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Please search the abbreviations by using the alphabet links above.
The purpose of this tool is to list and define abbreviations used within the supply chain,
logistics and
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) areas. Please Email any terms that you think are missing or
where the definition is incorrect. All suggestions will be credited.
This work is copyrighted.
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- GAMP
- Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
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- GATP
- Global Available to Promise - see CTP.
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- GATT
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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- GAWR
- Gross Axle Weight Rating
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- GCW
- Gross Combined Weight
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- GDS
- Global Distribution System
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- GFA
- Global Freight Agreement
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- GF-X
- Global Freight eXchange
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- GIGO
- Goods In / Goods Out also Garbage In Garbage Out (Thanks to Stephen Butler)
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- GIS
- Geographical Information System
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- GKN
- A company name but also a pallet (see CHEP).
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- GL
- General Ledger - also known as the Nominal Ledger in accounting.
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- GLN
- Global Location Number - An EAN/UCC international standard 13 digit
number that identifies a location (for example a distribution centre).
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- GLS
- Global Logistics System
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- GM
- General Maintenance / General Management
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- GMA
- Grocery Manufacturers Association
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- GMP
- Good Manufacturing Practice
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- GMROII
- Gross Margin Return On (Inventory) Investment - sale price minus
cost of goods sold divided by original price or cost of goods sold.
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- GNX
- GlobalNetXchange - an online global retail exchange
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- GO
- Goods Out
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- GOH
- Garments On Hanger
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- GPS
- Global Positioning System
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- GRN
- Goods Receipt Note - Internal notification that goods have been
receipted and accepted onto the Warehouse Management System (WMS) or
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. In manual systems the GRN is a
piece of paper. In an ERP system, a GRN, an electronic document or
transaction will normally be compared with the original purchase order at
goods receipt and with both the purchase order and invoice at invoice
receipt (a three-way match). (Thanks to Alan White).
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- also Goods Returned Note
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- GRP
- Graphical Range Planning - tool used in fashion merchandising.
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- GSC
- Global Supply Chain
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- GT
- Group Technology - usually a cellular manufacturing area where the
tools, machines and people are capable and skilled to produce a single
complete product within the cell. Also Global Trade or Global Trading and
thus GTP - Global Trading Partner (Thanks to Felipe Barousse Boué,
piensa.com)
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- GTIN
- Global Trade Item Number - A EAN/UCC number to identify a product,
case, pallet or shipper.
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- GTW
- Gross Tare Weight
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- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
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- GUS
- General, Unique, Specific - flow and stock control classification
based on a products area of application; General - centrally
administered products used in main product lines. Unique - locally
administered products uniquely found in one product group say. Specific
- used exclusively in a single high-level product, causing key
procurement issues.
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- GVW
- Gross Vehicle Weight
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