====== Information Management (IM) Acronyms ====== This section holds any acronyms associated with the IM function. ^Acronym^Full Term^Usage^ |ADD-Lite|Asset Data Dictionary Lite|Terminology used for Assets in the engineering side of the business| |AKBS| |Asset Knowledge Business Support| |AMT-Sybex| |Original contractor and UK supplier of Ellipse.| |APEX|Oracle Application Express|Formerly Oracle HTML DB. This is a lightweight web application tool which requires no software installation on the client| |ARCSYS?| |System for geographical locationb matching on NR track network. Should be central point for all geo-spatial lookups| |CAI|Corporate Asset Inventory|Cross matching of assets in the different systems| |CICS|Customer Information Control System|CICS is a transaction processing system designed for both online and batch activity.
A transaction is basically a set of operations performing a task| |CNM|Corporate Network Model|Manages all network related data such as track data, ballast and posessions. Now part of the GI Portal| |EC|Equipment Class|Term used to denote a class of assets for Ellipse| |ERP|Enterprise Resource Planning|A tool used for planning consumption, generation and maintenance of a company's resources | |FMS|Fault Management System| | |GeoGis| |Geographical system with node locations for track layout etc.| |GZAM|Green Zone Access Management|Used to allocate & co-ordinate green zones (i.e. safe working areas) when performing maintenance| |IM|Infrastructure Management|The actual maintenance arm of Network Rail| |IM|Information Management|The IT arm of of Network Rail| |IWOC| | Work Order Closure | |MDM| | | |MIMS | | | |NESA|North East Section Appendix|The North East specific section of the Sectional Appendix | |NST| | | |RDMS|Rail Defect Management System|System used to log defects found by engineers. Generates WAFS| |ROT|Right On Track|A small access system used in Scotland for Access Point management| |SA|Sectional Appendix| | |TASR|Track Asset System Replacement|Name for the programme to rationalise and consolidate multiple track asset systems. Will eventually replace GeoGis| |TRUST|Performance Monitoring|A mainframe system that reports cross-rail delays and performance. Not NR| ====== Document Acronyms ====== ^Acronym^Full Term^Usage^ |IP|Investment Proposal|Uses for financial approval of any PDR based project| |OPIS|Oracle Projects Input Sheet|Used to initiate a project in Oracle Projects. This ties into Oracle Financials as well| |PDR|Project Definition Report|Equivalent to a PID| |PRF|Pipeline Request Form|Used to initiate an entry into the pipeline| |WAFS |Work agreement form| | |WON | Word Order Notification| ====== Organsational Acronyms ====== ^Acronym^Full Term^Usage^ |DEC|Data Entry Clerks|The people who enter the data for the depot / area schedulers| |IMM|Infrastructure Maintenance Manager| | |II|Intelligent Infrastructure| | |MST| | | |RSM| | | |SMP| | | |TMD|Territory Maintenance Director| | ====== Other Acronyms ====== ^Acronym^Full Term^Usage^ |NR|Network Rail| | |ELR|Engineering Line Reference| |FOC|Freight Operating Company|The freight users of the railway network| |MBR|Management Business Review|Monthly review of operations held by Steve Featherstone et al.| |ORR|Office of the Rail Regulator|The government oversight body for the rail industry| |TOC|Train Operating Company|The normal train users of the railway network|