Term, abbreviation |
Meaning |
ABEA |
Auftragsbearbeitung (Order processing
module of the Abacus Business Software) |
A/P
(AP) |
Accounts receivable |
A/R
(AR) |
Accounts payable |
CAD |
Computer-aided design |
CAM |
Computer-aided manufacturing |
CO |
Swiss Code of Obligations |
GAMP |
Good Automated Manufacturing Practice |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Points |
HR |
Human resources |
IAS |
International Accounting Standards (IAS
until 2000, IFRS from 2001) |
IBM |
International Business Machines (IBM
Corporation) |
IFRS |
International Financial Reporting
Standards (IAS until 2000, IFRS from 2001) |
IT |
Information technology |
MIS |
Management information system |
MS |
Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation) |
PDA |
Production Data Acquisition |
PDC |
Production Data Collection |
PPC |
Production Planning and Control |
PPS |
Production Planning and Scheduling |
SAC |
SAP Analytics Cloud |
SAP |
Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in
der Datenverarbeitung (SAP SE Corporation) |
SAP BW |
SAP Business Warehouse |
SAP CRM |
SAP Customer Relationship Management |
SAP ERP |
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning |
SAP PM |
SAP Plant Maintenance |
SMI |
Swiss Market Index |
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
Swiss GAAP FER |
Swiss accounting standards: Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles – Fachempfehlungen zur
Rechnungslegung (Accounting and Reporting Recommendations) |
TM1 |
Table Manager 1 (former designation for
"IBM Planning Analytics", a solution to automate planning,
budgeting and forecasting for enterprises) |
VAT |
Value added tax |
VBA |
Visual Basic for Applications |
VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds |