Glossary of weighing and dispensing terms (English – German)

The product, process, regulatory and technical terms used by d-dispensing and its documentation, English and German side by side – for operators, QA, IT and anyone translating or checking the terminology.

Product and process terms

English	German	Explanation
Dispensing / weigh-in	Einwaage	The step (and the bench) where raw materials are weighed into a batch against a BOM
Weighing	Wägung	One instance of pouring and recording a quantity
Batch	Charge	A manufacturing batch; plural Chargen
Batch count	Chargenzahl	How many batches one production order covers
Production order (PA)	Fertigungsauftrag / Produktionsauftrag	What the operator scans to start
Bill of materials (BOM)	Stückliste	List of positions/materials an order needs
Position / line item	Position	One material's target quantity within an order
Remaining requirement	Restbedarf	Target minus quantity dispensed so far
Container	Behälter / Gebinde	What material is taken from
Empty container	Leergebinde	Target vessel when taring
Tare	Tara	Zeroing the scale for the vessel's own weight
Container / lot identifier	Quant / Quant-Nr.	Scanned to verify the right container
Operator	Bediener	The person at the bench
Finish weighing	Wägung abschließen	The action that stores, labels and books
Proof of charging	Einbringungsnachweis	Confirms the dispensed material was added to the process vessel
Tolerance band	Toleranzband	Allowed range (% of target) a weighing/position must land in
Partial quantity	Teilmenge	One of several weighings for the same position
Site server	Standort-Server	One per plant: ERP integration, booking, audit trail
Station agent	Stationsagent	Service per bench: scale, printer, local store
Outbox	Outbox	Durable local store for weighings not yet transmitted
Idempotent	idempotent	A repeated transmission never causes a double booking
Stock movement	Lagerbewegung	Booking of consumption in ERP/WMS
Audit trail	Audit-Trail	Tamper-evident record of all weighings, refusals, licence checks and updates
Hash chaining	Hash-Verkettung	Each entry carries a checksum of the previous one; later changes become detectable
Checkpoint	Checkpoint	Verification point in the audit trail QA can check

Regulatory terms (short)

Term	Explanation
GMP	Good Manufacturing Practice; in the EU: EU GMP Guide (EudraLex Vol. 4)
EU GMP Part I, Chapter 4	Documentation (incl. batch record)
EU GMP Part I, Chapter 5	Production (incl. dispensing of starting materials)
Annex 11	Computerised systems (audit trail, security, validation)
Annex 15	Qualification and validation
GAMP 5	ISPE industry guide for risk-based validation of computerised systems
21 CFR Part 11	US rule on electronic records and signatures
ALCOA+	Data-integrity principles: attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, accurate + complete, consistent, enduring, available
ISO 22716	Good manufacturing practice for cosmetics
CLP Regulation	EU regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
GHS	Globally Harmonized System – hazard pictograms and signal words
Second-person check (Vier-Augen-Prinzip)	Independent verification by another person
EBR	Electronic batch record
MES	Manufacturing execution system
IQ / OQ / PQ	Installation, operational, performance qualification

Technical terms

Term	Explanation
MT-SICS	Mettler Toledo serial interface protocol
RHEWA protocol	Fixed-width protocol family of RHEWA scales
ZPL	Zebra Programming Language – label description language for Zebra printers
Ed25519	Signature scheme used to sign software releases
Manifest	Signed description of a release (artifacts, sizes, checksums)
ErpPort	The site server's integration interface to ERP/WMS

Based on the Capabilities & Positioning Guide, §14.