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A   B   C   D   E   F   G    H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z 
A
 ABB - Activity-Based Budgeting Go to Index
ABC - Activity-Based Costing  
Abnormalities  
Absorption Costing  
AQL - Acceptable Quality Level  
Acceptance Number  
  Acceptance Sampling Plan  
  Accessory Planning  
  Accountability  
  Accuracy  
  Action Plan  
  Activity  
  Activity Model  
  Affinity Diagram  
  AIQ - Average Incoming Quality  
  Algorithm  
  Algorithm Analysis  
  Alignment  
  Alpha Risk  
  Alternate Hypothesis  
  Analysis  
  Anderson-Darling Normality Test  
  Andon  
  Anomaly  
  ANOVA - Analysis of Variance  
  AOQ - Average Outgoing Quality  
  APQP - Advanced Product Quality Planning  
  Artisan Process  
  A-Square  
  Assessment  
  Assignable Cause  
  Assurance  
  AQL - Assured Quality Level  
  Attribute-Based Cost System  
  Attribute Data  
  Audit  
  Authority  
  Autocorrelation  
  Availability  
   
B
 B10 Life Go to Index
Back-Date  
Balanced Experiment  
Balanced Scoreboard  
Bar Chart  
Baseline  
  Baseline Measures  
  Batch  
  Batch-and-Queue  
  BAU - Business As Usual  
  BB - Black Belt  
  Benchmarking  
  Best Practice  
  Beta Risk  
  Bias  
  Bimodal Distribution  
  Black Noise  
  Block Diagram  
  Blocking  
  Box Cox Transformation  
  Box Plot  
  BPMS - Business Process Management System  
  Brainstorming  
  Breakthrough Objectives  
  BRM - Business Risk Management  
  Business process  
  BPR - Business Process Reengineering  
  Business Value-Added  
     
C
 Calibration Go to Index
Calibration interval  
Capability  
Capability Analysis  
  Capacity  
  Causality  
  Cause  
  Cause & Effect Diagram  
  CCR - Critical Customer Requirement  
  CE - Concurrent Engineering  
  Cell  
  Center  
  Center Points  
  Central Limit Theorem  
  Central Tendency  
  Chaku-Chaku  
  Chaku-Chaku Line  
  Change Agent  
  Changeover  
  Characteristic  
  Charter  
  Chi-Square Test  
  CI - Continuous Improvement  
  Circumstance  
  C-L+A76evel  
  COC - Cost of Conformance  
  Coefficient of Variation  
  Common Cause  
  Competitive Advantage  
  CONC - Cost of Non-Conformance  
  Concomitant Variable  
  Condition  
  Confidence Interval  
  Confidence Level  
  Conformance  
  Consistency  
  Consumer's Risk  
  Continuous Flow  
  Continuous Flow Production  
  Control  
  Control Chart  
  Control Limits  
  Control Point  
  COPIS  
  COPQ - Cost of Poor Quality  
  COQ - Cost of Quality  
  Corrective action  
  Correlation  
  Cost Target  
  CP - Control Plan  
  Crash  
  Customer  
  CRM - Customer Relationship Management  
  Cycle Time  
     
D
 Dashboard Go to Index
Data  
Data Analysis  
  Data Corruption  
  Data Integrity  
  Defect  
  Deming Cycle  
  Dependent Variable  
  Deployment Plan  
  Design Optimization  
  Design Risk  
  Detection  
  Deviation  
  DF- Degrees of Freedom  
  DFSS - Design for Six Sigma  
  Direct Cost  
  Directive  
  Discrete Data  
  DMADV - Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify  
  DMAIC - Define, Measure Analyze, Improve, Control  
  Downstream  
  DPMO - Defects per Million Opportunities  
  DPU - Defects per Unit  
  Dyads  
     
E
 E/I Transducer Go to Index
Effect  
Effectiveness  
Efficiency  
  Exit Criteria  
  External Customers  
  External Failure  
   
F
 F test Go to Index
Facilitate  
Factor  
  Feasibility  
  First-Time Yield  
  Fishbone Diagram  
  Five Ss  
  Five Why's  
  Fixed Cost  
  Flow  
  Flow Chart  
  FMEA - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis  
  FMECA - Failure Modes and Criticality Analysis  
  Force Field Analysis  
  Form  
  Fractional Factorial  
  Frequency Distribution  
  Full Factorial  
  Function  
     
G
 Gantt Chart Go to Index
Gap Analysis  
Goal  
  GB - Green Belt  
  GPK - Grenzplankostenrechnung Costing  
  Groupthink  
  GRPI - Goals, Roles, Processes, Interpersonal [Relationships]  
  Gwilliam Motivational Model  
     
