Active ingredient

Active ingredient

The material or chemical in a batch or formula responsible for producing the desired result and giving the product its main characteristic. Other substances enhance or buffer the active ingredient, and may be classified as inert.

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active ingredient

Personal care products; Shampoo

An ingredient of a product which is responsible for the desired action of that product.

active ingredient

Consumer services; Hair salons

The substance which, contained in a product, actually does the main part of the work that the product is used for.

active ingredient

Natural environment; General

In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated primarily on the basis of active ingredients.

active ingredient

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

In any pesticide product, the component that kills, or otherwise controls, target pests. Pesticides are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency primarily on the basis of ...

active ingredient

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Component of a mixture responsible for the biological effects of the mixture.

active ingredient

Agricultural chemicals; Pesticides

The chemical or substance component of a pesticide product that can kill, repel, attract, mitigate or control a pest or that acts as a plant growth regulator, desiccant, or ...

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Software; Supply chain

A process capability index measuring the ratio between actual spread (upper control limit minus lower control limit) divided by allowable or expected spread as measured by ...

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)

Software; Supply chain

The Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, a technique that attempts to define a specific problem as a system and identify elements in the system that need ...

Wagner-Whitin algorithm

Software; Supply chain

A dynamic programming lot sizing model that evaluates multiple alternatives that consider period demand and production, holding, and setup costs to produce an optimal lot size ...

Winters 3 parameter

Software; Supply chain

A forecast method that incorporates exponential smoothing, seasonality and trend analysis.

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A superset of the Universal Product Code that includes the base UPC code and two or three additional characters that indicate the country that issued the number (not necessarily ...

Fourier series

Software; Supply chain

A method that defines a periodic or discontinuous function as a series of sine and cosine waves, and can be used to predict a value or the level of system response.

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