Acronyms

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SPC

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Statistical Process Control

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QMS

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Quality Management System

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QIS

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Quality Information System

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ASQ

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American Society for Quality

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QFD

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Quality Function Deployment

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COQ

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Cost of Quality

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FMEA

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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

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DFX

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Design for X

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DFSS

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Design For Six Sigma

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IQ

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Installation Qualification

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OQ

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Operational Qualification

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PQ

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Process Qualification

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GD&T

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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

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MTTF

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Meantime to Failure

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MTBF

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Meantime between Failure

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MTTR

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Meantime to Repair

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FMECA

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Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis

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FTA

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Fault Tree Analysis

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MRB

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Material Review Board

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OC

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Operating Characteristic

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AQL

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Acceptable Quality Limit

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LTPD

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Lot Tolerance Percent Defective

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AOQ

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Average Outgoing Quality

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AOQL

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Average Outgoing Quality Limit

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MSA

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Measurement System Analysis

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PDPC

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Process Decision Program Charts

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TQM

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Total Quality Management

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PDCA

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Plan-Do-Check-Act

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TOC

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Theory of Constraints

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SMED

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Single Minute Exchange of Die

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ANOVA

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Analysis of Variance

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JUSE

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Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers

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TQC

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Total Quality Control

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CWQC

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Company-wide Quality Control

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TQ

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Total Quality

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R & D

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Research and Development

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SIPOC

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Suppliers - Inputs - Processes - Outputs - Customers

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PERT

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Program Evaluation and Review Technique

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CPM

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Critical Path Method

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Gantt Chart

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Named after Henry Gantt, display activities or events as a function of time (or cost). Each activity is shown as a horizontal bar with ends positioned at the starting and ending dates for the activity.

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Advantages of Gantt Chart

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* The charts are easy to understand * Each bar represents a single activity * It is simple to change the chart * The chart can be constructed with minimal data * Program task progress versus date is shown

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Disadvantages of Gantt Chart

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* They do not show interdependencies of activities * The effects of an early or late start of an activity are not show * There is no means to indicate the variation in expected time to complete an activity * The details of an activity are not indicated * There is little predictive value to this presentation of data

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Advantages of PERT

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* The planning required to identify the task information for the network and the critical path analysis can identify interrelationships between tasks and problem areas. * The probability of achieving the project deadlines can be determined, and by development of alternative plans, the likelihood of meeting the completion date is improved. * Changes in the project can be evaluated to determine their effects. * A large amount of project data can be organized and presented in a diagram for use in decision making * PERT can be used on unique, non-repetitive projects

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Disadvantages of using PERT

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* The complexity of PERT increases implementation problems. | * More data is required as network inputs