| Acronym | Meaning |
| 2016/161/EU | EU Directive on Falsified Medicines |
| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| 6σ | Six Sigma |
| AAA | Asian Anti-Counterfeit Association |
| ABPI | Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries |
| AI | Application Identifier |
| AIDC | Automatic Identification and Data Capture |
| ANVISA | The National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance in Brazil |
| API | Active Pharmaceitical Industries |
| APR | Annual Product Review |
| APS | Advanced Planning and Scheduling |
| BPC | Bulk Pharmaceutical Chemicals |
| CAPA | Corrective And Preventive Action |
| CDRH | Center for Device Evaluation and Radiological Health |
| CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
| CFDA | China Food and Drug Administration |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFR 21 part 11 | CFR Titel 21 part 11 Electronic records, electronic signatures |
| CGMP | Current Good Manufacturing Practice |
| CIP | Cleaning in Place |
| CIS | Clinical Information System |
| CMO | Contract Manufacturing Organization |
| CoC | Chain of Custody |
| CoO | Chain of Ownership |
| COP | Cleaning off place |
| CPSI | Canadian Patient Safety Institute |
| CR | Change Request |
| CRO | Contract (Clinical) Research Organisation |
| CSV | Computer System Validation |
| DCS | Distributed Control System |
| DIP | Drying in Place |
| DMC | Data Matrix Code |
| DSCSA | Drug Supply Chain Security Act |
| EBR | Electronic Batch Record |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDL | Essential Drug List |
| EFPIA | Europ. Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Associations |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| eMAR | electronic Medicine Administration Record |
| EMVO | European Medicines Verification Organisation |
| EMVS | European Medicines Verification System |
| EPC | Electronic Product Code |
| EPCIS | Electronic Product Code Information Services |
| ePedigree | Electronic Pedigree |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Test |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDS | Functional Design Specification |
| FMD | Falsified Medicines Directive |
| FSD | Functional Specifications Document |
| GAMP | Good Automated Manufacturing Practice |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
| GDSN | Global Data Synchronization Network |
| GDTI | Global Document Type Identifier |
| GIAI | Global Individual Asset Identifier |
| GLN | Global Location Number |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practice |
| GMDN | Global Medical Device Nomenclature |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| GS1 | Organization that develops and maintains widely used codes |
| GSM | Global Standard Management Process |
| GSRN | Global Service Relationship Number |
| GTIN | Global Trade Item Number |
| GTSH | Global Traceability Standard for Healthcare |
| HDMA | Healthcare Distribution Management Association |
| HIT | Healthcare Information Technology |
| HMI | Human Machine Interface |
| IACC | International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition |
| ICCBBA | International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation, Inc. |
| IEC | International Electronical Commission |
| IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization |
| IMDRF | International Medical Device Regulators Forum (formerly named GHTF) |
| IPC | In Process Control |
| ISA | International Society of Automation |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISPE | International Society for Pharmaceuticals Engineering |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| MAH | Marketing Authorization Holder |
| MBR | Master Batch Record |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution System |
| MRP | Manufacturing Resource Planning |
| NCeP | Network Centric ePedigree |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| NHRN | National Healthcare Reimbursement Number |
| NMVO | National Medicines Verification Organization |
| NTIN | National Trade Item Number |
| NVS | National Verification System |
| OBP | Onboarding Partner |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OCV | Optical Character Verification |
| OEE | Overall Equipment Effectiveness |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturers |
| ONS | Object Name Service |
| OPE | Overall Process Effectiveness |
| OTC | Over-The-Counter |
| PAT | Process Analytical Technology |
| PCS | Process Control System |
| PIA | Product Identifier Authentication |
| PLM | Product Lifecycle Management |
| PQR | Product Quality Review |
| PRM | Product Requirements Documents |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QFD | Quality Function Deployment |
| QP | Qualified Person |
| RbE | Review by Exception |
| RFC | Remote Function Call |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| RTM | Requirement Traceability Matrix |
| Rx Drugs | Prescription Drugs |
| SAT | Site Acceptance Test |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SCM | Supply Chain Management |
| SDS | Software Design Specification |
| SFC | Sequential Function Chart |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPC | Statistical Process Control |
| SRIN | Service Relation Instance Number |
| SSCC | Serial Shipping Container Code |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TDS | Tag Data Standard |
| TPM | Total Productive Maintenance |
| TQC | Total Quality Control |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| Traxeed | Serialization Solutions from Level 1 to Level 5 |
| UC | Unit Cost |
| UDI | Unique Device Identification |
| UDID | Unique Device Identification Database |
| URS | User Requirement Specification |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIP | Work in Process |
| WR | Work Request |
