Quality Acronyms – Flash Cards

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• TRIZ
  Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (Russian Term)
• KPI
  Key Performance Indicator
• MTBF
  Mean Time Between Failures
• 5W2H
  Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, How much
• DPO
  Defects per Opportunity
• USL
  Upper Specification Limit
• LCL
  Lower Control Limit
• COPQ
  Cost of Poor Quality
• VOP
  Voice of the Process
• SPC
  Statistical Process Control
• DFLSS
  Design For Lean Six Sigma
• FMEA
  Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
• PDCA
  Plan, Do, Check, Act
• TQM
  Total Quality Management
• CONC
  Cost of Non-Conformance
• VOE
  Voice of the Employee
• COPIS
  Customer, Output, Process, Input, Supplier (Reverse of SIPOC)
• DMAIC
  Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
• USL
  Upper Specification Limit
• CONC
  Cost of Non-Conformance
• EWMA
  Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Chart
• VOB
  Voice of the Business
• UCL
  Upper Control Limit
• COQ
  Cost of Quality
• APQP
  Advanced Product Quality Planning
• RCFA
  Root Cause Failure Analysis
• DFSS
  Design for Six Sigma
• 8D
  Eight Disciplines Problem Solving Process
• TIMWOOD
  Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-processing, Overproduction, Defects (7 Wastes)
• CUSUM
  Cumulative sum control chart
• DFMEA
  Design Failure Mode and Effect
• RTY
  Rolled Throughput Yield
• UCL
  Upper Control Limit
• COPQ
  Cost of Poor Quality
• SPC
  Statistical Process Control
• LIFO
  Last In, First Out
• DOE
  Design of Experiments
• CAR
  Corrective Action Report
• CTQC
  Critical To Quality Characteristic
• ISO
  International Organization for Standardization
• TOC
  Theory of Constraints
• SIPOC
  Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers
• Pp
  Process Performance Measure
• DPU
  Defects per Unit
• LSS
  Lean Six Sigma
• LSL
  Lower Specification Limit
• QFD
  Quality Function Deployment
• SWOT
  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis
• IRR
  Internal Rate of Return
• DF
  Degrees of Freedom
• CSSGB
  Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
• SWOT
  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis
• 5S
  Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
• RPN
  Risk Priority Number
• SMED
  Single Minute Exchange of Die
• LTPD
  Lot Tolerance Percent Defective
• DMADV
  Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify
• PPM
  Parts Per Million
• CSSBB
  Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• SMART
  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound
• CTQ
  Critical To Quality
• PDCA
  Plan, Do, Check, Act
• KPOV
  Key Process Output Variable
• Ppk
  Process Capability Index
• MTTR
  Mean Time to Repair
• LSL
  Lower Specification Limit
• TIMWOOD
  Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-processing, Overproduction, Defects (7 Wastes)
• CAPA
  Corrective and Preventive Action
• KPI
  Key Performance Indicator
• ROI
  Return on Investment
• MSA
  Measurement System Analysis
• ISO
  International Organization for Standardization
• AQL
  Acceptable Quality Level
• CAR
  Corrective Action Report
• LCL
  Lower Control Limit
• PFMEA
  Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis
• COQ
  Cost of Quality
• TQM
  Total Quality Management
• Cp
  Process Potential Index
• Cpk
  Process Capability Index
• IPO
  Input, Process, Output
• VOC
  Voice of the Customer
• VA
  Value Added
• SMART
  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound
• 5W
  Who, What, When, Where, Why
• VA
  Value Added
• COC
  Cost of Conformance
• ROI
  Return on Investment
• PDPC
  Process Decision Program Charts
• LIFO
  Last In, First Out
• KPIV
  Key Process Input Variables
• CAPA
  Corrective and Preventive Action
• PDCA
  Plan, Do, Check, Act
• ANOVA
  Analysis of Variance
• RCFA
  Root Cause Failure Analysis
• DPMO
  Defects Per Million Opportunities
• COC
  Cost of Conformance