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Strategy & Positioning

• ICP — Ideal Customer Profile: the type of company or buyer you serve best (e.g., “mid-market industrials in EU”).
• GTM — Go-to-Market: how you win customers (channels, funnel, coverage).
• CTA — Call to Action: the concrete next step you ask for (e.g., “Book a 30-min fit call”).
• NPS — Net Promoter Score: loyalty metric from −100 to +100 based on “recommend?” survey.

Problem-Solving & Prioritization

• MECE — Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive: structure issues so items don’t overlap and cover the whole problem.
• ICE — Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort: quick way to rank initiatives by payoff versus difficulty.
• RICE — Reach × Impact × Confidence ÷ Effort: prioritization adding “how many affected” (Reach).
• H1 / H2 / H3 — Hypotheses 1/2/3: statements you test to explain the outcome gap.
• A/B — A/B Test: run version A vs B to see which performs better, statistically.

Finance & Economics

• ROI — Return on Investment: (benefit − cost) ÷ cost; we also use “12-month ROI”.
• EV — Expected Value: price or fee × win probability (used in proposal economics).
• EBIT — Earnings Before Interest & Taxes: operating profit measure; often a target KPI.
• TCO — Total Cost of Ownership: full cost to build or buy (setup + run + maintenance).
• KPI — Key Performance Indicator: the success metric you’re aiming to move (e.g., “gross margin +3 pts”).

AI, Data & Platforms

• MLOps — Machine-Learning Operations: deploy, monitor, retrain and govern models safely.
• CI/CD — Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery: automated build, test and deploy pipeline.
• PII — Personally Identifiable Information: data that can identify a person; needs special handling.
• RBAC — Role-Based Access Control: users only see data and tools allowed by their role.
• Model Registry — System of record for model versions and approvals.
• Drift — Model/data performance shift over time; requires monitoring and retraining.
• GenAI — Generative AI: systems that create text, images, code, etc., from prompts.

Sales, Pipeline & Delivery

• CRM — Customer Relationship Management: system to track contacts, deals and activities.
• Win Rate — % of qualified opportunities you close (not an acronym, but core metric).
• PMO — Project Management Office: function that governs large projects and portfolios.

Planning & Cadence

• Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 — Calendar or fiscal quarters (3-month blocks).
• FY — Fiscal Year: your accounting year (e.g., FY2026).
• v1 — Version 1: first working release you ship to users (“prove value fast”).
• Sprint — Fixed timebox (often 1–2 weeks) to build and ship increments.

Commercial Packaging & Offers

• Pilot — Small, time-boxed engagement to prove value and de-risk a larger rollout.
• Tiered Offer — Three options (e.g., Pilot / Core / Flagship) to match scope and price to value.
• Risk Reversal — Mechanism that reduces buyer risk (e.g., milestone-based fees or opt-out gates).

Governance & Compliance

• SLA — Service-Level Agreement: commitments on availability, quality or timeliness.
• Audit Trail — Record of who changed what and when (models, data, access).
• Guardrails — Technical and policy limits that keep AI use safe and compliant.

Industrial Gases — Short-Forms Glossary

Core gases & mixtures

• O₂ (Oxygen) — Supports combustion and steel/chemical processes.
• N₂ (Nitrogen) — Inerting, blanketing, purging, food packaging.
• Ar (Argon) — Shielding gas for welding; specialty inerting.
• H₂ (Hydrogen) — Refining, chemicals, fuel; flammable, light.
• He (Helium) — Cryogenics, leak testing, lifting; scarce.
• CO (Carbon Monoxide) — Syngas component; toxic.
• CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) — Beverage, welding, dry ice; can asphyxiate.
• HyCO — Hydrogen + CO mix for synthesis (oxo/FT/etc.).
• Syngas — H₂ + CO (sometimes CO₂/CH₄) feedstock gas.

Product forms (short codes)

• GOX/GAN/GAr — Gaseous O₂ / N₂ / Ar.
• LOX/LIN/LAR — Liquid O₂ / N₂ / Ar (cryogenic bulk).
• GH₂/LH₂ — Gaseous / Liquid hydrogen.
• LCO₂ — Liquid CO₂.

Production & separation

• ASU — Air Separation Unit (cryogenic distillation for O₂/N₂/Ar).
• PSA — Pressure Swing Adsorption (e.g., H₂ purification, N₂ generation).
• VSA/VPSA — (Vacuum) PSA variants, lower pressure operation.
• SMR — Steam Methane Reforming (main H₂ route from natural gas).
• ATR/POX — Autothermal/Partial Oxidation for syngas/H₂.
• Electrolysis (ALK/PEM) — H₂ from water using electricity (alkaline / proton-exchange).
• Liquefier — Plant that cools gas to liquid (e.g., LIN/LOX/LH₂).

