Concerns, Statement of Case, Special Operations Component, Systems Operations Control, Schedule of Compliance, System Operations Concept, Standard of Conduct, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Sales Order Confirmation ; 
SOD : Segregation of Duties ; 
SoDA : Statement of Delegated Authorities / Service Operation Desk Application ; 
SOH : Stocks on hand ; 
SOM : Share of Market/Source of Manufacture ; 
SOP : Sales Operations Planning / Standard Operational Procedure / Start of Production ; 
SOP  : Sales Operations Planning ; 
SOR : Statement Of Requirment ; 
SOS : Share of Segment - Start of Shipment ; 
SOSUC : System Owner Step-Up Card ; 
Soton : Southampton ; 
SOV : Share of Voice (and spend) ; 
SoW : Statement of Work ; 
SOX : Sarbanes Oxley Act ; 
SP : Supply Planning ; 
SP&I : Strategic Planning and Insights (department) ; 
SPC : Statistical Process Control ; 
SPD&S : Strategic Product Development & Support ; 
Specific : Tobacco terminology ; 
SPI : Strategy Planning Insights ; 
SPK : Special Procurement Key ; 
SPLY : Same Period Last Year ; 
SPM : Superuser Privilege Management ; 
SPOC : Single Point of Contact ; 
SPR : Stock Projection Review ; 
SPRT : Sequential Probability Ratio Test ; 
SPU : Secondary Packing Unit ; 
SQ : Square Corner / Superior Quality Outlet ; 
SQP : Supplier Quality Partnership ; 
SQPCDM : Safety Quality Production Cost Delivery Morale ; 
SR : Service Request (IT) / Study Request ; 
SRB : Feeder ; 
SRCC : Support Related Conversion Cost ; 
SRF : Supplier Request Forms ; 
SRG : Scientific Research Group ; 
SRM : Supplier Relationship Management / Specified Risk Material ; 
SRO : Supervised Re-Order / Service and Repair Organization / Senior Responsible Owner ; 
SRT : Sheet Reconstituted Tobacco ; 
SRT  : Sheet Reconstituted Tobacco ; 
SRTP : Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production ; 
SS : Sidestream Smoke / Six Sigma / Shell & Slide / Super Slim ; 
SS&T : Strategic Science & Technology ; 
SSBP : Small Strips By-Pass ; 
SSC : Secondary Supply Chain / Shared Service Centre ; 
SSCC : Serial Shipping Container Code ; 
SSG : Systems Steering Group ; 
ST : Scheduled Time ; 
STC : Smoking Tobacco & Cigars ; 
STDD : Standdisplay ; 
STEM : Shared Terms for Export Manufacture / Stem ; 
Stem Shredding : Processing Term ; 
STEP : Success Through Effective Performance ; 
STI : Stocks in Transit ; 
STK : Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni (Denmark) ; 
STK  : Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni (Denmark) ; 
STL : Shift Team Leader ; 
STM : Simulated Test Market / Speed to Market ; 
STNU : Staffed Time Not Used ; 
STO  : Stock Transport Order ; 
STP : Smokeless Tobacco Products ; 
STR : Stock Transfer Requisition ; 
STS : Steam Treated Stem ; 
STS  : Steam Treated Stem ; 
SU : Scheduled Utilization ; 
Sun cured : Tobacco ; 
Sun-cured tobacco : Also known as oriental tobacco ; 
SUP : Single Use Plastics Directive ; 
SUPD : Single Use Plastics Directive ; 
SUPI   : Secure Unique Product Identifier ; 
SUTL : Singapore United Tobacco Limited ; 
SWAN : Sales Weighted Average Nicotine ; 
SWAP : Sales Weighted Average Price ; 
SWAT : Sales Weighted Average Tar ; 
SWOT : Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats ; 
SWP : Standard Work Process ; 
T&A : Technical & Advisory Fee ; 
T&E : Travel and Expenses ; 
T&T : Track and Trace ; 
T&T  : Track and Trace Project ; 
TA : Target Audience ; 
TAMs : Template Adherence Metrics ; 
TANIC : Tabacalera Nicarguense SA ; 
TaO : TOM & OneSAP ; 
Target consumer : A group of people that have been defined by demographics, psychographics & socio-economic groups for a particular brand ; 
Target outlet universe : That part of the total universe most relevant to build your brand(s) ; 
TB : Total blend ; 
TB  : Total blend ; 
TBA : Target Balancing ; 
TBC : To Be Confirmed ; 
TBD : To be decided ; 
