PDM = product data management ERP = enterprise resource planning SAP = The name is an initialism of the company’s original German name: Systemanalyse Programm

PDM = product data management ERP = enterprise resource planning SAP = The name is an initialism of the company’s original German name: Systemanalyse Programmentwicklung, which translates to System Analysis Program Development. WBS = work breakdown structure COTS = commercial off the shelf WMS = warehouse management system CRDT = Conflict-free Replicated Data Type Some of these acronyms are quite old, but continue to be used as they make sense to the people in those spaces.