SAP SCM: Applications and Modeling for Supply Chain Management (with BW Primer)

Table of Abbreviations

APICS	Formerly the American Production and Inventory Control Society, now the Association for Operations Management
APO	Advanced Planner and Optimizer (version 3.1)/Advanced Planning and Optimization (version 4.0+)
ASN	Automated Shipping Notice
ATP	Available to Promise
B2B	Business-to-Business
B2C	Business-to-Customer
BAPI	Business Application Programming Interface
BEx	Business Explorer
BI	Business Intelligence (see BW; historically a general term for advanced analytic reporting technologies—now applied more specifically by SAP AG)
BKM	Best Known Method
BOM	Bill of Materials
BW	Business Information Warehouse (NOTE: At the time of this text’s publication, SAP AG was in the process of re-naming BW to BI. For some time, therefore, readers may expect to see both the terms BW and BI used interchangeably for the same product)
CIF	Core Interface
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CTM	Capable to Match
DCM	Delivery Control Monitor
DEPREQ	Dependent Requirements
DP	Demand Planning
DSS	Decision Support System
EAN	European Article Number
ECC	Enterprise Common Core
ECM	Engineering Change Management
EM	Event Management
EPR	External Procurement Relationships
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
FC Req	Forecast Requirements
GATP	Global Available to Promise
GR/GI	Goods Receipt/Goods Issue
ICH	Inventory Collaboration Hub
IM	Inventory Management
IMG	Implementation Guide
INDREQ	Independent Requirements
IT	Information Technology
MDM	Master Data Management
MLR	Multiple Linear Regression
MM	Materials Management
MPS	Master Production Schedule
MRP	Materials ...