| 3CPR |
3rd Party Containment Problem Report |
| 3D |
3 Dimensional |
| 4M1D |
Man, Machine, Material, Method and Design |
| 4M1E |
Man, Machine, Material, Method and Effects |
| 5M |
Man, Machine, Material, Method and Measurement |
| 5M1E |
Man, Machine, Material, Method, Measurement and Environment (Mother Nature) |
| 5P |
Méthode des 5 Pourquoi (French) (5 Whys) |
| 5S |
The name comes from five Japanese words that all begin with the letter "S.". Methodology of a workplace organization & continuous improvement |
| 5W1H |
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. It is used both in problem solving and in project planning. |
| 5Why |
The 5 Whys Process We Use to Understand the Root of Any Problem |
| 6 sigma |
Set of tools & strategies for process improvement |
| 7 Waste |
Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Overprocessing, Defects (Lean Manufacturing) |
| 8D |
Eight Disciplines Problem Solving |
| AIAG |
Automotive Industry Action Group |
| AIAG/VDA |
AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) and VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie, or the German Association of the Automotive Industry) |
| APQP |
Advanced Product Quality Planning |
| AQR |
Adicional Quality Requirement |
| ASN |
Advanced Shipping Notice |
| AV |
Appraiser Variation (Reproducibility) |
| AVIEXP |
Despatch Advice. Message sent through EDI connexion just after shipping |
| B/P |
Break Point |
| B2B |
Business to Business |
| BCP |
Business Continuity Plan (document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue operating during an unplanned event) |
| bias |
The difference between the observed average of measurements and a reference value. (MSA) |
| BOM |
Bill Of Material |
| Bottleneck |
A bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is less than demand |
| BTAB |
Business Transfer Approval Board |
| By-pass |
Back-up solution |
| CARE |
Customer Acceptance Review & Evaluation |
| CAPA |
Corrective and Preventive Actions |
| CAT |
Capacity Assessment Tool |
| CFT |
Cross Functional Team |
| CMG |
Corporate Management Group |
| CMP |
Corporate Management Plant |
| CNC |
Control of Non-Conforming Product |
| COFOR |
COde FOurnisseuR (Supplier Code) |
| Constraint |
Worst bottleneck which defines system output |
| Containment |
Action to contain non-conformance (usually sorting) till countermeasure or corrective action implemented |
| Corrective maintenance |
Maintenance operations performed after breakdown |
| Countermeasures |
Temporally action to replace containment action till corrective action implemented |
| CP |
Control Plan |
| Cp/Cpk |
Process Capability and Process Capability Index (Cp is the capacity of the process to abide by the strategic classification for a product.Cpk estimates the variation of the process from the center inside the tolerance range) |
| CPC |
Control Plan Characteristics |
| Cpk |
Process Capability Index |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality Improvement |
| CQI audits |
AIAG Special Process Assessments |
| CS |
Controlled Shipping |
| CS1/CS2 |
Control Ship level 1 and level 2 |
| CSE |
Essential Monitored Characteristic |
| CSR |
Customer (OEM)-Specific Requirements |
| CST |
Customer Specific Tool which owned by customer or dedicated to a specific product (non-versatile) |
| CTF |
Technical and Functional Characteristics |
| DDP |
Delivery Duty Paid |
| DELFOR |
Delivery Forecast. Message |
| DFA |
Design for Assembly |
| DFM |
Design for Manufacturing |
| DFM&A (or DMA) |
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly |
| DFMEA |
Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
| Dirt |
It is an undesired foreign inclusion affects to appearance |
| DUNS |
The Data Universal Numbering System, abbreviated as DUNS or D-U-N-S |
| DV |
Design Verification |
| DVP&R |
Design Verification Plan & Report |
| E.S.CAP.E |
Electronics Software CAPability Evaluation |
| ECN |
Engineering Change Notice / Notification |
| ECR |
Engineering Change Request |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange. Several standards available: ODETTE (Europe), EDIFACT (World), ANSI ASC X12 (N. America) |
| EI |
Initial Samples |
| EP |
Error Proofing |
| EV |
Equipment Variation (Repeatability) |
| FAI |
First Article Inspection |
| FCLA |
Purchasing Logistics Cost Form |
| FETE |
Technical-Economic Change Sheet |
| FIFO |
First In, First Out |
| FMEA |
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
| FR |
Fast Response |
| FRACAS |
Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System |
| FTQ |
First Time Quality |
| Gage R@R |
Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility |
| Gauge R&R |
Gauge Repeatability (EV) and Reproducibility (AV) |
| GD&T |
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing |
| GIM |
Global Issue Management |
| GP12 |
Global Procedure #12 (Early Production Containment) |
| GPDS |
Global Product Development System |
| GRR |
Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility |
| HR |
Human Resourses |
| IATF |
International Automotive Task Force |
| ICA |
Interim Corrective Action |
| ID |
Identification |
| ILG |
Inbound Logistics |
| IMDS |
International Material Data System |
| IpB |
Incident per Billion |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| JIT |
