| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&EM | Assembly and External Maintenance | In English | → Engineering, technology → Maintenance and logistics |
| A&PS | Administration and Program Support | In English | |
| AA | Associate Administrator | In English | |
| AAHAM | American Association of Health Care Administrative Management | In English | → Associations → Medicine → United States |
| AAMA | American Academy of Medical Administrators (www.aameda.org) | In English | → Academies → Medicine → United States |
| AAP | Administrative Acceptability Procedure | In English | → Quality management |
| AAPA | American Association of Psychiatric Administrators | In English | → Associations → Psychiatry → United States |
| AAQTE | Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation | In French | → Associations → Quality management → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| ACACIA | Acquisition des Connaissances pour l'Assistance à la Conception par Interaction entre Agents | In French | → Computer science → Knowledge management |
| ACARU | Association Canadienne d'Administrateurs de Recherche Universitaire (www.caura-acaru.ca) = CAURA | Canadian Association of University Research Administrators | In English |
In French | → Associations → Research policy → Canada |
| ACTE | Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment | In English | → Quality management → Engineering, technology |
| ADDNB | Association pour le Développement des Documents Numériques en Bibliothèque | In French | → Associations → Libraries → Knowledge management |
| ADELI | Association pour la maîtrise des systèmes d'information (www.adeli.org) | In French | → Associations → Computer science → Knowledge management |
| ADME | Association of Destination Management Executives | In English | → Associations |
| AEM | Assembly and External Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| AENOR | Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación | In Spanish | → Associations → Standardization → Quality management → Spain |
| AFALD | Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division | In English | → 358 → Maintenance and logistics → United States |
| AFAQ | Association Française pour l'Amélioration et le management de la Qualité (www.afaq.org) | In French | → Associations → Quality management |
| AFAQ | Association Française pour l'Assurance de la Qualité (www.afaq.org) | In French | → Associations → Quality management → France |
| AFC | Approvisionnement des Fonctions Centrales | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| AFLC | Air Force Logistics Command | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → 358 → United States |
| AFME | Association Francophone de Management Électronique | In French | → Associations → Knowledge management |
| AFPPENN | Association pour la Formation Professionnelle du Personnel des Entreprises de distribution publique Non Nationalisées (www.afppenn.com) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Personnel management → Education |
| AGR | Association of Graduate Recruiters (www.agr.org.uk) | In English | → Associations → Personnel management → United Kingdom |
| AGRI | Aide à la Gestion des Ressources Internes | In French | |
| AGS | Ancienneté Générale des Services | In French | → Personnel management → Public administration, government |
| AIIM | Association for Information and Image Management (www.aiim.org) | In English | → Associations → Graphical processing → Knowledge management |
| AIKE | Artificial and Knowledge Engineering Group | In English | → Artificial intelligence → Knowledge management |
| AIVET | Austrian Institute for Virtual Education Techniques (www.aivet.at) | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Education → Knowledge management → Austria |
| ALC | Air Logistics Center | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Transport and postal services |
| ALEXIS | Accès au Logiciel d'EXtraction des Informations Structurées | In French | → Knowledge management |
| ALMS | Automated Logistics Management System | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ALS | Advanced Logistics System | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ALV | Advanced Logistics Vehicle | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Vehicle engineering |
| AM | Asset Management | In English | |
| AMBD | Automated Maintenance Data Base | In English | → Data → Maintenance and logistics |
| AMDEC | Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité | In French | → Quality management |
| AMF | Area Maintenance Facility | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| AMHA | Army Management Headquarters Activities | In English | → Military affairs |
| AMS | Army Management Structure | In English | → Military affairs |
| AMSA | Area Maintenance Support Activities | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| AMSF | Army Maintenance Supply Facilities | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Military affairs |
| ANDCP | Association Nationale des Directeurs et Cadres de la fonction Personnel | In French | → Associations → 0055 → Personnel management |
