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- 8tribute
- Company Intelligence from Austria for mid-market organisations. Turns structured company documentation into navigable, verified knowledge with source citation.
A
- Allergen management
- Procedures in food operations to separate allergens and prevent cross-contamination. Mandatory under IFS Food, BRCGS, FSSC 22000.
- Audit preparation
- Collecting evidence for internal or external audits. With 8tribute, evidence accumulates continuously instead of being gathered before each audit.
C
- CAPA
- Corrective and Preventive Actions — mandatory in QM and food-safety systems. In 8tribute, corrections become lasting knowledge blocks.
- Clause 7.1.6 (ISO 9001)
- Requirement in ISO 9001:2015 for "organisational knowledge". Demands that necessary process knowledge be determined, maintained, and made available — the core that 8tribute addresses.
- Company Intelligence
- Category 8tribute describes: a curated knowledge instance for an entire organisation, in contrast to general AI chatbots or personal assistants.
- Continuous improvement
- Ongoing process of improvement (KVP in German). In 8tribute, corrections, follow-up questions and experiences become blocks that improve the system over time.
D
- Document control
- Controlled management of valid document versions in QM. Stays in your existing QM system; every knowledge block in 8tribute is tagged with source and version.
- Documented information
- Term from ISO 9001 clause 7.5. Covers released QM documents. 8tribute builds on top of it but does not replace formal control.
E
- Embedding
- Numerical representation of text that makes semantic similarity measurable. Foundation of 8tribute search — employees find the right answer even with different wording.
- Employee onboarding
- Structured path for new hires. With 8tribute, it becomes an actively used learning path with self-checks instead of a checklist in the drawer.
G
- GDPR
- EU General Data Protection Regulation. 8tribute hosts data in Frankfurt (Germany) and does not use it to train third-party AI models.
H
- HACCP
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points — mandatory system in food operations. 8tribute makes HACCP plans and CCP procedures available in daily shift work.
- Hallucination (AI)
- When an AI model produces plausible-sounding but factually incorrect statements. 8tribute reduces this because answers are tied to verified blocks with source citation.
I
- IFS Food
- International Featured Standard Food — GFSI-recognised food-safety standard. Requires documented training and lived hygiene procedures.
K
- Knowledge block
- Smallest unit of knowledge in 8tribute: one content piece from a source, classified by topic/action, with identity, context, and links.
- Knowledge instance
- Term in 8tribute for the curated, organisation-wide knowledge representation. Distinct from personal assistants or general AI models.
- Knowledge map
- Thematic overview of all knowledge blocks of a company, auto-generated in 8tribute via hybrid clustering. Helps employees orient themselves.
L
- Learning path / knowledge path
- Structured sequence of knowledge blocks with optional self-check. Can be generated from existing documentation — for onboarding or upskilling.
- LMS
- Learning Management System (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone, eloomi). Manages formal training. 8tribute sits alongside and provides daily answers + active learning paths.
R
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
- Technique where an AI model produces answers from previously found text passages. Classical RAG systems know "files"; 8tribute knows the company — curated, linked, role-aware.
S
- Self-check
- Multiple-choice or open questions in learning paths. In 8tribute they also provide knowledge-gap signals for HR and QM.
- Semantic search
- Search that considers meaning, not just keywords. In 8tribute with embedding-based ranking and verb synonyms, multilingual DE/EN.
- Skill matrix
- Overview of existing and required competencies per role. 8tribute connects it with learning-path completions and self-check results.
T
- Topics & Actions
- Classification axes in 8tribute: Topic = what is it about? (objects, themes) — Action = what is being done? (activities). Carry search, knowledge map, and paths.