SAP Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Area	Description
AA	Finance	Asset Accounting
ABAP	Technical	Advanced Business Application Programming
ABC	Finance	Activity Based Costing
ACF	Technical	Active Component Framework
ADBC	Technical	ABAP Database Connectivity
ADK	Technical	Archive Development Kit
ADS	Adobe	Adobe Document Services
AFS	SAP Module	Apparel and Footwear Solution
AIF	Integration	Application Interface Framework
ALD	Adobe	Adobe LiveCycle Designer
ALE	Integration	Application Link Enabling (SALE)
ALV	Technical	SAP List Viewer (old: ABAP List Viewer)
ANSI	Standard	American National Standard Institute
AP	Finance	Accounts Payable
API	Technical	Application Program Interface
APO	Supply Chain	Advanced Planning & Optimization
AR	Finance	Accounts Receivable
aRFC	Technical	Asynchronous Remote Function Call
AS	General	Application System
ASAP	Project Management	Accelerated SAP Methodology for Implementation
ASC	Standard	Accredited Standards Committee
ASCII	Standard	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE	Technical	SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise
ASUG	Organization	Americas’ SAP Users’ Group
ATP	Supply Chain	Available to Promise
Aunit	Technical	ABAP Unit
B2B	Integration	Business to Business
BAdI	Technical	Business Add-In
BAPI	Technical	Business Application Programming Interface
BBP	Supply Chain	Business-to-Business Procurement
BC	Basis	Basis Module
BC	Integration	Business Connector
BDC	Technical	Batch Data Communication
BDoc	Technical	Business Document
BEx	Analytics	Business Explorer
bgRFC	Technical	Background Remote Function Call
BI	Analytics	Business Intelligence
BL	Finance	Bank Ledger
BObj	Analytics	Business Objects
BOM	Logistics	Bill of Material
BOR	Technical	Business Object Repository (SWO1)
BPEL	Technical	Business Process Execution Language (for Web Services)
BPM	Process	Business Process Management
BPMN	Process	Business Process Modeling Notation
BRF	Technical	Business Rule Framework
BRM	Technical	Business Rule Management
BSP	Technical	Business Server Page
BTCI	Technical	BaTCh Input
BTE	Technical	Business Transaction Events (FIBF)
BW	Analytics	Business Warehouse
bXML	Integration	Business XML
BYOD	General	Bring your own device
CA	Finance	Contract Accounting
CA	General	Cross Applications
CAF	Technical	Composite Application Framework
CAM	Finance	Common Area Maintenance
CASE	General	Computer Aided Software Engineering
CATS	Personnel	Cross-Application Time Sheet
CATT	Testing	Computer Aided Test Tool
CCMS	Technical	Computing Center Management System
CEL	Finance	Cost Element Ledger
CFM	Finance	Corporate Finance Management
CIC	Sales	Customer Interaction Center
CMI	Supply Chain	Customer Managed Inventory
CMS	Process	Content Management System
CO	SAP Module	Controlling
CoA	Finance	Charts of Accounts
CP	Personnel	Cost Planning
CPI	Integration	Cloud Platform Integration
CPI-C	Technical	Common Programming Interface for Communication
CPM	Process	Corporate Performance Management
CRM	SAP Module	Customer Relationship Management
CS	Controlling	Consolidation System
CS	Logistics	Customer Service
CTN	Logistics	Carrier Tracking Number
CTS	Technical	Correction and Transport system
CUA	Security	Central User Administration
DB	Basis	Database
DDIC	Technical	Data Dictionary
DDL	Technical	Data Definition Language
DM / DEM	Supply Chain	Demand Management
DML	Technical	Data Manipulation Language
DMS	General	Document Management System
DOM	Technical	Document Object Model
DP	Supply Chain	Demand Planning
DPO	Finance	Days Payables Outstanding
DSO	Finance	Days Sales Outstanding
DSS	General	Decision Support System
DZ	UOM	Dozen
EA	UOM	Each
EAI	Integration	Enterprise Application Integration
EB	SAP Module	SAP Enterprise Buyer
EBCDIC	Standard	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EC	SAP Module	Enterprise Controlling
eCATT	Testing	Extended CATT
ECC	SAP Module	ERP Central Component
ECM	SAP Module	Enterprise Content Management
EDI	Integration	Electronic Data Interface
EDIFACT	Standard	EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDM	SAP Module	Energy Data Management
EHS	Logistics	Environment, Health & Safety
EIS	Analytics	Executive Information System
EJB	Technical	Enterprise Java Beans
EM	SAP Module	Event Management
EP	Technical	Enterprise Portal
EPCIS	Standard	Electronic Product Code Information Services
ERP	SAP Module	Enterprise Resource Planning
ES	Integration	Enterprise Services
ESA	Integration	Enterprise Services Architecture
