NIB Glossary & Acronyms Guide

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs Marketing Center

Inevitable differences among individual outputs of a process; sources of variation can be grouped into two major classes, Common Causes and Special Causes.

Oversum or undersum of items permitted in certain procurement; based upon normal commercial practices. The permitted percentage should be no larger than necessary to provide a contractor reasonable protection.

Veterans Canteen Service

Virtual Desktop Interface

Value Engineering Change Proposal; value engineering proposal initiated by contractor or supplier to make an item by a better method and at less cost.

Act of reviewing, inspecting, testing, checking, auditing, or otherwise establishing and documenting whether items, processes, services, or documents, conform to specified requirements.

Virtual Item Manager-Apparel Research Network (ARN) Supply-Chain Automated Processing (VIM-ASAP) System; project funded by DOD Manufacturing Technology Program and managed by DLA with support from DSCP and the military services; identifies a potential problem, researches a process for improvement, plans how it will be implemented, and forecasts what benefits can be expected after implementation; a collection of functions used by apparel manufacturers to access contract information, track production status, correct data quality problems, and facilitate payment of their electronically transmitted invoices.

formerly the National Council of Private Agencies for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Veterans Integrated Service Network (VA facilities)

Volatile Organic Compounds

A disability that constitutes a barrier to securing or obtaining regular employment.

Process through which vocational capabilities of a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled are examined, measured, and compared to average employees without disabilities.

Rehabilitation staff responsible for examining and measuring vocational potential of a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled.

Process through which a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled is taught to perform a specific job or type of job.

Veteran-owned small business

SourceAmerica training voucher; part of the Training Incentive Voucher Program

Vendor Price Reduction

Vocational Rehabilitation. Process through which a person who is blind or otherwise severely disabled attempts, with specialized assistance, to maximize vocational potential and which leads to some level of employment.