Siemens Industry, Inc.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

A
AS
AE
A/P
A/R
ABP
AC

Automation Solutions (Global & US Business Unit belonging to

Division Industry Automation within the Industry Sector of Siemens
- I IA AS)
Application Engineer
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Annual Business Plan
Automation Consultant

B
B2B

BA
BD
BI
BOM

BP
BPFA
BPML
BS
BSC
BT
BU

Business to (2) Business (or integrated Business to Business);

usually applies to a systematic solution for electronic commerce
involving data translation, messaging, transaction integrity,
transmission flexibility, cross-firewall transmission capability across
two or more businesses for order transmission and management.
Building Automation (Global & US Business Unit within the
Building Technologies Division of Siemens - I BT BA)
Business Development organization which supports the Industry
Automation and the Drives Technologies Divisions of SII.
Business Initiative
Bill of Material is a complete, formally structured list of the
components that make up a product or assembly.
Basis Point
Business Planning Financial Analysis
Business Process Master List
Balance Sheet
Balance Scorecard from the divisions
Building Technologies (Global & US Division within the Industry
Sector of Siemens I BT)
Business Unit

C
CA01 US
CAID
CAS
CARMS
CF
CE

CIAO

Siemens Off-line Catalog for the US Market

Customer Accounts In Dispute
Collateral Attribute System system used to maintain US regional
product collateral and media data.
System utilized by Corporate Credit Collections to manage AIR;
most divisions' receivables go through CARMS.
Siemens AG Central Finance
Control Components and Systems Engineering (Global & US
Business Unit belonging to Division Industry Automation within the
Industry Sector of Siemens - I IA CE)
Customer Issues And Opportunities the form completed by the
Call Center of Siemens Industry used to identify potential new
business to sales representatives.

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CIO

COMPAS
Corp
CP&S
CPD
CRM

CTQ

Corporate Information and Operations; formerly the office

established and run by the Siemens AG CIO (Corporate
Information Officer) responsible for global IT standards ranging
from operations to security to e-business.
Configure, Order, Manage, Price, And Ship tool used by SII
customers for project orders. Replacement tool for SPACE.
Corporate Headquarters
Control Products & Systems (Global & Regional Business Unit
belonging to Division Building Technologies within the Industry
Sector of Siemens - I BT CP)
Core Process Description
Customer Relations Management. CRM is a management concept
technology-enabled strategy to convert data driven decisions into
business actions in response to, and in anticipation of, actual
customer behavior.
Critical To Quality

D
DRC
DRP
DT

Distributor Resource Center provides secure content for SII

Channel Partners based upon specific module appointments.
Distribution Requirements Planning. 1) The function of determining
the need to replenish inventory at branch warehouses.
Drives Technologies (Global & US Division within the Industry
Sector of Siemens I DT.

E
EAI
EBIT
ERP

EDI

Enterprise Application Integration is an integration layer within an

organization's application architecture that allows for efficient tosystem integration (of data, cross-system transactions, etc.)
Earning Before Interest and Taxes
Enterprise Resource Planning. 1) An accounting-oriented
information system for identifying and planning the enterprise wide
resources needed to take, make, ship, and account for customer
orders. An ERP system differs from the typical MRP system in
technical requirements such as graphical user interface, relational
database, use of fourth-generation language, and computerassisted software engineering tools in development, architecture,
and system portability.
Electronic Data Interchange transmission of standardized business
documents from one computer to another.

F
FA

Factory Automation (Business segment belonging to the Industry

Automation Division / Automation Systems Business Unit I IA AS
FA)

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FN
FO

FS

FSO
FTP
FY

FuNction Code
Field Operations (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Building Technologies within the Industry Sector of
Siemens - I BT FO)
Fire Safety (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to Division
Building Technologies within the Industry Sector of Siemens - I BT
FS)
Field Service Office. ISD is partly organized by across the country
(into an Eastern and Western region). This could be Field Service
Operation or Field Sales Office also.
File Transfer Protocol-commonly used to transfer files between the
mainframe and the PC.
Fiscal Year

