Glossary

Alignment
Alignment and Synchronisation is the process of ensuring that information stored in the Party and Product Reference Databases and used by different applications is established and maintained in accurate and consistent manner.
Building Management
The Building Management System is an application which manages and System records the environment – for example temperature and humidity within a building complex.
CCDC
Cold Chain Distribution Company
EAN
The global organisation responsible for the EAN*UCC System (to be renamed GS1 in 2005)
EAN·UCC Standards
The standards defining the use and application of the EAN·UCC system EAN·UCC System The combination of technologies for unique identification, data carriers and automatic data capture, and electronic messaging
EANCOM
EANCOM is a global message standard based in the EAN·UCC System used for exchanging electronic data between computer applications.
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EMEA
European Medicines Evaluation Agency
EPC System
Electronic Product Code is the latest development of the EAN*UCC System combining the technologies of unique identification based electronic product code and serialization (EPC), software (Savant), data interchange standard (PML), object naming service (internet based) and radio frequency tags (EPC Tags)
CFC
Clotting Factor Concentrate used in the treatment of Haemophilia
GS1
The global organisation responsible for the EAN*UCC System (formerly EAN International)


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