Acronyms & Abbreviations
The following terms, acronyms, abbreviations, symbols and trademarks are used within this document
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
Control Plan
A detailed description of the Supplier’s proposed processing steps required to produce the part, and the controls that are put into place to control the quality at each step.
Lot
Product of one part number and revision that are made at the same time, under the same processing conditions, from the same lot of raw materials.
Pilot Fabrication
A Supplier-produced production run of material used for material qualification.
Process Capability
A comparison of the inherent variability of a process output to specification limits under statistically stable conditions.
Process Performance
The comparison of the actual process variation to the specification limits.
ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
AIAG
Automotive Industry Action Group
ANOVA
Analysis of Variance
BOM
Bill of Material
Cpk
Process Capability
FMEA
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
ISL
International Organization for Standardization
LSL
Lower specification limit
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administrations
PFMEA
Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
PIC
Production Inventory Control
PPAP
Production Part Approval Process
Ppk
Process Performance
QA
Quality Assurance
R&R
Repeatability & Reproducibility
R&D
Research & Development
SLA
Supplier Lean Alert
SPC
Statistical process control
SQE
Supplier Quality Engineer
SPCR
Supplier Process Change Request
USL
Upper specification limit
TM
Trademark ownership claimed
TRADEMARKS
Trademarks
Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and Great Dane was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps.