Acceptances A vendor acknowledgment of a purchase order that indicates
that the vendor agreed to and accepted the terms of the purchase order.
ACT Agilent Commodity Teams
ASL Approved Supplier List
ASN Advance ship notice within
I-Supplier Portal
ASBN Advance ship and billing
notice within I-Supplier Portal
BCR Barcode Reader; a device
that optically scans bar-code symbols and converts the optimal information into
characters that can be interpreted by a computer.
BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement- A type of purchase order you
issue before you request actual delivery of goods or services. You normally
create a blanket purchase agreement to document a long-term supplier agreement.
A blanket purchase agreement may contain an effective date and an expiration
date, a committed amount, or quantity. You use a blanket purchase agreement as
a tool for specifying agreed prices and delivery dates for goods and services
before ordering them.
Blanket release An actual
order of goods and services against a blanket purchase agreement. The blanket purchase agreement determines
the characteristics and the prices of the items. The blanket specifies the actual quantities and dates ordered for
the items.You identify a blanket
release by the combination of the blanket purchase agreement number and the
release number.
BOL Bill of Lading
Cut-over period This is
the three-week period of time before each site transitions to Oracle. During this time, the site's legacy
systems will be turned off.
Direct Material Material that is used in the manufacture
of Agilent Technologies finished products.
ECN Engineering Change Notice
ECO Engineering Change Order
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- This is a standard for automated exchange of business documents. Using EDI,
purchasers and suppliers can exchange digital paperwork including purchase
order, invoices, and other business documents, and perform electronic funds
transfers.
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EP Enterprise Planning
ER Engineering Responsibility
ERP Enterprise Resources
Planning
ERS Evaluated Receipt
Settlement - This is an automated method of invoice receipt and settlement,
whereby Agilent Technologies will create a SBI on behalf of the
supplier for goods received, leading to improved payment for suppliers.
Future State The point in time when all of
Agilent Technologies has migrated to the new Oracle environment
GPA Global Purchase Agreement
Indirect Material
Material/services that are used to support the manufacture of Agilent
Technologies finished products, but is not actually incorporated into the final
products.
Interim StateThe period of time in which Agilent
Technologies will be using legacy systems at some sites and the
Oracle systems at other sites.This
period of time began 12 June 2002 and will conclude in late 2003
IO Inventory Organisation
ISP I-Supplier Portal - This is
an Internet procurement solution that allows suppliers to directly access
information on the 'procure-to-pay' lifecycle, including purchase orders,
forecasts and payments
Item numberThis refers to all part numbers and
products within Agilent Technologies
Item revisionAn item revision occurs as a result
of a change to form, fit or function to an item
JIT Just-in-Time
Kanban A method of just-in-time
production, which uses standard containers with a single card, attached to
each.It is a pull system in which work
centers, which use parts that they wish to, withdraw parts from feeding operations.
Legacy System The
systems used by Agilent Technologies businesses until they are migrated to the
new Oracle Environment
MPS Master production schedule
MRP Material requirements planning
Nocturne This is an
Internet based application, designed and supported by Healex Systems Limited,
which is the Agilent Technologies worldwide solution for SMI
OU Operating Unit
PO Purchase Order
POR Pay On Receipt
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quotation
RMA Returned Material
Authorization
SBI Self-billing Invoice -
This is an invoice created by Agilent Technologies on behalf of the supplier
for the payment of goods received, as part of the ERS program
SMI Supplier Managed Inventory
Supplier Central This is a
web-based environment, which will enable Contract Manufactures and fabricated
part suppliers to retrieve product information as required for manufacturing
Agilent Technologies assemblies and products.
UOM Unit of measure
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