TBM : Time Based Maintenance ; 
TBP : Tipping Base Paper ; 
TBS : To be settled ; 
TCI : Total Customer Investment ; 
TCO : Total Cost Ownership ; 
TCP : Trade Coverage Plan ; 
TCR : Transport change request ; 
TD : Top Dressing ; 
TDB : Technical database ; 
TDC : Total Delivered Cost / Technical Development Corp / Top Dressing Cylinder ; 
TDD  : Trade Development Department  ; 
TDM  : Trade Development Manager  ; 
TDR : Tvornica Duhana Rovinj ; 
TEBs : Tailored End Brands ; 
TEI : Total Employee Involvement ; 
TEO : Total Employee Ownership ; 
TF : Tray Filler ; 
TFRD  : Filter Rod Department ; 
TFS : Transformation Flow Sheet ; 
TFT : Tobacco Fusion Technology ; 
th : Milles ; 
THP : Tobacco Heated Product ; 
TIC : Tobacco Insurance Company ; 
TICS : Total Integrity Communications System (Quality Reporting) ; 
TIH : Tactical Inventory Hub ; 
TIR : Total Incident Rate ; 
TL : Team Leader ; 
TLD : Task Level Description ; 
TLE : Tobacco Leaf Extract ; 
TM : Tobacco Moisture gauge ; 
TM&D : Trade Marketing & Distribution ; 
TM&DX : Trade Marketing & Distribution Execution ; 
TMA : Tobacco Manufacturers' Association ; 
TMA   : Tobacco Manufacturers' Association  ; 
TMB : Tobacco Management Board ; 
TMC : Total Manufacturing Cost / Trade Marketing Communication / Tailor Made Cigarettes ; 
TMC   : Trade Mark Communication ; 
TMD : Trade Marketing Diversification ; 
TMD   : Trade Mark Diversification   ; 
TMDM : Trade Marketing Distribution Manager ; 
TME : Trade Marketing Execution ; 
TMFA : Time Mapping & Flow Analysis ; 
TMI : Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Ltd ; 
TMM : Total Market Model ; 
TMO : Trade Marketing Outlet/s same as High Quality outlet/s ; 
TMR : Trade Marketing Representant ; 
TMR  : Trade Marketing Representative  ; 
TMS : Trade Mark Service ; 
TMVF : Trade Mark Verification ; 
TNA : Training Needs Analysis ; 
TNE : Tobacco Nothing Else ; 
TO : Transport Order ; 
TOFI : Reclaimer ; 
TOM : Target Operating Model / Type Of Machine ; 
Tomra : Supplier ; 
TOP : Type Of Part ; 
TOR : Terms of Reference ; 
TOS : Tear Off Strip (WMS) ; 
TOT : Total Offer Test (Marketing)/ Terms of Trade (Finance) ; 
TOT   : Total Offer Test  ; 
Tow : Cigarette component ; 
TP : Trading Profit / Tipping Paper ; 
TP   : Technology Provider ; 
TPD : Tobacco Products Directive ; 
TPDA : Tobacco Products Duty Act ; 
TPES : Towers Perring Eagles Star Shares Plan services Ltd ; 
TPM : Total Particulate Matter / Total Productive Maintenance ; 
TPO : Transactional Procurement Optimisation ; 
TPRI : Trade Performance Related Investment ; 
TQM : Total Quality Management ; 
TQM   : Total Quality Management  ; 
TR : Technical Review ; 
TR45 : BAT - Samsun ; 
TRA : Technical Readiness Assessment ; 
Traditional Advertising : Above the Line advertising - TV, Print and Out of Home ; 
Trend follower : People who follow trends ; 
Trendsetter : People who set trends that others follow ; 
Triacetin : Cigarette component ; 
TRL : Target Rate Loss / Technical Readiness Leader ; 
TRM : Talent Review Meetings ; 
TS : Technical Standards ; 
TSC : Technical Steering Council ; 
TSP : Total System Profit ; 
TSR : Total Shareholders Return ; 
TSU : Technology Scouting Unit ; 
TSV : Slicer ; 
TT : Twin Ten / Top Team ; 
TT&C : Trading Terms & Conditions ; 
TT&T : Technology Transfer & Training ; 
TT04 : The West Indian Tobacco Company - Port of Spain ; 
TTL : Through-the-line ; 
TUA : Tobacco Utilisation Assessment ; 
TUA  : Tobacco Utilisation Assessment ; 
TV : Tip Ventilation ; 
TWF : The Way Forward ; 
TWR : Weight of Rejected ; 
TWR  : Weight of Rejected ; 
UA01 : BAT Prilucki ; 
UAE : United Arab Emirates ; 
UAT : User Acceptance Testing  ; 
UCC : Uniform Code Council ; 
UCL : Upper Control Limit ; 
UCS : Uniform Communication Standard-II transactions  ; 
UGM : User Group Meeting ; 
UI   : User Interface ; 
