| 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 |