ESS	Personnel	Employee Self-Services
ETL	Technical	Extract Transform and Load
EWM	Logistics	Extended Warehouse Management
FATCA	Finance	Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
FI	SAP Module	Finance
FICO	SAP Module	Finance and Controlling
FS	SAP Module	Financial Solutions
FS / FSD	Technical	Functional Specification (Document)
FS-BP	Financial Services	Business Partner
FS-CD	Financial Services	Collection & Disbursement
FSCM	Finance	Financial Supply Chain Management
FS-CM	Financial Services	Claim Management
FS-CML	Financial Services	Consumer, Corporate Mortgage Loans
FS-CMS	Financial Services	Collateral Management
FS-ICM	Financial Services	Incentive / Commission Management
FS-PM	Financial Services	Policy Management
FS-RI	Financial Services	Reinsurance
GATP	Supply Chain	Global Available to Promise
GBT	SAP Module	Global Batch Traceability
GL	Finance	General Ledger
GMT	General	Greenwich Mean Time
GOS	Technical	Generic Object Services
GRC	General	Governance, Risk and Compliance
GTS	SAP Module	Global Trade Services
GUI	Technical	Graphical User Interface
GUID	Technical	Global Unique Identifier
HCM	Personnel	Human Capital Management
HR	Personnel	Human Resources
HTML	Technical	Hyper Text Markup Language
HTMLB	Technical	HTMLBusiness
HTTP	Technical	Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS	Technical	Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
IAC	Technical	Internet Application Component
IBP	SAP Module	Integrated Business Planning
ICF	Technical	Internet Communication Framework (SICF)
ICM	Personnel	Incentive and Commission Management
ICM	Technical	Internet Communication Manager (SMICM)
IDES	General	Internet Demonstration and Evaluation System
IDoc	Technical	Intermediate Document
IM	SAP Module	Inventory Management
IM	SAP Module	Investment Management
IMG	Technical	Implementation Management Guide
IoT	General	Internet of Things
IS	Industry	Industry Solutions
IS-A	Industry	Automobile
IS-H	Industry	Healthcare
IS-M	Industry	Media
IS-OIL	Industry	Oil and Gas
IS-PS	Industry	Public Sector
IS-R	Industry	Retail
IS-RE	Industry	Real Estate
IS-T	Industry	Telecommunication
IS-U	Industry	Utilities
ITS	Technical	Internet Transaction Server
J2EE	Technical	Java 2 Enterprise Edition
JCo	Technical	Java Connector
JDBC	Technical	Java Database Connectivity
JRE	Technical	Java Runtime Environment
JSP	Technical	Java Server Page
KG	UOM	Kilogram
KISS	Business	Keep it short and simple
KM	Process	Knowledge Management
KPI	Business	Key performance indicator
KW	General	Knowledge Warehouse
LB	UOM	Pound
LC	Finance	Legal Consolidation
LDAP	Technical	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDB	Technical	Logical Database
LE	Logistics	Logistics Execution
LIFO	Technical	Last in First Out
LO	Logistics	Logistics General
LOB	Business	Line of Business
LOI	Business	Letter of Intent
LSMW	Technical	Legacy System Migration Workbench
LUW	Technical	Logical Unit of Work
MBO	Business	Management by Objectives
MCM	Technical	Mobile Content Management
MDM	SAP Module	Master Data Management
MDM	Technical	Mobile Device Management
MES	Logistics	Manufacturing Execution System
MII	SAP Module	Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence
MM	Logistics	Materials Management
MRP	Logistics	Materials Requirements Planning
MSS	Personnel	Manager Self-Services
MVC	Technical	Model-View-Controller
NFS	Technical	Network File System
NPV	Business	Net present value
NW	Technical	NetWeaver
NWDS	Technical	NetWeaver Developer Studio
ODBC	Technical	Open DataBase Connectivity
ODBO	Technical	OLE DB for OLAP
ODS	Technical	Open Data Source
OLAP	Technical	Online-Analytical-Processing
OLE	Technical	Object Linking and Embedding
OLTP	Technical	Online-Transaction-Processing
OM	Controlling	Overhead Cost
OM	Personnel	Organizational Management
OPA	Controlling	Overhead Orders and Project Accounting
OS	Basis	Operating System
OSS	Support	Online Support System
OTC / O2C	Process	Order to Cash
PA	Controlling	Profitability Analysis
PA	Personnel	Personnel Administration
PAI	Technical	Process After Input
PAW	Technical	Performance Assessment Workbench
PBO	Technical	Process Before Output
PC	Controlling	Product Cost
PCA	Controlling	Profit Center Accounting
PCC	General	Pre-Configured Client
PCo	Integration	SAP Plant Connectivity
PD	Personnel	Personnel Development
PDF	General	Portable Document Format
PDM	Logistics	Product Data Management
PE	Personnel	Training and Event Management
PI	Integration	Process Integration