UK OPS : UK Operations (Southampton & Corby) ; 
UKAS : United Kingdom Accreditation Service ; 
UKIB : UK International brand ; 
UKOps : UK Operations  ; 
UL : Ultra Lights ; 
UNSPSC : Universal Standards Products Service Classification ; 
UOM : Unit Of Measure ; 
UOP : Underline Operating Profit ; 
UP : Un-authorized Product ; 
UPC : Universal Product Code ; 
UPDT : Unplanned Downtime (IWS) ; 
UPS : Uninteruptable Power Supply / Unified Problem Solving ; 
UPS   : Uninterupptable Power Supply ; 
URS : User Requirement Specification ; 
US Blended : United States Blended tobacco ; 
USB : Universal Serial Bus ; 
USDA : Us Department of Agriculture ; 
USIB : US International brand ; 
USL : Upper Specification Limit ; 
USP : Universal Stock Policy ; 
UT : Up Time / Unit Testing ; 
UTC : Coordinated Universal Time ; 
UZ02 : Cigarette factory - Samarqand ; 
V3 : Version 3 (BAT's Standard Seibel CRM Platform) ; 
VA : Virginia tobacco ; 
VAA : Value Adding Activity ; 
VAD : Dryer ; 
Varios : Massflow Reservoir ; 
VAT : Value Added Tax - Vendor Acceptance Testing ; 
VC : Volume Classification / Visual Controls ; 
VCF : Vendor Creation Form ; 
VE09 : C.A. Cigarrera Bigott Sucs - Valencia ; 
VE10 : C.A. Cigarrera Bigott Sucs - Caracas ; 
VEO : Virtual Electronic Ordering ; 
VFD : Variable Frequency Drive ; 
VFM : Value For Money ; 
VI : Virginia tobacco ; 
VIES : VAT Information Exchange System ; 
VIS : Vertically Inclined Slicer ; 
VMI : Vendor Managed Inventory ; 
VMR : Vendor Managed Replenishment ; 
VN10 : Vina-BAT SMD Joint Venture - Ho Chi Minh City ; 
VN11 : BAT-Vinataba (JV) Ltd - Dong Nai factory ; 
VR : Viceroy (brand) ; 
VRL : Viceroy Lights (brand) ; 
VSM : Value Stream Mapping (IWS) ; 
VST : Vazir Sultan Tobacco (India) ; 
VSU : Vertical Start-UP ; 
VWD : Volume Weighted Distribution ; 
W : Winston ; 
W3 : The Way We Work ; 
WA : Reloc ; 
WAC : Weighted Average Cost ; 
WACC : Weighted Average Cost of Capital ; 
WALT : Weighted Average Lead Time ; 
WAP : Weighted Average Price ; 
WAR : Warehouse Receipt ; 
WBS : Workgroup Breakdown Structure ; 
WC : Weigh Conveyor ; 
WCC : Weekly Control Cycle ; 
WCF : World Class Finance ; 
WDP : Work & Development Plan (an individuals) ; 
WDS : Weekly Direction Setting ; 
WE : Reloc Bevel Edge ; 
WECT : Western Europe Central Trading ; 
WEL : Workplace Exposure Limit ; 
WH : Weighted Handling ; 
WHO : World Health Organisation ; 
WHT : Withholding Tax ; 
WIC : World Investment Co Ltd ; 
Winnows : Processing Term ; 
WIP : Work in progress ; 
WL : Winston Lights (brand) ; 
WM : Warehouse Management ; 
WMS : Warehouse Management  System / Wrapping MaterialS /Wrapping Material Specification ; 
WMS  : Warehouse Management System / Wrapping Materials Store ; 
WO : Write off ; 
WOC : Width Of Cut ; 
Wolverine Proctor : Supplier ; 
WOM : Word Of Mouth ; 
WOOS : Weighted Out of Stock ; 
WOW : Winning in Our World / Way Of Working ; 
WPA : Work Point Analysis ; 
WPI : Work Progress Improvement (IWS) ; 
WPP : Weekly Planning Process ; 
WR : Weight of Reject ; 
WR   : Weight of Rejected ; 
WS01 : Samoa Manufacturing - Apia ; 
WSP : Wholesale Selling Price ; 
WTCF : Winning Through Consumer Focus ; 
WTL : Water Treated Lamina ; 
WTS : Water Treated Stem ; 
WWA : Where-Where Analysis  / Why-Why Analysis ; 
WWB : Wet Weight Basis ; 
WWTP : Wastewater Treatment Plant ; 
YAUS : Young Adult Urban Smokers ; 
YE : Year End ; 
YoY : Year on Year ; 
YSP : Youth Smoking Prevention ; 
YTD : Year to Date ; 
YTG : Year to Go / Year to Goal ; 
YV : Your Voice Survey ; 
ZA04 : BAT South Africa - Heidelberg ; 
ZLJM : Zero Loss Journey Map ; 
ZW06 : BAT Zimbabwe - Harare ; 
APSCSC : Asia Pacific Supply Chain Service Centre ; 
NAA : North Asia Area ; 

"""


iface = gr.Interface(
    fn=chatbot_interface,
    inputs="text",
    outputs="text",
    title="BATB Acronym Finder",
    description="",
    theme='default'
)


iface.launch()