1. AAMA - American Apparel Manufacturers Association.
2. AAMC-American Apparel Manufacturing Corporation
3. AAQC-American Apparels Quality control/ American Association of Quality Control
4. AATCC - The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.
5. AD-Avery Denison.
6. ADB-Asian Development Bank.
7. AFC-Activity Flow Chart.
8. AGOA= the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
9. AITIC=Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation.
10. AMRC-Asia Monitor Resource Center.
11. ANSI- American National Standards Institute
12. AOP=All over print.
13. APEO-Alkyl phenol Ethylates.
14. AQL - Acceptable Quality Level/ Acceptable Quality Limit.
15. ASQ- American Society for Quality
16. ASTM- the American society for testing & materials
17. ATC=Agreement on Textiles and clothing.
18. ATC-Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
19. ATI=African Trade Insurance Agency.
20. AWB - Airway Bill.
21. BATEXPO-Bangladesh Textile Exposition
22. BB L/C-Back to Back L/C
23. BGMEA-Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association
24. BGWUC-Bangladesh Garments Worker Unit Council
25. BIFT - BGMEA Institute of Fashion & Technology.
26. BJCP-Bangladesh Jute Cultivation Program
27. BJEC-Bangladesh Jute Export Corporation
28. BJMA-Bangladesh Jute Mills Association
29. BJMC-Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
30. BKMEA-Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association
31. BL-Bill of Loading
32. BOM - Bill of Material.
33. BS- Bill of Sale
34. BS- British Standard
35. BSCI – Business Social Compliance Initiative
36. BSTI- Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
37. BTMA-Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
38. BTMC-Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
39. BV -BEUROVERITAS.
40. BWTG-Better Worker in Textile Garments
41. C & F-Cost & Freight
42. C&A=Clemens & August.
43. C&F - Clearing and Forwarding.
44. CAD:-Computer-Aided Design
45. CAD-Computer Aided Design
46. CAM-Computer-Aided Manufacturing
47. CAP - Corrective Action Plan.
48. CAP= Corrective Action plan
49. CAP-Corrective Action Plan
50. CAS no - Chemical abstract Service Number
51. CATIP=Canadian Apparels and Textile Industries
Program.
