Textile Abbreviations
An abbreviation is a shortened form to save time when speaking, and space when writing a word. The abbreviation is usually done to take less time in a document or a selection. There are many abbreviations used in the textile sector; here include all yarn manufacturing (spinning), fabric manufacturing, Dyeing and printing, and apparel manufacturing; all sections abbreviations of textile are also included here like HRM, Quality control, merchandising, commercial, customs, industrial engineering, and production. Textile is a large sector, so the Textile abbreviation list also bigger. So we collected all the textile abbreviations and acronyms and putting all together. Hope this content will help you.
All Textile Abbreviations | Abbreviations used in Textile
- Here is the full list of abbreviations used in Textile, almost all the Textile abbreviations are covered here:
- A.D – Actual Draft.
- AAMA-American Apparels Manufacturing Association
- AAMC-American Apparel Manufacturing Corporation
- AAQC-American Apparels Quality control
- AFIS- Advance Fiber Information System.
- AGM- Assistant general manager
- AQL-Acceptable Quality Level
- AQM- Assistant Quality Manager
- ASQ- American Society for Quality
- B.G.M.E.A.- Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers Exporters Association.
- B.G.W.U.C- Bangladesh Garments Worker Unit Council.
- B.P.I- Beats per Inch.
- B.S.- Bottom Shaft.
- B.T.M.C.- Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation.
- BATEXPO-Bangladesh Textile Exposition
- BCIRA-British Cotton Industries Research Association
- BGMEA-Bangladesh Garments Manufacture’s and Exporter’s Association
- BIAS- Bale Inventory Analysis System.
- BJCP-Bangladesh Jute Cultivation Program
- BJEC-Bangladesh Jute Export Corporation
- BJMA-Bangladesh Jute Mills Association
- BJMC-Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
- BJSA-Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association
- BKMEA- Bangladesh Knitting Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
- BKMEA-Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacture’s and Exporter’s Association
- BL-Bill of Lading
- BOM- Bill of Material
- BS- Bill of Sale
- BS- British Standard
- BSCI – Business Social Compliance Initiative
- BTMA-Bangladesh Textile Mills Association
- BTMC-Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
- C and F- Cost and Freight.
- C. D. S- Count Data System.
- C.B.C- Carpet Batching Cloth.
- C.B.L- Center Back Line
- C.E- Cleaning Efficiency.
- C.F.L.- Center Front Line.
- C.I.F- Cost of Insurance and Freight.
- C.M.C- Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose.
- C.M.O.- Cost of Making Order.
- C.M.S.- Carboxyl Methyl Starch.
- C.M.T.- Cost of Making with Trimming.
- C.P.I- Course Per Inch.
- C.P.M- Course Per Meter.
- C.R.E- Constant Rate of Elongation.
- C.R.L- Constant Rate of Loading.
- C.R.T- Constant Rate of Traverse.
- C.S.-Crank Shaft.
- C.S.P- Count Strength Product.
- C.V%- Co- Efficient of Variation Percentage.
- CAD-Computer Aided Design
- CAM-Computer Aided Manufacturing
- CAP-Corrective Action Plan
- CAV- Critical Application Value.
- CBA-Collective Bargaining Agent
- CBC-Carpet Batching Cloth
- CBI-Center Back Line
- CBM-Cubic Meter
- CCI-Cotton Council International
- CCM-Continuous Count Minus
- CCP-Continuous Count Plus
- CDS-Count Data System
- CEO- Chief executive officer
- CF-Compact Fluorescent
- CF-Cubic Feet
- CFI-Center Front Line
- CFO- Chief financial officer
- CH-Card Hosiery
- CI-Commercial Invoice
- CIF-Cost Insurance and Freight
- CIP- Commercially Important Person
- CIS-Commonwealth Independent State
- CMC-Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose
- CM-Cost of Making/Cut and Make/ Cost of Manufacturing
- CMS-Carboxyl Methyl Starch
- CMT-Cost of Making with Trimmings/Cut, Make & Trim
- CNC- Computer numerical control
- CN-Centi Newton
- CnF-Cost and Freight
- CO- Certificate of Origin
- COC-Code of Conduct
- COD-Cash on Delivery
- COO- Chief operating officer/ Chief Operations Officer
- CPI-Course per Inch
- CPM- Cost per minute
- CPSIA- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CRD-Cargo Receive Date
- CRE-Constant Rate of Elongation/Extension
- CRI-Color Rendering Index
- CRL-Constant Rate of Loading
- CRP- Caustic Recovery Plant
- CSD- Chartered Society of Designers. (U.K).
- CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- CSP-Count Strength Product
- CT-Cycle Time
- CTL- Consumer Testing Laboratories
- C-TPAT – Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism
- CV- Coefficient of Variation
- CVC-Chief Value of Cotton
- CW-Card Weaving
- CWF-Cool White Fluorescent
- CWO- Cash with Order
- D.C.- Draft Constant.
- D.C.C.P.- Draft Constant Change Pinion.
- D.C.P – Draft Change Pinion.
- D65-Artificial Day Light
- D65-Artificial Daylight
- DCP-Draft Change Pinion
- DGM- Deputy general manager
- DHU- Defects per hundred unit.
- DMAIC- Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control
- DMD- Deputy managing director
- DMI – Design Management Institute. (U.K).
- DMT- Di Methyl Terephthalate
- DOP- Director of Operations
- DPR- Daily production report
- DRS- Design Research Society. (U.K).
- DTM- Dyed to Match
- E.P.B.- Exporter Promotion Bureau.
- ED- Executive director
- EDI- Electronic Data Interchange
- EDT – Estimated Delivery Time
- EMB- Embroidery
- EMS- Environment management system
- EPB-Export Promotion Bureau
- EPI – Ends Per Inch
- EPI-Ends Per Inch
- EPZ-Export Processing Zone
- ERP- Enterprise Resource Planning
- ETA -Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETD -Estimated Time of Departure
- ETP- Effluent Treatment Plant
- ETP-Effluent Treatment Plant
- F.F.P- Floating Fiber Percentage.
- F.O.B.- Free on Board.
- F.O.I- Fiber Quality Index.
- FA- Final Audit
- FBCCI- Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries
- FDI-Foreign Direct Investment
- FFP-Floating Fiber Percentage
- FGTN- Finished goods transfer note.
- FI- Final Inspection
- FIFO- First In First Out
- FM- Factory Manager
- FMCG- Fast-moving consumer goods.
- FMEA- Failure mode & effects analysis.
- FMT-Fines Maturity Test
- FOA-Free on Air
- FOB-Free on Board/Freight on Board
- FOC- Free of Charge/ Cost.
- FPT – Fabrics performance test
- FQA-Final Quality Audit
- FQI-Fiber Quality Index
- FTC-Federal Trade Commission
- GAT-General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
- GCR- Garments Check Report
- GDP-Gross Domestic product
- GLM- Gram per Linear Meter
- GLM- Grams per linear meter
- GM- General Manager
- GMT-Garments
- GNP-Gross National Product
- GOTS- Global Organic Textile Standard
- GPQ- Guideline for production and quality
- GPT-Garments Performance Test
- GSD- General Sewing data
- GSM – Grams per square meter
- GSM-Grams per Square Meter
- GSP-Generalized System of Preference
- GW- Gross Weight
- H.E.C.- Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose.
- HOM- Head of manufacturing
- HOO- Head of Operations
- HOP- Head of production
- HR- Human Resource
- HRM- Human Resource Management
- HSC-Highest Standard Count
- HVI-High Volume Instrument
- I.S.O- International Standard Organization.
- IC- Inspection certificate
- ICA- International Color Authority.
- ICB- Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
- ICC- International Chamber of Commerce
- ICSID- International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
- IE-Industrial engineering
- IESD- Industrial Engineering sewing data
- IFC-Immature Fiber Content
- IIC- International Institute for Cotton.
