List of Abbreviation Related to Apparel Manufacturing Technology

Apparel manufacturing technology is a huge sector in the textile arena and so many terms and definition used as a short form called abbreviation.

 Abbreviation - Apparel Manufacturing Technology 

Some very important abbreviation related to apparel manufacturing technology is given below:   
       
AM: Assistant Merchandiser
AQL: Acceptable Quality Level
BB L/C: Back-to-Back L/C
BL: Bill of Lading
BOM: Bill of Materials
BOT: Board of Trade
BS: Bill of Sale
BWTG: Better Worker in Textile Garments
C & F: Cost & Freight
C&F: Clearing and Forwarding
CAD: Computer Aided Design
CAF: Currency Adjustment Factor
CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAP: Corrective Action Plan
CBA: Collective Bargaining Agent
CBL: Center Back Line
CBM: Cubic Meter
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CF: Cubic Feet
CFL: Center Front Line
CFS: Container Freight Station
CI: Commercial Invoice
CIF: Cost, Insurance and Freight
CM: Cost of Manufacturing
CM: Country Manager

CM: Cutting and Making
CMO: Cost of Making Order
CMT: Cost of Making with Trimming
CMT: Cost of Manufacturing with Trims / Cut Make Trim
CMT: Cut, Make and Trim
CMTA: Cut, Make, Trim and Quota
CNF: Clearing & Forwarding
CO: Certificate of Origin
CO: Certificate of Origin
CO: Country of origin
COD: Cash on Delivery
COD: Cash on Delivery
CRD: Cargo Receive Date
CSP: Count Sire Pound
CT: Cycle Time
CTBL: Combined Transport Bill of Lading
CTL: Consumer Testing Laboratories
CVT: Co-effective of Variation
CY: Container Yard
D65: Artificial Daylight
DDP: Delivery Duty Paid
DDU: Delivery Duty Unpaid
EMB: Embroidery
EP: Export Procedure
E-Pattern: Electrical Pattern
ETA: Expected Time of Arrival
ETD: Expected Time of Departure
FAK: Freight All Kinds
FCL: Full Container Load
FDI: Foreign Direct Investment
FEU: Forty Feet Equivalent
FIFO: First In First Out
FOA: Free on Air
FOB: Free on Board/Freight on Board
FOBA: Free on Board Air
FPC: Flat Packed Container
FPI: Fixed Per Inch
FQA: Final Quality Audit
FT: Free Trade
FY: Financial Year

GAT: General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
GATT: Generalized Agreement on Tariffs and Taxes
GC: General Container
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
GM: General Manager
GMT: Garments
GNP: Gross National Product
GOH: Garment on Hanger
GPT: Garments Performance Test
GSP: Generalized System of Preference
GSTP: Global System of Trade Practices
GW: Gross Weight
HAWB: House Airway Bill
HQ: High Cubic Feet
IE: Industrial engineering
IMS: Industrial Management System/Service
IPC:  In-Process Check
ITO: Income Tax Officer
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
L/C: Letter of Credit
L: Large (Size)
LCA: Letter of Credit Authorization
LCL: Lace Container Load/Light
LCL: Less than Container Load
LDC: Least Developed Country
LIFO: Last In First Out
M & W: Men and Women
M: Medium (Size)
MAWB: Master Airway Bill
MCDM: Multi-Criteria Decision Making
MIS: Management Information System
MM: Merchandise Manager
MMT: Measurement
MOS: Margin of Safety
MP: Man Power
MTD: Month to Date
NGC: New Generation Computing
NOVCC: Non-Vessel Operations Common Carrier
NPT: Non-Productive Time
NSA: No Seam Allowance
NW: Net Weight
OBL: Original Bill of Lading/Ocean Bill of Lading
OM: Office Manager
OQL: Outgoing Quality Level
PDM: Production Development Manual
PI: Performa Invoice
PM: Production Manager
PMTS: Predetermined Motion Time System
PO: Production Order
PO: Production Order/Purchase Order
PO: Purchase Order
POD: Port of Delivery
POL: Port of Loading
PP: Pre Production

PPE: Personal Productive Equipment
PS: Production Sample
PSI: Pre-shipment Inspection
QA: Quality Assurance
QC: Quality Controller
QIP: Quality Improvement Plan
QMS: Quality Management System
RFT: Right First Time
RMG: Readymade Garments
RPM: Revolution per minute
S: Small (Size)
SAM: Standard Allowed Minute
SKU: Stock-Keeping Unit
SM: Senior Merchandiser
SMV: Standard Minute Value
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SPI: Stitch per inch
SQL: Submitted Quality Level
SRL: Sensory and Consumer Research
Sweden BL: Sweden Bill of Lading (used for Triangular Trade)
TA: Time Action
TCB: Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
TPN: Tesco Product Number
UD: Utilization Declaration
UP: Utilization Permission
UPC: Universal Product Code
VAT: Value Added Tax
VPP: Value Payable Post
VPR: Vendor performance Record
WAS: Weekly Audit Schedule
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure
WH: Working Hour
WR: Water Register
XL: Extra Large (Size)
YTD: Year to Date
YY: Yardage Yield

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