Glossary of Terms
ABN | Australian Business Number |
DCX | Document Capture Exchange facility for conversion of documents into data files |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of business documents in a standard electronic format between business partners |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning system (incorporating accounting functions) |
FIFO | First In first Out. For deletion of archived |
GLN | The Global Location Number (GLN) is part of the GS1 systems of standards. It is a simple method used to identify a location and can identify locations uniquely where required. The GS1 Identification Key is used to identify physical locations or legal entities |
GS1 | GTIN and GLN administrative authority |
GS1 net | Centralised Master Data Product Cataloguing system for GS1 members to access |
GTIN | Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is an identifier for trade items developed by GS1 (comprising among others of the former EAN International and Uniform Code Council) |
HTTPs | Is the result of layering the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) on top of the SSL/TLS protocol, thus adding the security capabilities of SSL/TLS to standard HTTP communications |
Inter-connect | A connection of 2 peer services for exchange of EDI messages |
INV | Invoice |
MDM | Master Data Management (MDM) comprises the processes, governance, policies, standards and tools that consistently define and manage the critical data of an organisation to provide a single point of reference |
NPC | National Product Catalogue. For the Health Sector only |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition. For the capture and formatting of text in text searchable system generated PDFs |
PCM | Per Calendar Month |
PCX | The Pacific Commerce Exchange: EDI translation facility and hub |
PHE | The Pacific Health Exchange: EDI translation facility and hub |
PO | Purchase Order |
POR | Purchase Order Response. To confirm that the contents of a PO are valid |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
UAT | User Acceptance Testing |