| AOPA | Aide Opérateur en situation Post-Accidentelle | In French | → Personnel management |
| APMSM | Assembly Phase Maintenance Simulation Model | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| APQP | Advanced Product Quality Planning | In English | → Quality management |
| APROGED | Association des PROfessionnels de la Gestion Électronique de l'information et des Documents pour l'entreprise (www.aproged.org) | In French | → Associations → Documentation → Knowledge management |
| APRS | Agence Personnel et Relations Sociales | In French | → Personnel management |
| APTITUDES | Accessibilité du Poste de Travail InformaTique aux Utilisateurs DÉficients visuelS | In French | → Personnel management → Computer science |
| AQ | Assurance Qualité | In French | → Quality management |
| AQC | Agence Qualité Construction (www.qualiteconstruction.com) | In French | → Quality management → Construction |
| AQUAP | Association pour la Qualité des Appareils à Pression | In French | → Associations → Quality management → Mechanical engineering → Nuclear technology |
| ARI | Administrateur des Ressources d'Information | In French | → Knowledge management |
| ARMS | Administrative Resource Management System | In English | |
| ARMS | Australasian Research Management Society (www.researchadmin.org.au) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy |
| ARTT | Aide à la Réduction du Temps de Travail | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| ARTT | Aménagement et Réduction du Temps de Travail | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| ASD | Army Shipping Document | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Military affairs |
| ASF | Army Stock Fund | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Military affairs |
| ASIMS | Army Standard Information Management System | In English | → Knowledge management → Military affairs |
| ASL | Authorized Stockage List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ASQC | American Society for Quality Control | In English | → Organizations and associations → Quality management → United States |
| AT | Arrêt de Travail | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| AT | Accident du Travail | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| AT&L | Acceptance Test & Logistics | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ATC | Action Thématique Concertée | In French | |
| ATT | Aménagement du Temps de Travail | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| AVIM | Aviation Intermediate Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AVISO | Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data (www.aviso.oceanobs.com) | In English | → Knowledge management → Spaceflight engineering, astronautics → Marine research, oceanography |
| AVUM | Aviation Unit Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AWIS | African Water Information (and Documentation) System = SADIEau | Système Africain de Documentation et d'Information sur l'Eau | In French |
In English | → Knowledge management → Hydrology → 626 → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management → Africa |
| BA | Besoin d'Amélioration | In French | → Quality management |
| BAM | Business Activity Monitoring | In English | |
| BAUM | Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewußtes Management (www.baumev.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Nature and society → Germany |
| BBA | Bachelor of Business Administration | In English | → Higher education, universities → Economics |
| BCS | Basic Content Services | In English | → Document processing → Knowledge management |
| BDT | Banque de Données sur le Territoire | In French | → Knowledge management → Regional planning |
| BDU | Banque de Données Urbaines | In French | → Knowledge management → Regional planning |
| BIDSERF | Base d'Information de la Direction des SERvices Financiers | In French | → Knowledge management → Finance |
| BIG | Base d'Informations de Gestion | In French | → Knowledge management → Economics |
| BIS | Buildings Information System | In English | → Knowledge management → Construction |
| BM | Business Manager | In English | |
| BM | Branch Manager | In English | |
| BM | Bench Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| BMB | Bench Maintenance Building | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| BMB | Base Maintenance Building | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| BME | Bench Maintenance Equipment | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| BMI | Bureau de Management Industriel | In French | |
| BML | Business Management Layer | In English | |
| BMÖ | Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik in Österreich (www.bmoe.at) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Maintenance and logistics → Materials science → Austria |
| BMTS | Bench Maintenance Test Set | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| BPM | Business Process Model(l)ing | In English | → Economics |
| BPM | Business Process Management | In English | |
| BPM | Business Performance Management | In English | |
| BPMS | Business Process Management Systems | In English | |
| BVL | Bundesvereinigung Logistik (www.bvl.de) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Maintenance and logistics → Germany |