52. CB=Center Back.
53. CBA-Collective Bargaining Agent
54. CBI-Center Back Line
55. CBL-Center Back Line
56. CBM-Cubic Meter
57. CBN=Center Back Neck.
58. CBP-Customs and Border Patrol.
59. CBR=Center Back Rise.
60. CCC-Clean Clothes Campaign.
61. CCI-Canada Custom Invoices.
62. CCR-Colour Continuity Record.
63. CDD-Cargo Delivery Date.
64. CDP- Carbon disposal Project
65. CDV - Country Declaration Verification.
66. CEO- Chief executive officer
67. CF=Center Front.
68. CF-Color Fastness
69. CF-Cubic Feet
70. CFL-Center Front Line
71. CFO- Chief financial officer
72. CFR- Children’s Flammability Requirement
73. CFR=Center Front Rise.
74. CFS=Carton Failure System.
75. CFS-Container Freight Station.
76. CFU- Colony Forming Units.
77. CI-Commercial Invoice
78. CIF - Cost Insurance and Freight.
79. CIF-Cost Insurance and Freight
80. CIP- Commercially Important Person
81. CITA-Clothing Industry Training Authority.
82. CLP=Container Load Plan.
83. CMC- The Color measure Committee
84. CM-Cost of Making/Cut and Make/ Cost of Manufacturing
85. CMO-Cost of Making Order
86. CMP - Chemical Management Program.
87. CMT-Cost of Making with Trimming
88. CMT-Cost of Making with Trimmings/Cut, Make & Trim
89. CNF-Clearing & Forwarding
90. CnF-Cost and Freight
91. CO- Certificate of Origin
92. COC - Certificate of Compliance / Certificate of Conformity/Code of Conduct.
93. COD-Cash on Delivery
94. COE- Country of Export.
95. COMESA=Common Market for Eastern and Southern African.
96. COO- Chief operating officer/ Chief Operations Officer
97. COP-Coefficient of Performance.
98. CPA= Critical Points of Attention
99. CPD=Central Production Department.
100. CPI- Compliance Practitioners Initiative.
101. CPM- Cost per minute
102. CPSC-Consumer Product Safety Commission.
103. CPSIA - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
104. CPSIA- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
105. CQA - Certified Quality Assurance.
106. CQAD=Central Quality Assurance Department.
107. CRC - Cargo Release Certificate.
108. CRD - Cargo Release Date.
109. CRD-Cargo Receive Date
110. CSB=Central to Selvedge.
111. CS-Counter Sample.
112. CSI- Color solution International
113. C-SPEC - Color Specifications.
114. CSR -Component Safety Requirements.
115. CT-Cycle Time
116. CTL - Consumer Testing Laboratory.
117. CTL- Consumer Testing Laboratories
118. CTP=Cleaner Technology Program for Textile Industry.
119. C-TPAT- Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism.
120. CWF-Cool White Florence.
121. CWO- Cash with Order
122. CY-Container Yard.
123. D65-Artificial Day Light
124. DC-Distribution Center.
125. DCI- Data color International
126. DCL - Defects Classification List.
127. DCS-Duplicate Counter Sample.
128. DDU-Delivery Duty Unpaid.
129. DGM- Deputy general manager
130. DHU- Defects per hundred unit.
131. DI-Direct Import.
132. DKNY-Donkey Kong No Yelling. / Donna Karan New York.
133. DMAIC- Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control
134. DMD- Deputy managing director
135. DOP- Director of Operations
136. DPCI=Department, Class and Item.
137. DPR- Daily production report
138. DQA - Dedicated Quality Assurance.
139. DRP-Documents Retention Policy.
140. DS- Dimensional Stability
141. DS-Development Sample.
142. DTM- Dyed to Match
143. DTM-Died to Match.
144. DUPRO -During Production.
145. EAN=European Access Network.
146. EC=European Community.
147. ECHA- The European Chemicals Agency
148. ECO-Exporter’s Certificate of Origin.
149. ECRN- Efficient collaborative Retail Market
150. ED- Executive director
151. EDD-Earliest Delivery Date.
152. EDI- Electronic Data Interchange
153. EDT – Estimated Delivery Time
154. EIA=Environmental Impact Assessment.
155. EMB- Embroidery
156. EMS- Environment management system
157. END- European Nickel Directing
158. EPA=Environmental Protection Agency.
159. EPB=Export Promotion Bureau.
160. EP-Export Permission.
161. EPI – Ends per Inch
162. EPW - Emergency Product Withdraw.
163. EPZ=Export Processing Zone.
164. EPZA=Export Processing Zone Authority.
165. EQC-Eternal Quality Checker.
166. ERP- Enterprise Resource Planning
167. ETA -Estimated Time of Arrival
168. ETD-Estimated Time of Departure.
169. ETI-Ethical Trading Initiative.
170. ETP-Energy Transfer Partners.
171. ETR - Ethical Trading Requirements.
172. FA- Final Audit
173. FBCCI- Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries
174. FBCCI=Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce Industries.
175. FCA - Factory Capacity Allocation.
176. FCCA - Factory Capability & Capacity Assessment.
177. FCR-Forwarder Cargo Receipt.
178. FDI-Foreign Direct Investment
179. FDS-Fabric Data Sheet
180. FE-Factory Evaluation.
181. FI- Final Inspection
182. FIFO- First In First Out
