Terms and Definitions
Acronym |
Term |
Description/Definition |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
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ASN |
Advance shipment Notification |
File sent by warehouse (E.G. ERP) notifying regarding inventory stock that is shipped to store |
BAN |
Billing Account Number |
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BAR |
Billing Arrangement ID |
AR reference for a customer bill cycle |
Bill Payment |
Payment to the customer account |
Payment is applied to the customer financial account (FA) |
BR |
Business Requirement |
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Card |
Credit or Debit cards |
Refer to both Credit and Debit cards |
Catalog Export Utility |
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POS utility to export changes in central location Inventory Catalog to other stores |
Category Management |
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POS Utility to Manage Product Categories |
CIM |
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CRM Customer Interaction Manager |
Corporate Office |
Site / location set as the top level. |
This location is used for management of system level settings |
CSR |
Customer Service Representative |
Store MT-POS/ /RIM Operator |
DC |
Document Center |
document management system |
DO |
Delivery Order |
Request for Inventory from Company Own Warehouse |
EOD |
End of Day |
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EPC |
Enterprise Product Catalog |
Enterprise Product Catalog |
ESN |
Electronic Serial Number |
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FAID |
Financial Account ID |
Customer financial account in External AR |
ICCID |
Serial Number |
Integrated Circuit Card Identifier, another terminology for SIM |
IDD |
Interface Detailed Design |
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IMEI |
International Mobile Equipment Identity |
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Item ID |
Product primary key |
MT-POS/MT-POS Product SKU |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
A storage standard for organizing databases to give quick access to data |
M&P |
Methods and Procedures |
Manual process by user of the system. A rule of how to use the system properly that is not systematically enforced. |
MDN |
Mobile Directory Number |
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MEID |
Mobile Equipment Identifier |
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MEID |
Mobile Equipment Identifier |
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MSN |
Mobile Service Number |
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MT |
MicroTelecom |
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MT-POS |
MicroTelecom Point of Sale |
MicroTelecom Point of Sale |
OGS |
Ongoing Support |
a main phase of the project lifecycle, which starts with the beginning of production |
OPOS |
OLE for Retail MT-POS |
Retail Device Standard |
PD |
Exclusive dealers |
Premium/Exclusive Dealers (Non-corporate Stores, SER) |
PO |
Purchase Order |
Purchase Order of inventory. PO is referred to as STO in MT-POS’s current solution for MT-POS stores and as DO for PD. |
POS |
Point Of Sale |
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QTY |
Quantity |
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Regional Office |
Site / location set as the top level in a market / region. |
For example, London regional office will be below “Corporate Office” and above “London Retail Store #1”, “London Retail Store 2”. |
Sale Rep |
Customer Service Representative |
Store MT-POS Operator |
Security Point |
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POS Dynamic Security Access Point. Configured by assigning one or more fixed security roles. |
SKU |
Stock Keeping Unit |
Same as Item ID |
SLOC |
Store Location |
Store Location ID |
SN |
Serial Number |
The Item Serial Number; for example, SIM, ESN, IMEI, MEID, ICCID |
STO |
Stock Transfer Order Slip |
Equivalent to PO for Company-Owned Stores |
Store ID |
Location ID |
MT-POS Store Location ID |
UICC |
Universal Integrated Circuit Card |
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UID |
User ID |
The Login ID of the CSR/User performing the transaction |
WL |
Whitelist |
The WL Record the Item ID’s and serial numbers which are shipped to stores from ASN File interface. When receiving inventory in a PO, the system verifies the Item’s SN and quantity against the WL. |