G
GBK

GBU
GG

GL
GSD
GeB

Lowest element in the organizational hierarchy. Permits the

assignment of the groups, their divisions and sub divisions. It is the
lowest identifying number of area of business within a business
unit. German acronym.
Global Business Unit
Organizational unit within a group that can include one or more
strategic business segments. A business unit within a group. An
example: Industry (I) Industry Automation (IA) Automation Systems
(AS). German acronym.
General Ledger
General Sales Division
Global e-Business

H
HR

Human Resources

I
IA
IA & DT
Service &
Support
IC
IBB

IDW
IPC

Industry Automation (Global & Regional Division within the

Industry Sector of Siemens I IA)
Industry Automation & Drives Technologies Service and Support
technical website for obtaining product data within 2 global
Divisions of Siemens.
Intra-Company
Integrated Business-to-Business. Implies a deeper level of
integration and processing (usually at the application logic level
and involving real-time transactions)
Industry Data Warehouse. Industry wide tool used to access and
store electronic product and pricing information for use by all
approved members of your supply network.
Internet Pricing Configurator; SAP-based configuration solution.
Also Industry Personal Computer Automation product portfolio

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IRGA

IRS
IS
IT

Instant Returned Goods Authorization. This type of RGA is

specific to certain products and return locations. Typically there is
an annual dollar cap to the amount of product that can be returned
as an IRGA. This acronym is being replaced throughout SII with
Quarterly Stock Adjustment Program (QSAP).
Internal Revenue Service
Industrial Solutions (Global & Regional Division within the Industry
Sector of Siemens I IS)
Industrial Technologies (Global & Regional Business Unit
belonging to Division Industry Solutions within the Industry Sector
of Siemens - I IS IT)

J
JOCY

Johnson City, TN Facility

K
KBD
KPI

Key Business Data

Key Performance Indicator

L
LAN

LD
LRBP
LV

Local Area Network-internal network connecting PC's to the

servers.
Large Drives (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Drives Technologies within the Industry Sector of Siemens
- I DT LD)
Long Range Business Plan
Low Voltage (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Building Technologies within the Industry Sector of
Siemens - I BT LV)

M
MARCOM
MC

MeDapS

Marketing Communications
Motion Control (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Industry Automation within the Industry Sector of Siemens
- I IA AS)
Media Neutral, Database Aided, Publishing System for creating
catalogs (pre-sales documentation)

MD

Mechanical Drives (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to

Division Drives Technologies within the Industry Sector of Siemens
- I DT MD)

MLFB

Machine-Readable Product Designation - the order number of a

product and, at the same time, should also be the model/system
designation. German acronym.

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MODIAS

MRP

MT

Modular Information and Analysis System is an application for

purchase marketing and controlling. MODIAS allows standardized
and comparable analyses to be produced for the Siemens group of
companies independently of operations processing procedures
from which the system gets its data.
Material Requirement Planning. A set of techniques that uses bill
of material data, inventory data, and the master production
schedule to calculate requirements for materials. It makes
recommendations to release replenishment orders for material.
Metal Technologies (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Industry Solutions within the Industry Sector of Siemens - I
IS MT)

N
NCSC
NEMA
NPV

National Customer Service Center

National Electrical Manufacturing Association
Net Present Value equates the discounted cash flows against the
investment: essentially, a calculation used for determining the
value of an investment over a specified period of time at a
specified discount rate.

O
OC
OCS
OEM
OMS
Org ID

Operating Company
On-line Customer Service web based solution that provides
order status information for authorized customers (usually Channel
Partners).
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Order Management System; solution to provide order management
and status communication capabilities across Siemens companies.
Identification Number of the organizational unit

P
PA

PAS
P&L
PC
PD
PI

Process Analytics (Business segment belonging to the Industry

Automation Division / Sensors and Communications Business Unit
I IA SC PA)
Process Automation Systems (Business segment belonging to the
Industry Automation Division / Automation Systems Business Unit I
IA AS PAS)
Profit & Loss - an account compiled at the end of an accounting
period to show gross and net profit or loss.
Personal Computer -term used interchangeably with laptop,
workstation, and computer.
Performance Dialogue
Process Instrumentation (Business segment belonging to the
Industry Automation Division / Sensors and Communications
Business Unit I IA SC PI)