183. FIFO-First In First Out
184. FIPA=Foreign Investment Protection Act.
185. FIP-Fabric Inspection Procedure.
186. FM- Factory Manager
187. FOA-Free on Air
188. FOB - Free on Boat / Freight on Boat.
189. FOP -First of Production.
190. FPA-First Product Approval.
191. FPI-Finished Product Inspection.
192. FPP-Full Product Package.
193. FPT - Fabrics performance test
194. FPT=Fabric Performance Test.
195. FPU- Fabric Productions Units
196. FQA-Final Quality Audit
197. FRI -Final Random Inspection.
198. FSE - Factory Self Evaluation.
199. FTC-Federal Trade Commission
200. FY-Financial Year
201. GAIN=Global Agriculture Information Network.
202. GAT-General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
203. GATT-Generalized Agreement on Tariffs and Taxes
204. GCC- General Conformity Certificate.
205. GC-Global Compliance.
206. GCR- Garments Check Report
207. GDP=Gross Domestic Product.
208. GHG- Green House Gas
209. GLM- Grams per linear meter
210. GM- General Manager
211. GM- Gretag Macbeth
212. GMP-Good Manufacturing Practice
213. GMT-Garments
214. GNP=Gross National Product.
215. GNP-Gross National Product
216. GOTS- Global Organic Textile Standard
217. GPQ- Guideline for production and quality
218. GPT-Garments Performance Test
219. GPU- Garments Production Unit
220. GRS-Global Recycled Standard
221. GS- Gold seal
222. GSD- General Sewing data
223. GSM - Grams per square meter
224. GSP - Generalized System of Preference. / Global Sourcing Principles
225. GSP-Generalized System of Preference
226. GSV - Global Security Verification (import/export industry).
227. GTN=Global Trade and Technology Network.
228. GW - Gross Weight
229. HOM- Head of manufacturing
230. HOO- Head of Operations
231. HOP- Head of production
232. HPS-High Point Shoulder.
233. HR- Human Resource
234. HRAS-Human Rights and conflict Resolution.
235. HRD-Human Resource Development/Human Resource Division / Department.
236. HRM- Human Resource Management
237. I&D=Identification and Traceability.
238. IBL=International Business Linkages.
239. IC- Inspection certificate
240. ICB- Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
241. ICC- International Chamber of Commerce
242. ICSID= the International Council for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
243. IDR=Industries Development and Regulations.
244. IEE=Initial environmental Examination.
245. IE-Industrial Engineering.
246. IESD- Industrial Engineering sewing data
247. IFTU-International Federation of Trade Union
248. ILO-International Labor Organization
249. IMF:-International Monetary Fund
250. IMS= Integrated Management system
251. IMS-Industrial Management System/Service
252. IOPP- Institute of Packaging Professionals
253. IPC- In-Process Check
254. IPC=Investment Promotion Center.
255. IPE- Industrial and production engineering
256. IPI-In process Inspection.
257. IRF - Item Regulatory From.
258. ISO=International Standardization for Organization.
259. ITS -Intertek Testing Solution.
260. JV-Joint Venture.
261. KPI – Key Performance Indicator
262. L -Large (Size)
263. LBS-Latin Balance scales
264. LCA-Letter of Credit Authorization
265. LCL=Less than Container Load.
266. LC-Letter of Credit
267. LD- Lab dip
268. LDC-Least Developed Country
269. LDD-Latest Delivery Date.
270. LG- Letter of guarantee
271. LIFO- Last In First Out
272. LT- Lead time
273. LTR- legal testing requirements
274. LVER=La Vien Rose.
275. M and W-Men and Women
276. M&S=Marks and Spencer.
277. MCC=Multiple Country Consolidation.
278. MDCP- Metal Detection Calibration Procedure
279. MDI- Managing for Daily Improvement
280. MD-Metal Detector.
281. MDPD- Metal Detection Procedure Documents
282. MFA-Multi Fiber Agreement.
283. MIGA=Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
284. MIS- Management Information System
285. M-Medium (Size)
286. MMT-Measurement
287. MOC-Ministry of Commerce
288. MOQ- Minimum order quantity
289. MOT-Ministry of Textile
290. MOU-Memorandum of understanding
291. MP- Man Power
292. MR=Management Representative.
293. MSDS=Material safety Data sheet
294. MSS=Mock Shop Samples.
295. MTD- Month to Date
296. MTM- Measures time in terms
297. NAFTA-North American free Trade Agreement.
298. NCS=National Conservation Strategy.
299. NGC-New Generation Computing
300. NGO-Non-government Organization.
301. NOC- No Objection Certificate
302. NPT-Non Productive Time
303. NS=Next Sourcing
304. NSA-No Seam Allowance
305. NSA-No Seam Allowance
306. NTP- Needle replacement Procedure
307. NW-Net Weight
308. OB- Operation bulletin/ Breakdown
309. OBS-Optical Brightening Agents.
310. OECD=Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
311. OEE- Overall Equipment Effectiveness
312. OHSAS=Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specification.