- ILO-International Labor Organization
- IMS-Industrial Management System/Service
- IPC- In-Process Check
- IPE- Industrial and production engineering
- IPI-Imperfection Index
- ISO-International Organization for Standardization
- ITET-Institute of Textile Engineers and Technologist
- KPI – Key Performance Indicator
- L.C.P.- Lifter Change Pinion.
- L.C.W- Lift Change Wheel.
- L.R.- Interlacing Ratio.
- L/C-Letter of Credit
- LCA- Letter of Credit Authorization
- LCP-Lifter Change Pinion
- LDC-Least Developed Country
- LG- Letter of guarantee
- LIFO- Last In First Out
- LINRA -Linen Industry Research Association
- LINRA- Linen Industry Research Association.
- LT- Lead time
- M.D -Mechanical Draft.
- M.M.F- Man-Made Fiber.
- M.R -Moisture Ratio.
- M.T.P.I.- Mechanical Twist Per Inch.
- M:L-Weight of the liquid (water).
- MC-Moisture Content
- MD- Managing director
- MDI- Managing for Daily Improvement
- MD-Mechanical Draft
- MIC- Micronaire Value.
- MIC-Micronaire Value
- MIS- Management Information System
- MMF-Manmade Fiber
- MMT-Measurement
- MOM- Minutes of Meeting.
- MOQ- Minimum order quantity
- MOU-Memorandum of understanding
- MP- Man Power
- MR-Moisture Ratio
- MR-Moisture Regain
- MSDS- Material safety data sheet.
- MTD- Month to Date
- MTM- Measures time in terms
- N.S.A.- No Seam Allowance.
- NGC-New Generation Computing
- NOC- No Objection Certificate
- NPT-Non Productive Time
- NRE-Neps Removal Efficiency
- NSA-No Seam Allowance
- OB- Operation bulletin/ Breakdown
- OCR- Order completion report.
- OCS- Organic Content Standard
- OEE- Overall Equipment Effectiveness
- OQL – Outgoing Quality Level/ Observed Quality Level
- OZ- Ounces
- P.C.W- Production Change Wheel.
- P.I- Pressley’s Index.
- P.L.C.W.- Present Lift Change Wheel.
- P.M .D- Percentage Mean Deviation.
- P.R.W.- Present Ratchet Wheel.
- P.S.I – Pressure per Square Inch.
- P.W- Pooker Wheel.
- P/C – Polyester + Cotton
- PC Fabric- Polyester Cotton Fabric
- PC- Production coordinator
- PCD- Planned Cut Date
- PCW-Production Change Wheel
- PD- Plain Dyed
- PD- Production director
- PDCA- Plan, Do, Check, Act
- PDM-Production Details Manual
- PET-Poly Ethylene Terephthalate
- PFD-Prepared for Dyeing
- PI – Proforma Invoice
- PI-Pressley Index
- PMD-Percentage of Mean Deviation
- PM-Production Manager
- POM- Point of measurement
- PO-Production Order/Purchase Order
- PPC- Production Planning and control
- PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
- PPI – Picks Per Inch
- PPI-Picks Per Inch
- PPM- Pre-production meeting
- PPM-Parts per Million
- PP-Pre Production
- PQI- Practice quality improvement/ Performance and Quality Improvement
- PSI- Pre-shipment Inspection
- PSI-Pounds per Square Inch
- PS-Production Sample
- PTFE- Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene
- PVA- Poly Vinyl Amide
- QA-Quality Assurance
- QC- Quality controller
- QC-Quality Control
- QI- Quality Inspector
- QIP- Quality Improvement Plan
- QMS- Quality Management System
- R.D- Reflectance Degree.
- R.L.C.W.- Required Lift Change Wheel.
- R.P.M -Revolution Per Minute.
- R.P.M. – Revolution Per Minute.
- R.R.W- Required Ratchet Wheel.
- R.W. – Ratchet Wheel.
- RCS- Recycled Claim Standard
- RFD – Ready for Dyeing
- RFD-Ready for Dyeing
- RFID- Radio-frequency identification
- RFT- Right first time.