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PIA-Selector
PKI
PLM
PMD
POS
PPC
PRL
PSC

Configuration tool used by Process Instrumentation & Process

Analytics
Public Key Infrastructure
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Master Data. This is the Siemens Industry global
depository for product master data.
Point Of Service
Purchase Price Change
The Product Requirement List is a SYNERGY+ tool used to
automatically generate and track purchase orders for plan buy
material requirements across the entire project.
Process Standardization Committee

Q
QSAP

Quarterly Stock Adjustment Program. Details on this program and

qualification criteria can be found in the SII Distributor Return
Policy.

R
RegTool
RGA
RMA
RCSC

Regionalization Tool - Global database of active products

exported from Product Master Data (PMD) used to create regional
price lists and catalogs
Return Goods Authorization;
Return Material Authorization
Regional Customer Support Center

S
SAP

Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. This is

Siemens ERP system globally.

SAP+S

Extension to SAP core covering specific Siemens needs: for EDI,

export control, Siemens special product numbers, etc.
Siemens Business Services; used by for outsourced help desk and
limited IT operations support and system administration.
Sensors & Communications (Global & US Business Unit belonging
to Division Industry Automation within the Industry Sector of
Siemens - I IA SC)
Supply Chain Management. Supply Chain Management is a
solution range for all manufacturing and logistics oriented
enterprises. With the aid of Supply Chain Management systems
the synchronization and optimization of the entire value chain from
the supplier of the supplier to the customer of the customer, it is
now possible to achieve significant cost savings.
Standard Drives (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Drives Technologies within the Industry Sector of Siemens
- I DT SD)
Siemens Industry Automation Center located in Johnson City, TN
Sales Force Automation. The Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) system utilized by Sales.

SBS

SC

SCM

SD
SIAC
SFA

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SieLect
SII
SIPOC
SLA
SME
SMR
SOC
SPA
SPACE
SPICE
SPIS
SPLS
SPOC
SPR

SS
SSC
SSS
SUS

Siemens Product SeLection & Configuration Tool selection and

configuration tool for Siemens control products
Siemens Industry, Inc. (a Siemens Operating Company in the
USA)
Suppliers Inputs Process Outputs Customers
Service Level Agreement
Subject Matter Expert (or Process Expert). Provide requirements
and needs of bring the team results into agreement with the
process owners.
Siemens Management Review
Siemens Operating Companies
Special Pricing Agreement
Siemens Proposal Automation Calculation and Entry tool used
by SII customers for project orders. To be replaced by COMPAS
Siemens PrIcing & Configuration Engine the Graphical User
Interface and configuration logic used by Siemens Industry Mall
Siemens Project Information System
Siemens Procurement and Logistics Services -Global pooling of
Indirect Material.
Single Point Of Contact
Special Price Request. There are various types of The primary
different between an SPR and a rebate is the SPR represents the
price at which product is purchased from whereas the rebate is the
amount of credit or deduction given after the purchase has been
made.
Security Solutions (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Building Technologies within the Industry Sector of
Siemens - I BT SS)
Sales Support Center
Siemens Shared Services
Software Update Service

T
TEXAS
TIA

Time and EXpense At Siemens

Totally Integrated Automation

U
UAT

User Acceptance Testing

V
VMM
VSR

Vertical Market Management 3 major segments (Automotive, Food

& Beverage, and Aerospace. Previously named Centers of
Competence.
An SAP solution for sales order processing, service, accounting and
reports created by Siemens.

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W
WBS
WAN
WMS
WT

Work Breakdown Structure - is a model of the work to be performed in

a project organized in a hierarchical structure.
Wide Area Network-network connecting PC's to the servers from
remote locations.
Warehouse Management System
Water Technologies (Global & Regional Business Unit belonging to
Division Industry Solutions within the Industry Sector of Siemens - I
IS WT)

Y
YE
YTD

Year End
Year-To-Date