Acronyms And Terminology

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Authentication - The security function of recognising and validating a user.

Business process redesign - The wholesale refocusing and rebuilding of a critical business process, such as customer service or order fulfilment, to improve competitiveness and increase return on technology investment.

CAD - Computer Aided Design

CAM -Computer Aided Manufacturing

CIS - Computer Integrated Sales

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) -The electronic and automated flow of business information between organisations. It's a way to automate ordering, billing and payment .

EMM -Electronic Merchandising and Marketing ·

ES- Electronic Signature-A code or symbol that is the electronic equivalent of a written signature.

Electronic catalogue - It is a website of a company on internet which contains the information about company, its products, product's features, international prices, UPCs of the products, and a customised order form.

Knowledge based Technology- Over the time computer learns how the user is utilising the system and re-executable macros are automatically generated by the user to repeat the things much faster.

POS- Point of Sale

Pick Ticket- Purchase requisition automatically raised by a computer after receiving data from sales register.

QR- Quick Response-The use of electronic information technologies between retail trading partners to reduce purchase order lead times and finished goods inventory.

SQC- Statistical Quality/Quantity Control.

Server - A computer that provides resources for client PCs and workstations.

UPC- Universal Product Code -Producers can purchase a block of products by using Universal Product Codes. Of the 12 digits in this UPC code, 5 identify the specific producer and 5 identify each specific garment made by that producer.

VAN -Value Added Network - An EDI service provider that transmits, receives, and stores EDI messages for EDI trading partners, as well as a wide variety of other EDI related functions.

Virtual Garment Samples- A customer/designer can use the interactive graphic software to create on computer screen a garment with mix of style, colour, textile texture etc. Such 3-D visual garments are called virtual garments.

WWW- World Wide Web.

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