Garments Related Abbrebiations

ALQ – Acceptable Quality Level,

AMMA – Advanced Memory Management Architecture,

ANSI – American National Standards Institute,

BBLC – Back to Back Letter of Credit,

BEP – Break Even Point,

BEPZA – Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority,

BSTI – Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute,

BIS – Bure of Indian Standards,

BSI – British Standards Institution,

CAE – Computer Aided Engineering,

CAD – Computer Aided Design,

CAM – Computer Aided Manufacturing,

CB – Centre Back,

CBL – Centre Back Line,

CF – Centre Front,

CFL – Centre Front Line,

C&F – Cost and Freight,

CIF – Cost Insurance and Freight,

CMT – Cut Make Trim,

CPI- Course Per Inch,

CS – Centre Line,

CSV – Centre Side Variation,

CTL – Central Testing Laboratory,

CVP – Cost Volume Proft,

DXF – Data Exchange File,

EDE – Electronic Data Interchange,

EPI – Ends Per Inch,

EQQ – Economic Order Quantity,

FoB – Freight on Board,

GATT – General Agreement on Tariff  and Trade,

GGT – Gerber Garments Technology,

GSM – Gram per Square Meter,

GSP – Generalized System of Preference,

GTR – Genuine Technology Research Limited,

H – Hip line,

HPGL – Hewlett Packard Graphics Language,

ISO – International Standard Organization,

JIT – Just In Time,

JOB – Jute Batching Oil,

L – Garments Length line,

LC – Letter of Credit,

LINRA – Linen Industries Research Association,

M/c – Machine,

MDL – Pattern File Lectra,

N – Neck line,

NASA- National Aeronautics and Space Administration,

NSA – No Seam Allowance,

NSB – National Standard Body,

OSH – Occupational Safety Health,

PDS – Pattern Design System,

P&D – Pattern and Design,

PPI – Picks Per Inch,

PVA – Polly Vinyl Acetate,

PVA – Poly Vinyl Alcohol,

PTFE – Poly Tetra Fluro Ethylene,

S – Shoulders,

SAC – Standardization Administration of China,

SCC – Standards Council of Canada,

SL – Stitch Length,

SPI – Stitch Per Inch,

SPM – Stitch Per Minute,

THPC – Terakis Hydroxy Methyl Phosphonium Cloride,

TIN – Tex Identification Number,

TMP – Pattern and Marker File Garber Accumark,

VDQ – Variable Dia for Quality,

VRML – Virtual Reality Modeling Language,

W – Waist line,

WINRA – Woolen Industries Research Association,

WPI – Wales Per Inch.

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