Listed below are commonly used Toro acronyms that may assist you

AG	Agricultural Irrigation Business
AMP IT UP	Amplifying Maximum Productivity initiative
AP	Accounts Payable
AR	Accounts Receivable
CESS	Landscape Contractor Equipment
COGR	Commercial Grounds
COGS	Cost of Goods Sold
COMM	Commercial Business
CONS	Consumer Business
CPC	Controllable Profit Contribution
CSF	Critical Success Factors (senior leadership business reviews)
CY	Current Year
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
EHS	Environmental Health & Safety
EOM	End of Month
EPS	Earnings Per Share
ESS	Employee Self Service (employee portal for pay & benefits)
GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GRIR	Goods Receipt / Invoice Receipt
IAR	Investment Authorisation Request
KAIZEN	Problem-solving or process improvement event
LCGC	Sitework Systems (Landscape and Grounds Contractor Equipment)
LINC	"Linking Individuals to Needed Change" (annual objective-setting process)
LRP	Long Range Planning
LY	Last Year
MRP	Monthly Project Review Meeting (Engineering / Marketing)
NPD	New Product Development
OPEI	Outdoor Power Equipment Institute
PD	Pre Delivery
PIE	Pride in Excellence
PJ	Projection (Forecast)
PLN	Plan / Budget
PPE	Personal Protective Equipment
PRW	Product Registration and Warranty
RES COM	Residential Commercial Irrigation Business
RLC	Residential Landscape Contractor (Toro Division)
S&M	Sales & Marketing expenses
SAP	Systems, Applications, Products (Toro's Enterprise Resource Planning System)
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SF&G	Sports Fields and Grounds (group with Commercial Division)
SG&A	Sales, General, & Administrative (expense)
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit
SLOBS	Slow Moving/excess and obsolete stock
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SOX	Sarbanes Oxley Act
SWS	Siteworks System Business (a division of RLC)
TAGS	Toro Australia Group Sales Pty Ltd
TAPL	Toro Australia Pty Ltd
TEAM TALK	Quarterly all-staff meeting
TORO U	Toro University (annual distributor education conference)
TTC	The Toro Company (NYSE)
VHQ	The Toro Company Virtual Headquarters
VIM	Vendor Invoice Management system
VOC	Voice of the Customer
WIP	Work-In-Process (manufacturing)
WPM	Walk Power Mower
WWOS	World Wide Order Services
Z, ZRT, or Z-mower	Zero Radius Turn mower

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April 2025