Process Improvement Acronym Decoder

3P 4P 5C 5S / 6S 5W 5W2H 5Z 6M 6W 7QC 8D ABC ANOM ANOVA APQP AQL BAU BIA CAP CAPA CAR CBR CCD CCR Cmk CMM COC CONC COPIS COPQ COQ Cp Cpk CSSBB CSSGB CTQC CTQ CUSUM DF DFLSS DFMEA DFSS DFX DMADV Production Preparation Process Policies, Procedures, People, Plant/Technologies Clear Out, Configure, Clean and Check, Conformity, Custom and Practice Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain (6S is same but adds Safety) Who, What, When, Where, Why Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, How much Uketorazu, Tsukurazu, Baratsukasazu, Kurikaesazu, Nagasazu Machines, Methods, Materials, Measurements, Mother Nature (Environment), Manpower (People) Who, What, When, Where, Why, Which 7 Quality Control Tools Eight Disciplines Problem Solving Process Activity Based Costing Analysis of Means Analysis of Variance Advanced Product Quality Planning Acceptable Quality Level Business As Usual Business Impact Analysis Change Acceleration Process Corrective and Preventive Action Corrective Action Report Critical Business Requirements Central Composite Design Capacity Constraint Resource Machine Capability index Capability Maturity Model Cost of Conformance Cost of Non-Conformance Customer, Output, Process, Input, Supplier Cost of Poor Quality Cost of Quality Process Potential Index (short term) Process Capability Index (short term) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Critical To Quality Characteristic Critical To Quality Cumulative sum control chart Degrees of Freedom Design For Lean Six Sigma Design Failure Mode and Effect Design for Six Sigma Design for X (where X is any requirement) Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Verify DMAIC DMEDI DOE DOTWIMP DPMO DPO DPU DVPPV ECO ECR ELT ERP ESER EVOP EWMA FAST FCE FIFO FISH FMEA FMVSS FOCUS PDCA GCI GS GQTS GRPI IPO I-TRIZ ICT IDOV IMR IQR IRR ISO ITIL KBC KBI KBR KISS KJ KPI KPIV KPOV LCL LIFO LLB LSL Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control Define-Measure-Explore-Develop-Implement Design of Experiments Defects, Overproduction, Transportation, Waiting, Inventory, Motion, Processing Defects Per Million Opportunities Defects per Opportunity Defects per Unit (DVP&PV) Design Verification, Production and Process Validation Engineering Change Order Engineering Change Request Extract Load Transfer Enterprise Resource Planning Engineering Sample Evaluation Report Evolutionary Operation Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Chart Function Analysis System Technique Frequently Committed Errors First In, First Out First In, Still Here Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Find, Organize, Clarify, Understand, Select, Plan, Do, Check, Act Global Commerce Initiative Glenday Sieve Global Quality Tracking System Goals, Roles, Processes, and Interpersonal Relationships Input-Process-Output Expanded Theory of Inventive Problem Solving Information Communication Technology Identify, Design, Optimize, Validate Individuals and Moving Range chart Inter-Quartile Range Internal Rate of Return International Organization for Standardization Information Technology Infrastructure Library Knowledge Based Community Key Business Issue Key Business Requirement Keep It Simple and Specific Analytical Method by Jiro Kawakita Key Performance Indicator Key Process Input Variables Key Process Output Variable Lower Control Limit Last In, First Out Lean Level of Buffering Lower Specification Limit

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Process Improvement Acronym Decoder

LSS LSSBOK LTPD MEDIC MODAPTS MPS MSA MRP MTBF MTTR NVA OCT OEE OEM OCAP OFAT NPV PCE PDCA PDPC PFA PFMEA PMP PMTS PPAP Pp Ppk PPM PPS PSO PSW PTC PWI Q1 Q2 Q3 QAS QCM QAM QFD QOS QPR QS-9000 R RBI RCFA ROI Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma Body of Knowledge Lot Tolerance Percent Defective Map+Measure, Explore+Evaluate, Define+Descibe, Implement+Improve, Control+Conform Modular Arrangements of Predetermined Time Standards Master Production Schedule Measurement System Analysis Material Requirements Planning Mean Time Between Failures Mean Time to Repair Non-Value Added Operation Cost Target Overall Equipment Effectiveness Original Equipment Manufacturer Out of Control Action Plan One Factor at a Time Net Present Value Process Cycle Efficiency Plan-Do-Check-Act Process Decision Program Charts Passion for Action Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis Project Management Professional Predetermined Motion Time System Production Part Approval Process Process Performance Measure (long term) Process Capability Index (long term) Parts Per Million Production Preparation Schedule Process Sign Off Part Submission Warrant Pass Through Characteristic Process Window Index First Quartile Second Quartile Third Quartile Quality Assurance Schedule Quality Control Manager Quality Assurance Manager Quality Function Deployment Quality Operating System Quality Problem Report Quality System Standard Measure of the strength of the linear association in a correlation analysis Risk Based Inspection Root Cause Failure Analysis Return on Investment RONA RPN RQL RTY RUMBA Return on Net Assets Risk Priority Number Rejectable Quality Level Rolled Throughput Yield Reasonable, Understandable, Measurable, Believable and Achievable SCAMPER Substitute, Combine, Adapt / Adopt, Modify / Magnify / Minify, Put to other Uses, Eliminate, Reverse / Rearrange SCOT Strengths, Challenges, Opportunities and Threats Analysis SIPOC Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers SMED Single-Minute Exchange of Die SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound SMARTER Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Evaluated, and Reviewed SME Subject Matter Expert SOS Standard Operating Sheet SPC Statistical Process Control SREA Supplier Request for Engineering Approval SSBOK Six Sigma Body of Knowledge SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis TAT Turn Around Time TIMWOOD Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overprocessing, Overproduction, Defects TMAP Thought Process Map TOC Theory of Constraints TPM Total Productive Maintenance TPS Toyota Production System TQM Total Quality Management TRIZ Theory of Inventive Problem Solving TVM Total Value Management UCL Upper Control Limit USL Upper Specification Limit VA Value Added VIF Variance Inflation Factor VOB Voice of the Business VOC Voice of the Customer VOE Voice of the Employee VOP Voice of the Process VQD Visual Quality Document WBT Web-based Training XmR Individual and Moving Range chart Zlt Long-term Z-Score Zst Short-term Z-Score

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