H
 Hanedashi Go to Index
Hard Savings  
Hawthorne Effect  
  Hazard Analysis  
  Hidden Factory  
  Histogram  
  Histogram Plot  
  Homogeneity of Variance  
  Horizontalization  
  Hoshin Kanri  
  Hoshin Planning  
  House of Quality  
  Human Factors  
  Hurdle Rate  
     
I
 Independent Variable Go to Index
Indicator  
Indirect Cost  
  Inferential Statistics  
  Intangible Benefits  
  Interaction  
  Internal Customers  
  Interrelationship Digraph  
  Ishikawa Diagram  
  ISO 9000  
     
J
 JIT - Just In Time [Manufacturing] Go to Index
Judgment Sampling  
     
K
 Kaizen Go to Index
Kanban  
Kano Analysis  
  KPI - "Key Performance Indicator"  
     
L
 Lead Time Go to Index
Lean  
Lean Enterprise  
  Lean Manufacturing  
  LED - "Light-Emitting Diode"  
  Level Scheduling  
  Levels  
  Life Cycle Methodology  
  Life Cycle Stages  
  Limit Function  
  Line Charts  
  Listening Post  
  Lost Customer Analysis  
  Lot  
     
M
 Main Effect Go to Index
Maintainability  
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award  
  MBB - Master Black Belt  
  Material Flow  
  Matrix Diagram  
  Mean  
  Median  
  Metrics  
  Mission  
  Mixed Model  
  Mode  
  Muda  
  Multiple regression  
  Multi-Vari Chart  
     
N
 New Cost Systems Go to Index
Nominal  
Nominal Group Technique  
  Nonconformity  
  Normal Costing  
  Normal Distribution  
  Null Hypothesis  
     
O
 Offset Go to Index
Operational Definition  
Opportunity Cost  
  Optimization  
  Organize  
  Outcome  
  Output Measures  
  Output Module  
  OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness  
     
P
 Paired data Go to Index
Paradigm  
Paradigm Shift  
  P Chart  
  Period Cost  
  Poka-Yoke  
  Population  
  Precision  
  Preventive Action  
  Probability  
  Process  
  Process Capability  
  Process Capability Index  
  Process Comparison  
  Process Control  
  Process Indicator  
  Process Management  
  Process Mapping  
  Product Cost  
  Product Family  
  Productivity  
  Purpose  
  Push  
     
Q
 QFD - Quality Function Deployment Go to Index
QMS - Quality Management System  
Quality  
  Quality Assurance  
  Quality Audit  
  Quality Circles  
  Quality Control  
  Quality Improvement  
  Quality Planning  
  Quality Score Chart  
  Quality Tool  
  Quality Trilogy  
  Quorum  
     
R
 Random Sample Go to Index
Range  
Regression  
  Reliability  
  Research  
  Residual  
  Resolution  
  Resource Consumption Accounting  
  Response  
  Responsibility  
  Rework  
  Root Cause Analysis  
  Run Chart  
     
S
 Sample Go to Index
Scan Time  
Scatter Diagram  
  Scorecard  
  Sigma  
  Six Sigma  
  Six Sigma Belts  
  SLA - Service Level Agreement  
  Solution Statement  
  SMED - Single-Minute Exchange of Die  
  SPC - Statistical Process Control  
  SQA - Software Quality Assurance  
  Standard Deviation  
  Statistical Thinking  
  Strategic Planning  
  Symptom  
  Systematic Variables  
     
T
 Taguchi Method Go to Index
Takt Time  
Team  
  Team Member  
  T - Theory of Constraints  
  Throughput Costing  
  Time Value Map  
  Tolerance  
  TPM - Total Productive Maintenance  
  TQC - Total Quality Control  
  TQM - Total Quality Management  
  Tree Diagram  
     
U
 U Chart Go to Index
Unit  
   
V
 Value Go to Index
Value-Added  
Value Stream  
  Value Stream Mapping  
  Variable Costing  
  Variable Data  
  Variance  
  VBM - Value-Based Management  
  Vision  
  Vision Statement  
  Visual Factory  
  VOB - Voice of the Business  
  VOC - Voice of the Customer  
  VOE - Voice of the Employee  
     
W
 Waste Go to Index
Weighed Voting  
Wet Leg  
  Whisker  
  Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Test  
  Work Cell  
  Work Team  
  Workflow  
  Working Fluid  
  World Quality Day  
     
X
 X Go to Index
X-Bar  
X-Bar and R Chart  
  X-Bar-Bar  
     
Y
 Y Go to Index
YB - Yellow Belt  
Yield  
     
Z
 Z Bench Go to Index
Z Score  
Z Value  
  Zero Defects  
  ZQC - Zero Quality Control  
     
 
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