| BVQI | Bureau Veritas Qualité Internationale | In French | → Quality management |
| BW | Business Warehouse | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| C4F2 | Communication, Conduite du Changement, Culture Financière et Formation | In French | → Finance → Education |
| CA | Conseil d'Administration | In French | |
| CA | Congés Annuels | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CAAE | Certificat d'Aptitude à l'Administration des Entreprises | In French | → Specialized or (poly)technical colleges |
| CADIST | Centre d'Acquisition et de Diffusion de l'Information Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Knowledge management → Libraries → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology |
| CAFM | Computer Aided Facility Management | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| CALS | Computer-Aided Logistics System | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Computer-based techniques |
| CALS | Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Maintenance and logistics |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manutention | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Maintenance and logistics |
| CAO | Chief Administrative Officer | In English | |
| CAPA | Corrective And Preventive Action | In English | |
| CAPE | Coordonnateur des Améliorations des Processus d'Entreprise | In French | |
| CAPP | Computer-Aided Process Planning | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| CARETAKER | Content Analysis and REtrieval Technologies to Apply Knowledge Extraction to massive Recording | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Knowledge management |
| CAS | Content Addressed Storage | In English | → Hardware → Knowledge management |
| CASE | Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation | In English | → Quality management |
| CAURA | Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (www.caura-acaru.ca) = ACARU (look above) |
In English | → Associations → Research policy → Canada |
| CBARS | Competency-Based Assessment and Recruitment Solution (www.cbars.co.za) | In English | → Personnel management |
| CCF | Contrôle en Cours de Formation | In French | → Personnel management → Education |
| CCSI | Comité de Coordinación de los Sistemas de Información = ISCC | Information Systems Coordination Committee | In English = CCSI | Comité de Coordination des Systèmes d'Information | In French = CCSI | Comitê de Coordenação de Sistemas de Informação | In Portuguese |
In Spanish | → Knowledge management → United Nations |
| CCSI | Comité de Coordination des Systèmes d'Information = ISCC (look above) |
In French | → Knowledge management → United Nations |
| CCSI | Comitê de Coordenação de Sistemas de Informação = ISCC (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Knowledge management → United Nations |
| CDD | Contrat à Durée Déterminée | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CDI | Contrat à Durée Indéterminée | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CDRS | Comité de Dialogue de la Fesponsabilité Sociale | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CE | Comité Exécutif | In French | |
| CECILE | Collecte Et Calcul des Indemnités Liées à l'Évolution des prix | In French | → Personnel management |
| CEEMAN | Central and Eastern European Management Development Associations | In English | → Associations |
| CEIC | Centre d'Expertise pour l'Insertion des Cadres | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| CEMS | Community of European Management Schools | In English | → Organizations and associations → Specialized or (poly)technical colleges |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | In English | |
| CEREG | CEntre de REcherches sur la Gestion (www.dauphine.fr/cereg/) | In French | |
| CERIF | Common European Research Information Format | In English | → Research policy → Knowledge management |
| CET | Compte Épargne Temps | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CETMA | Centre d'Études sur le Management | In French | |
| CFA | Congé de Fin d'Activité | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CFE-CGC | Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres (www.cfecgc.org) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Labour, labour economics → France |
| CFM | Certified Facility Manager | In English | |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | In English | → Finance |
| CGS | Contrôle de Gestion Stratégique | In English | → Accounting |
| CHARMS | Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System | In English | → Knowledge management → Blood and circulatory system → Pathology → Canada |
| CHP | Cadre à Haut Potentiel | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CIDA | Collecte, Interprétation, Décision, Action | In French | |
| CIDEM | Conception Intégrant la Disponibilité, le retour d'Expérience et la Maintenance | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance, Freight | In English | → Prices → Maintenance and logistics |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | In English | → Knowledge management |