313. OIA- Outdoor Industry Association
314. OMS-Order Management System.
315. OPEA-Octyphenol Ethylates.
316. OQL – Outgoing Quality Level/ Observed Quality Level
317. OTEXA=Office of Textiles and Apparels.
318. OTM=Overseas Transportation Management.
319. OT-Over Time.
320. OZ- Ounces
321. Oz-ounce
322. P&P=Packaging and presentation.
323. P/C – Polyester + Cotton
324. P/C-Polyester + Cotton
325. PAH-Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons
326. PC- Production coordinator
327. PCB-Polychlorinated Biphenyls.
328. PCC=Pre-contact confirmation.
329. PCD- Planned Cut Date
330. PC-Process Checker.
331. PCT- Polychlorinated Triphenyls.
332. PD- Production director
333. PDCA- Plan, Do, Check, Act
334. PDD-Product Design & Development.
335. PDM-Production Details Manual
336. PELD -Poly Ethylene Low density.
337. PEPC=Pakistan Environmental Protection Council.
338. PHS-Photo Sample.
339. PI – Proforma Invoice
340. PIQC=Pakistan Institute of Quality Control.
341. PLD=Production Lead Time.
342. PLM=Product lifecycle management.
343. PL-Packing List.
344. PM=Production Manager/Product Manager.
345. PND-Pattern and Designing.
346. PO - Purchase Order.
347. POD-Proof of Delivery.
348. POL=Partners Online.
349. POL-Partners Online.
350. POM- Point of measurement
351. POM-Points of Measure.
352. PO-Production Order/Purchase Order
353. PPC- Production Planning and control
354. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
355. PPG=Product Packaging Guide.
356. PPI – Picks Per Inch
357. PPK= Product Package
358. PPM- Pre-production meeting
359. PP-Pre Production
360. PP-Production Planning.
361. PPR-Pre-production Planning Requirements.
362. PPS - Pre-Production Sample.
363. PPT-Pre-Production Testing.
364. PQA - Packing Quality Assurance
365. PQI- Practice quality improvement/ Performance and Quality Improvement
366. PQR - Product Quality Requirements. PRM=Process reference Model.
367. PSI- Pre-shipment Inspection
368. PSI-Pre-Shipment Inspection
369. P-SPEC - Product Specifications.
370. PS-Production Sample
371. PS-Production Sample.
372. PTI-Private Textile Industry
373. PTS-Primary Textile Sector
374. PU=Pick Unit.
375. PVC-Polyvinylchloride.
376. PWP-Protective Wrapping and Padding.
377. QA - Quality Assurance.
378. QAIS=Quality Assurance Inspection system.
379. QA-Quality Assurance
380. QC- Quality controller
381. QC-Quality Control
382. QC-Quality Controller.
383. QDM-Quality Data Manager.
384. QI=Quality Inspector/ Quality in Charge.
385. QIP- Quality Improvement Plan
386. QMS- Quality Management System QS=Quality System.
387. QS-Quotation Sample
388. QTY-Quantity
389. RA- Risk Assessment
390. RAC -Risk Assessment for Clothing.
391. RAD- Risk Assessment Documents
392. RAM=Risk Assessment Meeting
393. RCS- Recycled Claim Standard
394. REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals.
395. RFD – Ready for Dyeing
396. RFID- Radio-frequency identification
397. RFID=Radio frequency identification Details
398. RFT-Right First Time
399. RFT-Right First Time.
400. RH- Relative Humidity
401. RMG-Ready Made Garments
402. RMG-Ready Made Garments.
403. RM-Raw Materials.
404. RN-Registration Number.
405. RPM- Revolution per Minute
406. RQS- Requirement for quality system
407. RR= Risk Report
408. RSL- Restricted Substances List
409. RS-Restricted Substance
410. RTA=Ready to Assemble.
411. RTM=Return to Manufacturer.
412. SAI=Social Accountability International.
413. SAM-Standard Allowed Minute
414. SB- Shade band
415. SCM- Supply Chain Management
416. SCOTA=Swatch color order conformity trimming approval.
417. SCS=Style Confirmation Sheet.
418. SD- Stitch Density
419. SEAS= Service in Europe for Asian supplier
420. SEDEX-Supplier Ethical Data Exchange
421. SGS - Socice Generally Desurveilance / Social Global Survive
422. SIP - Standard Inspection Package / Packet.
423. SIS= SELF-INSPECTION SUPPLIER
424. SKU- Stock Keeping Unit
425. SKU-Standard Keeping Unit.
426. SML-Specific Migration Limit
427. SMV- Standard Minute Value.
428. SOCAM=Service Organization for Compliance Audit Management.
429. SOP - Standard Operating Procedure.
430. SPC- Statistical process control
431. SPI -Stitch per Inch.
432. SPL- Stitch per length
433. SPM- Stitches per Minute
434. SPS- Specific Pinch Setting
435. SPT- Stitch per tack
436. SQC- Statistical Quality Control
437. SQC-Statistical Quality Control
438. SQL-Submitted Quality Level
439. SRL- Sensory and Consumer Research
440. S-Small (Size)
441. SS-Size Set
442. STP- Sewage Treatment Plants
443. STS=Stock Tracking System.
444. SUP= Standard unit pack
445. SVHC-substances of very high concern.
446. SWIFT-Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunicatio
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