ABAP | Advanced Business Application Programming - SAP's main programming language |
AM | Asset Management |
AMML | Agency Material Master Liaison |
AP | Accounts Payable |
AR | Accounts Receivable |
AST | Agency Support Team |
BI | Business Intelligence |
BPP | Business Process Procedure |
BW | Business Warehouse |
CO | Controlling. A finance component of SAP |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
DEV | Development - The technology "landscape" where business processes are originated |
ECC | Enterprise Core Component - The "brains" of SAP |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning - The term for any enterprise-wide, integrated system for managing business processes across multiple disciplines and locations (SAP is one of the leading suppliers of ERP systems) |
ESS | Employee Self Service - Allows each employee to maintain his or her personal data directly |
FERICE | Forms, Enterprise Reporting, Interfaces, Conversions and Enhancements - The custom-designed computer programming required to accommodate certain South-Carolina-specific functions in SAP for the SCEIS system |
FI | Financial Accounting |
FM | Funds Management |
FRICE | See FERICE |
FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
GL or G/L | General Ledger |
GM | Grants Management |
HR | Human Resources |
HR/PY | Human Resources and Payroll |
ICA | Independent Computing Architecture - Citrix protocol for passing data between server and clients |
ISIS | Image Scanner Interface Specification - An industry-standard interface for image-scanning technologies |
ITMO | Information Technology Management Office - SC's central purchasing office for Information Technology items |
LSMW | Legacy Systems Migration Workbench - Facilitates transfer of data from legacy system to SAP |
MM | Materials Management - Includes purchasing, inventory control, etc. |
MMO | Materials Management Office - SC's central purchasing office for items other than Information Technology items |
MSS | Manager Self Service - Allows each manager to maintain employee information directly |
OM | Organizational Management |
PA | Personnel Administration |
PM | Procurement Management |
PRD | Production - The technology "landscape" where the live system resides |
PY | Payroll |
QAS | Quality Assurance - The technology "landscape" where refined processes are tested |
SAP | "Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte" (Systems, Applications and Products) - The German-originated software which is the foundation of SCEIS |
SBX | Sandbox - The technology "landscape" where developing processes are tested |
SCEIS | SC Enterprise Information System - The statewide integrated system to carry out financial, materials management, human resources and payroll processes in South Carolina government |
SME | Subject Matter Expert - Individuals from many State agencies whose expertise in State government business processes and input to the project are essential to building SCEIS to meet the state's needs |
SRM | Supplier Relationship Management - The "shopping" functionalities in SCEIS |
TRN | Training - The technology "landscape" that mirrors the live Production system, supports classes and students' practice and testing |
TWAIN | Technology Without An Intelligent Name - A standard for acquiring images from scanners |
WIA | Windows Image Acquisition - A Windows driver that communicates between graphics software and imaging hardware |