AERA |
American Railway Engineers Association |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing Materials |
BOF |
Basic Oxygen Furnace |
BRIC |
Brazil, Russia, India, and China |
BWE |
Bull Whip Effect |
CCs |
Continuous Casters |
CCSC |
Coordinated Committee Steel Companies |
COLA |
Cost-of-Living |
CPA |
Cooperative Partnership Agreements |
CWS |
Co-Operative Wage Study |
DRI |
Directly Reduce Iron |
EAFs |
Electric Arc Furnaces |
ENA |
Experimental Negotiating Agreement |
ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GPN |
Global Production Network |
ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
ISO |
International Standards Organization |
ITC |
International Trade Commission |
KIBS |
Knowledge Intensive Business Services |
LMPT |
Labor Management Participation Teams |
MITI |
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
OBC |
Oxygen Blown Converter |
OEMs |
Original Equipment Manufacturers |
OH |
Open Hearth Furnace |
PBGC |
Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation |
PBGF |
Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund |
SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
SCC |
Sustained Contingent Collaborative |
SPC |
Statistical Process Control |
TRIP |
Transformation-induced plasticity steel |
TWIP |
Twinning-induced plasticity steel |
UPMC |
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
VRAs |
Voluntary Restraint Agreements |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |