" Who controls the vocabulary , controls the knowledge " - FBC>s

IM-FA Tangible Fixed Assets (SAP/ investment mgmt)
IM-FI Financial Investments (SAP/ investment mgmt)
IMFN International Model Forest Network
IMG Implementation Guide (SAP). It gives the system its country + company specific characters.
The system has provision of default values. Select what you need or define others.
Reference IMG = base set, all available transactions and functionalities are in there
Enterprise IMG = typical configured transactions applicable to a company. Can be extended with other modules
Project IMG = subset of the preceding. Needs to be configured to complete a specific project.
project # 1 : with the initial implementation
project # n : for each subsequent rollout of functionalities
IMG Innovation Management Guide (see IM, IMS, IMT)
IMHO In My Humble Opinion (see IL or InLin)
IMINT IMagery INTelligence (see ELINT, HUMINT, SIGINT)
IMIS Inventory Management Information System (SAP)
IMM Inbound Marketing Management (see IMD)
IMM Interactive Multimedia
IMM International Monetary Market (Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
IMO In my Opinion (see IL)
IMO International Maritime Organisation (www.imo.org/)
i-Mode "Japanese pocketable Internet"
IMP Inbound Marketing Process (see IMD, IMM)
IMP Instant Message Programming
IMP Inventory Management Process
"implementation path " in between the "as is " and "to be " (see MOC)
IMS Innovative Management Solutions (see IMT)
IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IMSI International Mobile Station IS
IMT Information Managment Team (see SMT)
IMT Innovation Management Theory (see IM, IMS and our Innovation-related vocabulary list)
IMT Internet Media Type (see MIME)
IMT2000 International Mobile Telecommunications-2000
IMT2000 MC IMT-2000 Multi-Carrier
IMU International Mathematical Union (www.mathunion.org)
IN International Development (R/3 Business Application Area)
IN Intelligent Network (ITU-T)
IN-BVS Integrated Networked Business Voice Solution
inc. incorporated
Incoming links links number pointing to a Website from other Websites
Inconvenient Truth (an) global warming documentary film of former US Vice President Al Gore
Incoterms International Commercial Terms (i.e. CIF, FOB, FAS, …)
indef. indefinite (used in dictionary abbreviation)
Index curr. Stipulated currency for external reporting in high-inflation countries (defined at country level; it can be overrided
during the transaction)
Indexable Web see surface Web
Individual Account has a unique number. The 1st digit=digit of the corresponding Acct class
inf. informally (used in dictionary abbreviation)
INFJ Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Judging used in the MBTI
Inflation Accounting module supporting the inflation complexities w/i high inflation territories
.info .info domain (see DNS)
Infobahn see electronic highway (outdated), information highway (outdated), Internet
Infocube Advanced data storage technology: set of relational tables assembled in a star pattern with a large fact table at the
center surrounded by dimensional tables. The fact table stores key figures at the lowest level of details. Dimensional
tables store characteristics needed for reporting and analyzing these indicators but are not directly interacting as they
are linked to the fact table. The net effect is to multidimensionally store all data in the info cube.
InfoDB comprehensive repository of educational information for training with R/3 functionalities
Info object Key figures and characteristics (data, texts and hierarchies) gathered w/i an info source
Information highway / superhighway see electronic highway (outdated), infobahn (outdated), Internet
Info source pieces of information that logically belong together. Can include transaction data, master data,
text and hierarchies relating to master data also known as info object. Info source = set of
info objects. Each info source is assigned to source systems and to the BIW
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