ASU key hardware

• MAC — Main Air Compressor (feeds the ASU).
• PPU/MSU — Pre-purification/Molecular sieve unit (removes H₂O/CO₂).
• Cold Box — Insulated housing for heat exchangers/columns.
• HP/LP Columns — High/low-pressure distillation columns.
• R/C — Reboiler-condenser (column energy coupling).
• Turboexpander — Expands air for refrigeration duty.
• Economizer — Main heat exchanger (warm↔cold streams).

H₂/CO plants hardware

• Desulfurizer — Removes sulfur before reforming.
• Primary Reformer — Catalyst tubes in fired furnace (makes syngas).
• Shift (HTS/LTS) — Converts CO→CO₂ + H₂ (high/low temp).
• PSA (H₂) — Purifies hydrogen to high purity.
• Deoxo — Catalytic O₂ removal (H₂ service).
• Recycle/Makeup Compressor — Moves process or product gas.

Supply modes

• Cylinders/Bundles — High-pressure packages for low volumes.
• MEGC — Multiple-Element Gas Container (tube trailer container).
• MicroBulk — Small onsite cryogenic tank service.
• Bulk Tanker — Road delivery of LOX/LIN/LAR/LCO₂.
• ISO Tank — Intermodal cryogenic or CO₂ container.
• Tube Trailer — High-pressure gas delivery (H₂/N₂/etc.).
• Pipeline — Continuous supply to large consumers.
• On-site Plant — Customer-sited ASU/PSA/SMR under contract.

Operations & KPIs

• On-stream Factor — % time the plant delivers spec product.
• Availability/Reliability — Uptime readiness / failure frequency.
• Specific Power — kWh per unit gas (e.g., kWh/Nm³ O₂).
• Recovery — % of target gas captured from feed.
• Turndown — Lowest stable load as % of nameplate.
• Ramp Rate — How fast load can change.
• Fill Rate — % orders delivered in full on time.

Quality & specs

• Purity (%) — Main component concentration.
• Impurities (ppm/ppb) — Trace contaminants (H₂O, O₂, THC, N₂O…).
• Dew Point — Temperature where moisture condenses at pressure.
• Moisture (H₂O) — Often the tightest spec for electronics/food.
• Food-grade CO₂ (E290) — CO₂ suitable for beverage/food use.
• O₂ Clean / O₂ Compatible — Materials/procedures safe for oxygen service.

Safety & compliance

• ODH — Oxygen Deficiency Hazard (asphyxiation risk).
• O₂ Enrichment — >23% O₂; materials ignite more easily.
• LEL/UEL — Lower/Upper Explosive Limit for flammables.
• HAZOP/LOPA — Process hazard/risk analyses.
• SIL — Safety Integrity Level for instrumented functions.
• PSM — Process Safety Management (regulatory framework).
• ATEX/PED — EU explosive atmospheres / pressure equipment.
• ADR/DOT/IMDG — Road (EU), US, and maritime transport codes.
• Embrittlement (H₂) — H₂ can weaken some metals.
• Cryogenic Burns — Frostbite risk from LOX/LIN/LAR/LH₂.

Logistics & packaging

• Dewar — Insulated vessel for small cryogenic volumes.
• ISOframe — Frame-mounted ISO tank for intermodal moves.
• Cascade Fill — Sequential filling from multiple pressure banks.
• Telemetry — Remote tank level/pressure monitoring.

Commercial & contracts

• Merchant vs Tonnage — Packaged/bulk (merchant) vs pipeline/on-site (tonnage).
• Take-or-Pay — Minimum payment regardless of actual take.
• Minimum Take/Offtake — Contracted baseline volume.
• Energy Pass-Through — Price indexed to power/steam/fuel.
• BOO/BOT/BOOT — Build-Own-Operate / Build-Operate-Transfer / Build-Own-Operate-Transfer.
• ESCO — Energy Service Company-style performance contract.
• CPI Escalator — Price adjustment with inflation index.

Units & measurement

• Nm³ / Sm³ — Normal/Standard m³ (reference T,P defined).
• scfh / slpm — Standard cubic feet per hour / standard liters per minute.
• bar(g)/bar(a) — Gauge vs absolute pressure (psig/psia in US).
• ppm(v)/ppb(v) — Parts per million/billion by volume.
• °C/K — Celsius/Kelvin; cryogenic = very low temperature.