Just In Time |
| Kanban |
Scheduling system for just-in-time production |
| KPC |
Key Product Characteristic |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| KVP |
Continuous Improvement Process (Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess) |
| Level 1 maintenance |
Basic maintenance operations performed by manufacturing |
| Logistic protocol |
Contract between a supplier & a customer to define logistics rules, that have to be respected to insure the correct realization of the various logistic processes |
| LPA |
Layered Process Audit |
| LPASK |
Layered Process Audit & Skills Management |
| MAI |
Maintenance |
| MC |
Managing Change |
| MIFA |
Material & Information Flow Analysis |
| MLP |
Manuel Logistique PSA |
| MMFM |
Manufacturing & Material Flow Management |
| MMOGLE |
Materials Management Operational Guidelines/Logistics Evaluation |
| MPA |
Mass Production Assessment |
| MPS |
Master Production Schedule |
| MRP |
Material Requirement Planning |
| MRS |
Manufacturing Requirement for Suppliers |
| MSA |
Measurement Systems Analysis |
| MSB |
Most Significant Bit (or Byte) |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Before Failure |
| MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair/Recover |
| NBH |
New Bussiness Hold |
| NC |
Non-Conforming |
| NCR |
Non-Conformance Report |
| NPD |
New Product Development |
| NPI |
New Product Introduction |
| NR |
Not Relevant |
| NSA |
New Supplier Audit |
| OEE |
Overall Equipment Effectiveness |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OEMs |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OLG |
Outbound Logistics |
| OT |
Off Tool |
| OTOP |
Off Tool Off Process |
| P |
Vehicle Function |
| P/N |
Part Number |
| PACT |
Action plan short term (Amad@us system) |
| PAMT |
Action plan long term (Amad@us system) |
| PCA |
Preventive Corrective Action |
| PCP |
Process Control Plan |
| PCPA |
Process Control Plan Audit |
| PDCA |
Plan – Do – Check – Act |
| PDR |
Product Demostration Run |
| PFD |
Process Flow Diagrams |
| PFMEA |
Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
| PIS |
Part Inspection Standard (Key Characteristics) |
| PM |
Preventive Maintenance |
| PPAP |
Production Part Approval Process |
| PPAP WS |
PPAP Worksheet (GM1411) |
| PPC |
Parts and Process Control |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| Ppk |
Preliminary Process Capability Index |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
| PPQ |
Progressive Process Qualification |
| PPSR |
Practical Problem Solving Report |
| PQC |
Product Quality Control |
| PR/PPR |
Program Review/Program Process Review |
| PRAS+Process |
Parts Return Analysis System |
| Preventive maintenance |
Maintenance operations planned and performed to prevent breakdown |
| PTR |
Production Trial Run |
| PV |
Process Validation (tests validating the prodution tooling, methods, and process used to manufacture a component. Parts shall be run at full speed. Tests must be perfomed on parts representative of production design configuration and made from prodution tooling (OTOP parts)) |
| QMS |
Quality Management System |
| QNCR |
Quality Non-Conformity Report |
| QRS |
Quality Requiment for Supplier |
| R |
Regulatory |
| R&R |
Repeatability and Reproducibility (gages R&R) |
| R@R |
Run at Rate |
| RC |
Root Cause |
| RCA |
Root Cause Analysis |
| RFQ |
Request For Quotation |
| RGA |
Rule for General Assembly |
| Rotation Index |
Time for a packaging to go through the full packaging loop (full/empty) |
| RPN |
Risk Priority Number |
| RR |
Risk Reduction |
| S |
Safety |
| S&OP |
Sales and Operations Planning |
| SAP |
Software for the management of business processes, developing solutions that facilitate effective data processing and information flow across organizations |
| Sediment |
Small particles of material that will adversely affect the function of the product |
| SIPOC |
Suppliers – Inputs – Process – Outputs – Customers |
| SME |
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise |
| SMED |
Single Minute Exchange of Die |
| SOD |
Severity - Occurrence - Detection |
| SOP |
Start of Production |
| SOR |
Statement of Requirements |
| SP |
Spare Part |
| SP&EP |
Start of Production & Error Proofing Management |
| SPC |
Statistical Process Control |
| SPM |
Strategy and Project Management |
| SQ |
Supplier Quality |
| SQM |
Supplier Quality Manual (for xP) |
| SSF |
Safety Stock Warehouse |
| SW |
Standardized Work |
| SWI |
Standardized Work Instruction |
| Taxi |
Tracking of Premium Freight |
| TCS |
Traction Control Regulation |
| TKO |
Tooling Kick off |
| TML |
Tata Motors Limited |
| TPM |
Total Productive Maintenance |
| TR |
Training |
| TSB |
Technical Service Bulletin |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus (is a plug and play interface that allows a computer to communicate with peripheral and other devices) |
| VDA |
Verband der Automobilindustrie (German Association of the Automotive Industry) |
| VOC |
Voice Of Customer |
| VS |
Verification Station |
| vs. |
Versus |
| VSM |
Value Stream Mapping |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
| WI |
Work Instruction |
| WIM |
Warranty Issues Management |
| WIP |
Work In Process |
| xFCA - NA |
exFCA Noth America |
