Abbreviations and Acronyms:
ActionForm - The first version of standardized forms we created. Based on the DOCX and XLSX file formats, they have now evolved into our Standardized Online Forms. ActionForms can still be used in the system.
CAR - Corrective Action Report/Request
CM - Customer Manager (Module for use by Suppliers)
COA - Certificate Of Analysis - Tested characteristics of this shipment of the Item
Dashboards:
- Configurable Dashboard Reports - Available in Analytics. Reports updated hourly that can be customized and built based on existing User Defined Dashboards.
- User Defined Dashboards - Available on any other Tab's grid-page
Discoverability - Visibility of a data-record or other data in TraceGains system
eBlast - The ability to send multiple eNotifications to multiple Suppliers/Users at one time
Edit icon - pencil-shaped icon at the far left end of every row in a grid-page. Clicking it opens that row's record for review or edit.
eNotification - An email Notification that an event has occurred in the system
Float - Floating-point number - A decimal number
Formula - Comprised of Item definitions, Recipes, and sub-Recipes
FSIS - Food Safety and Inspection Service – An agency of the USDA overseeing meat, poultry and egg products.
FSMA - Food Safety Modernization Act
FSVP - Foreign Supplier Verification Program
GFSI - Global Food Safety Initiative. Click here to read about essential GFSI schemes.
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format. An image file format that supports both animated and static images.
GMP - Good Manufacturing Practice
Hamburger Menu/Dropdown - A button represented by three horizontal lines stacked on top of each other, like so:
Nested Recipe - In Formula Management, this is a complete Recipe functioning as a single Item within another Recipe. Also called “sub-recipe”.
Normalization Script - Used in Import Templates (ZON or Digital) to change a data-value from its original format to one that you prefer
OCR - Optical Character Recognition - Used to scan and convert image-format data into computer-usable text data
OCR Template versus Zone Template - These are the same item
On Record Created - When any value is new - An event used to trigger Workflow actions
On Record Updated - When any value on this record changes - An event used to trigger Workflow actions
One-Click eNotification - Email sent to Suppliers or other recipients, with an embedded link which, when clicked, will take the recipient directly to the issue described in the email. May require creating a basic, free TraceGains account.
PassThru, or Document PassThru - A special connection between the SM system operated by a Broker, Distributor, or Importer company and the Supplier Group (CM system) operated by the same company. Automates the flow of compliance documentation between the B/D's Supplier and the B/D's Customer.
PO - Purchase Order
PostOnce - Sends a document to all requesting and connected Customers when a Supplier uploads the document once into their Supplier Group
Role - A set of your employees who use TraceGains for particular tasks
SOW - Statement of Work. Description of TG & Customer responsibilities and timeline for implementation of purchased modules.
SpM - Specification Management
SQL - Structured Query Language - used to read and manipulate databases
SSO - Single Sign On. An authentication method that enables users to securely authenticate with multiple applications and websites by using just one set of credentials.
Standardized Online Forms - Formerly "ActionForms", now provided entirely online, there are currently 12 of these:
- Allergens
- Country of Origin
- Dietary Supplement Questionnaire
- FSVP Assessment Form
- FSVP/Supplier Verification Form (Internal Use Only)
- Item Questionnaire
- National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (Simplified)
- Nutrition
- Suitability Requirements
- Supplier Questionnaire
- Sustainability Level 1
- Sustainability Level 2
String or Strings - Simply another word for text, numbers, or symbols. AaBbCc8-@#$%^&*()_+&, or anything similar, is a string.
SYSTEM MODULES - Sections in the TraceGains system, designed for specific purposes
- CM - Customer Manager - Suppliers use this for free to connect into our Network and provide documentation to their Customers
- MP - Marketplace - An encyclopedia of Suppliers and the Items they produce - A sourcing directory
- NI - Networked Intelligence
- FM - Formula Management
- QM - Quality Management
- SC - Supplier Compliance
- SM - Supplier Management
- SpM or SP - Specification Management
- TGN - TraceGains Network
- AM - Audit Management
System Tabs - Found near the top of most pages in the system. Tabs include such headings as:
TraceStation - "Expanded" view of the data contained in a chosen grid-record
Workflow - A configurable series of system actions, to be taken upon the occurrence of a certain event
ZON - "Zone file" - Used by our Optical Character Recognition tool to set up targets for OCR data-gathering
Is this glossary missing something? If you have a definition that would help someone better understand the world of TraceGains, submit the phrase and your own definition to alyssa.wiseley@tracegains.com.