A network device that interconnects two networks that may have different protocols (see Bridges and Routers).
Generic Level
Contains those parts of an Architecture which are generic to many systems. [CIM-OSA]
GM C4
The General Motors program that looks to set a variety of standards for all levels of manufacturing applications. The two parts of the program that are most developed include standards for communications technology, as well as CAD/CAM software and hardware.
Goals
Specific targets for a period of time.
Gross Margin
Selling price - product cost.
Gross Requirements
The total of independent and dependent demands for a part or an assembly prior to netting on-hand and scheduled receipts. [APIC].
Group Technology Classification by Process
A means of coding parts or processes based on the similarities of the parts or grouping parts into product families or grouping production equipment together to produce a family of parts [CMSG]. It provides for rapid retrieval of existing designs and anticipates a cellular-type equipment layout. [APIC]. In this context it is the code or classification for a process.
Group Technology Classification by Product
A means of coding parts or processes based on the similarities of the parts or grouping parts into product families or grouping production equipment together to produce a family of parts. [CMSG]. It provides for rapid retrieval of existing designs and anticipates a cellular-type equipment layout. [APIC]. In this context, it is the code or classification for a product.
Group Technology Data
A means of coding parts or processes based on the similarities of the parts or grouping parts into product families or grouping production equipment together to produce a family of parts. [CMSG]. It provides for rapid retrieval of existing designs and anticipates a cellular-type equipment layout. [APIC].
Grouping Departments by Process
An organizational structure where the main departments of the organization are grouped by distinctly different production processes - for example, by technology, flow, or parallel processes.
Grouping Departments by Products
An organizational structure where the main departments of the organization are grouped by major product lines.
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
A generic user interface. Examples include Microsoft Windows and Unix X-Windows. IBM has made it part of SAA and supports it on the PS/2. Other examples of a GUI include OpenLook, OSF's Motif and Apple's Macintosh interface.
A comprehensive GUI environment includes four components:
a graphics library,
a user interface tool kit,
a user interface style guide and
consistent applications.
A graphics library provides a high-level graphics programming interface. The user-interface tool kit, built on top of the graphics library, provides application programs with mechanisms for creating and managing the dialogue elements of the WIMPS interface. The user interface style guide specifies how applications should employ the dialogue elements to present a consistent, easy-to-use environment (i.e., "feel") to the user. Application program conformance with a single user interface style is the primary determinant of ease of learning and use and, thus, of application effectiveness and user productivity.
Guidelines
Provided to ensure a consistent application of a Reference Architecture and/or Reference Shells when creating particular models. [CIM-OSA].