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BB—black belt, a full-time improvement expert
CCR—critical customer requirement
CI—continuous improvement
CODN—cost of doing nothing
COPQ—cost of poor quality
COW—cost of waste
CTC—critical to customer
CTQ—critical to quality
DFSS—design for six sigma
DMAIC—define, measure, analyze, improve, control
DPM—defects per million
DPMO—defects per million opportunities
DPU—defects per unit
ERP—enterprise resource planning
EVA—expected value analysis; also economic value added
FMEA—failure mode and effects analysis
FPY—first pass yield
FRACAS—failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system
FTA—fault tree analysis
GB—green belt, a part-time improvement specialist
HTT—high throughput testing
IDOV—identify, design, optimize, validate
IPO—input, process, output
KBM—knowledge based management
KISS—keep it simple statistically
LCL—lower control limit
Lean—eliminating 7 hidden wastes
LSL—lower specification limit
LSS—lean six sigma
MBB—master black belt, full-time improvement expert who trains and coaches BBs
MDO—multidisciplinary design optimization
MSA—measurement system analysis
MTBF—mean time between failure
OE—operational excellence
PCOR—prioritize, characterize, optimize, realize
PF/CE/CNX—process flow/cause and effect/constant, noise, experimental
POKA YOKE—mistake proofing
QMS—quality management system
ROI—return on investment
ROT—rule of thumb
RPN—risk priority number
RTY—rolled throughput yield
SIPOC—supplier, input, process, output, customer
SMED—single minute exchange of dies
SOP—standard operating procedure
TA—tolerance allocation
TOC—theory of constraints
TQM—total quality management
TRIZ—theory of inventive problem solving (not direct translation)
UCL—upper control limit
USL—upper specification limit
VOC—voice of customer
VOP—voice of process
5S—sort, store, shine, standardize, sustain (translated)
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