| CITHER | Consultation en Texte Intégral des THèses en Réseau | In French | → Knowledge management → Higher education, universities → Mathematics and natural sciences |
| CLD | Congé Longue Durée | In French | → Personnel management |
| CLM | Congé Longue Maladie | In French | → Personnel management → Medicine |
| CLMC | Central Logistics Management Center | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CM | Change Management | In English | |
| CM | Congé Maladie | In French | → Personnel management → Medicine |
| CMC | Central Maintenance Computer | In English | → Hardware → Maintenance and logistics |
| CMCS | Centralized Maintenance Computer System | In English | → Software → Maintenance and logistics |
| CMIRH | Centre Mondial Informatique et Ressources Humaines | In French | → Personnel management |
| CMIS | Computer Management Information System | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model | In English | → Computer science |
| CMM | Condition-Monitored Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration | In English | → Computer science |
| CMR | Commande de Matériel Référencé | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CMS | Content Management System = SGC | Système de Gestion de Contenu(s) | In French |
In English | → Document processing → Knowledge management |
| CMS | Content Management Server | In English | → Networks, communication → Document processing → Knowledge management |
| CMSMS | Content Management System Made Simple | In English | → Software → Knowledge management |
| CMTS | Computerized Maintenance Test System | In English | → Computer science → Maintenance and logistics |
| CNA | Centrale Nationale d'Achats | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CNII | Centre National d'Ingénierie de l'Information | In French | → Knowledge management |
| CODIR | COmité de DIRection | In French | |
| CODOP | COmité de Direction Opérationnel | In French | |
| COFRAC | Comité Français d'Accréditation | In French | → Standardization → Quality management → France |
| COLD/ERM | Computer Output to Laser Disk/Enterprise Report Management | In English | → Document processing → Knowledge management |
| COLINE | COLlection d'INformations Élaborées | In French | → Knowledge management |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer | In English | |
| COOP | Centre Opérationnel d'Optimisation de la Production | In French | → Applied sciences, technology |
| COREG | Communication et ORganisation en cas d'Evénement Grave | In French | → 659 |
| COSIS | Care Of Supplies In Storage | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| COSM | Checkout Servicing and Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CPA | Critical Path Analysis | In English | |
| CPDS | Crew Procedures Documentation System | In English | → Knowledge management |
| CPL | Chef de Projet Local | In French | |
| CPM | Contract Performance Management | In English | → Contract law |
| CPO | Civilian Personnel Office | In English | → Personnel management |
| CPO | Civilian Payroll Office | In English | → Personnel management → Accounting |
| CPQ | Cellule Prévention Qualité | In French | → Quality management |
| CQG | Comité Qualité Gestion | In French | → Quality management |
| CQIM | Configuration and Quality Information Management | In English | → Quality management |
| CREM | Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management | In French | → Research institutes → Economics |
| CRIS | Current Research Information Systems | In English | → Data → Knowledge management |
| CRMA | Société de Construction et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique | In French | → Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CRMA | Customer Relationship Management Association (www.crmassociation.org) | In English | → Associations → Trade |
| CROSQ | CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (www.crosq.org) | In English | → International economic cooperation → Standardization → Quality management |
| CSBTS | China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision | In English | → Quality management → Standardization |
| CSCMP | Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals | In English | → Organizations and associations → Maintenance and logistics |
| CSS | Centralized Supply Support | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CTCI | Contract Technical Compliance Inspection | In English | → Quality management → Contract law |
| CTI | Centre de Techniques Internationales (www.cti-learning.com) | In French | → Education |
| CTO | Compensatory Time Off | In English | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CTR | Computing Tabulating Recording (Corporation) | In English | → Hardware → Knowledge management |
| DA | Demande d'Achat | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| DAA | Délégation Achats et Approvisionnements | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| DAC | Directeur Adjoint de Centre | In French | |
| DACO | Détachement Avancé de Coordination Opérationnelle | In French | |
| DACP | Dynamic Assured Career Progression | In English | → Personnel management |
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