- RFT-Right First Time
- RH- Relative Humidity
- RMG-Ready Made Garments
- RPM- Revolution per Minute
- RQS- Requirement for quality system
- RSL- Restricted Substances List
- RW-Ratchet Wheel
- S.C.F- Seed- Coat Fragments.
- S.C.I- Spinning Consistency Index.
- S.C.P. – Spindle Change Pinion.
- S.P.M.F- Multi-Function Separator.
- S.S.C.P- Spindle Speed Change Pinion.
- SAM-Standard Allowed Minute
- SCI-Spinning Consistency Index
- SCM- Supply Chain Management
- SCN-Seed Boat Neps
- SCP-Spindle Change Pinion
- SD- Solid Dyed
- SFI-Short Fiber Index
- SKU- Stock Keeping Unit
- SMV-Standard Minute Value
- SOP-Standard Operating Procedure
- SPC- Statistical process control
- SPI- Stitch Per Inch
- SPL- Stitch per length
- SPM- Stitches per Minute
- SPT- Stitch per tack
- SQC- Statistical Quality Control
- SQL-Submitted Quality Level
- SRL- Sensory and Consumer Research
- STP- Sewage Treatment Plants
- T.C.C.P.- Twist Constant Change Pinion.
- T.C.P.- Twist Change Pinion.
- T.D – Time Delay.
- T.F – Twist Factor.
- T.G – Tacho Generator.
- T.M- Twist Multiplier.
- T.P.CM-Twist Per Centimeter.
- T.P.I-Twist Per Inch.
- T.P.M- Twist Per Meter.
- T.R.O- Turkey Red Oil
- T.S.- Top Shaft .
- T.W.- Tapper Wheel.
- T/C – Tetron + Cotton
- TAP-Total Acceptable Product
- TBA- To be announced
- TBC- To be confirmed or to be continued
- TBD- To be discussed/ defined/ decided
- TC- Tetron Cotton
- TCP-Twist Change Pinion
- TCS-Trash Count on Surface
- TF-Twist Factor
- TIN-Tax Identification Number
- TLS- Traffic Light system
- TM-Twist Multiplier
- TMUS- Time measurement units.
- TNA- Time and Action Plan
- TPI-Twist Per Inch
- TPM- Total productive maintenance
- TPM-Twist Per Meter
- TQM – Total Quality Management
- TRL- Technology Readiness Level
- TRO- Turkey Red Oil
- TW-Tapper Wheel
- U.H.M.L- Upper Halt Mean Length.
- U.I – Uniformity Index.
- U.R- Uniformity Ratio.
- UD- Utilization Declaration
- UHML-Upper Half Mean Length
- UI-Uniformity Index
- UPC-Universal Product Code
- UQL-Upper Quarter Length
- UV-Ultraviolet Light
- VFM-Visible Foreign Matter
- VMS- Visual Management System
- VPR-Vendor performance Record
- VSM- Value stream mapping
- W.I- Wear Index.
- W.P.Cm.-Wales Per Centimeter.
- W.P.I.- Wales Per Inch.
- W.T.O.- World Trade Organization.
- WAS-Weekly Audit Schedule
- WH-Working Hour
- WIP- Work In-process
- WIRA- Woolen Industries Research Association.
- WIRA-Woolen Industries Research Association
- WI-Wear Index
- WPI- Wales per Inch
- WR- Water Repellent
- WR- WaterProof
- WTO-World Trade Organization
- WTP- Water Treatment Plant
- WTP-Water Treatment Plant
- XL- Extra Large
- YD- Yarn Dyed
- YTD- Year to Date
- YY- Yielder Per Yard
- References:
- https://ordnur.com/abbreviation/yarn-manufacturing-abbreviations/
- https://ordnur.com/abbreviation/fabric-dyeing-and-printing-abbreviations/
- https://textilemerchandising.com/100-common-abbreviations-textile/
All Textile Abbreviations | Abbreviations used in Textile