PIR	Logistics	Planned Independent Requirements
PLM	Logistics	Product Lifecycle Management
PM	Business	Project Management
PM	Logistics	Plant Maintenance
PO	Integration	Process Orchestration
POC	Business	Proof of Concept
POH	Technical	Process on Help Request
POS	Business	Point of sale
POV	Technical	Process on Value Request
PP	Logistics	Production Planning
PPF	Technical	Post Processing Framework
PQP	Business	Project Quality Plan
PS	SAP Module	Project Systems
PSM	Finance	Public Sector Management
PT	Personnel	Personnel Time Management
PTP / P2P	Process	Procure to Pay
QA	Business	Quality Assurance
QIM	SAP Module	Quality Issue Management
QM	Logistics	Quality Management
qRFC	Technical	Queued Remote Function Call
R&D	General	Research and Development
R/2	General	Real Time 2 Tier
R/3	General	Real Time 3 Tier
RE / REM	SAP Module	Real Estate Management
RFC	General	Request for Change / Comments
RFC	Technical	Remote Function Call
RFI	Business	Request for Information
RFID	General	Radio Frequency Identification
RFM	Technical	Remote Function Module
RFP	Business	Request for Proposal
ROI	Business	Return on Investment
RPC	Technical	Remote Procedure Call
RSS	Technical	Rich Site Summary
RSS	Technical	Really Simple Syndication
S&OP	SAP Module	Sales and Operations Planning
SaaS	Technical	Software as a Service
SAP	General	Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
SAP B1	SAP Solution	SAP Business One
SCM	Supply Chain	Supply Chain Management
SCN	Forum	SAP Community Network
SD	Logistics	Sales & Distribution
SDK	Technical	Software Development kit
SDN	Forum	SAP Developer Network
SEM	General	Strategic Enterprise Management
SFW	Technical	Switch Framework
SL	Finance	Special Purpose Ledger
SLA	Analytics	Service Level Agreement
SLD	Technical	System Landscape Directory
SLM	Business	Supplier Lifecycle Management
SM	Basis	Solution Manager
SM	SAP Module	Service Management
SMART	Business	Specific, Measurable,  Achievable, Relevant, Time-Specific
SMB	General	Small Midsize Business
SMTP	Technical	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNC	SAP Module	Supply Network Collaboration
SNP	Supply Chain	Supply Network Planning
SOA	Integration	Service-oriented architecture
SOAP	Integration	Simple Object Access Protocol
SOD	Business	Statement of Direction
SolMan	Basis	Solution Manager
SPOOL	Technical	Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-line
SQL	Technical	Structured Query Language
sRFC	Technical	Synchronous Remote Function Call
SRM	Logistics	Supplier Relationship Management
SSL	Technical	Secure Sockets Layer
SVG	Technical	Scalable Vector Graphics
T&E	Business	Time and Expenses
T&M	Business	Time and Material
TCO	Business	Total cost of ownership
TCP	Technical	Transmission Control Protocol
TM	SAP Module	Transportation Management
TMS	Technical	Transport Management System
TPOS	Finance	Taxpayer Online Services
TQM	Business	Total Quality Management
TR	SAP Module	Treasury
tRFC	Technical	Transaction Remote Function Call
TS / TSD	Technical	Technical Specification (Document)
TV	Finance	Travel Management
UAT	Business	User Acceptance Test
UDDI	Standard	Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UE	Technical	User-Exit
UML	Technical	Unified Modeling Language
UN/EDIFACT	Standard	United Nation EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport
UPC	Standard	Universal Product Code
USP	Business	Unique Selling Point / Proposition
UT1	Standard	Universal Time
UTC	Standard	Coordinated Universal Time
UTF	Standard	Universal Transformation Format
UTF-16	Standard	16 bit Unicode character representation
UTF-32	Standard	32 bit Unicode character representation
UTF-8	Standard	8 bit Unicode character representation
UUID	Standard	Universal Unique Identifier
UWL	Technical	Universal Worklist
VAN	General	Value Added Network
VMI	Supply Chain	Vendor Managed Inventory
VMS	Business	Vendor Management System
VPN	Technical	Virtual Private Network
WAS	Technical	Web Application Server
WBS	Logistics	Work Breakdown Structure
WD	Technical	Web Dynpro
WD4A	Technical	Web Dynpro for ABAP
WD4J	Technical	Web Dynpro for Java
WF	SAP Module	Workflow
WFMC	Standard	WorkFlow Management Coalition
WIP	Business	Work in Process
WM	Logistics	Warehouse Management
WSDL	Integration	Web Services Description Language
XI	Integration	Exchange Interface
XML	Integration	Extensible Markup Language
XSD	Standard	XML Schema Definition
XSL	Standard	EXtensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT	Standard	XSL Transformations