Dell常用专有名词

Acronyms for SEQ SSM Class

General Acronyms

4MEP – Machines, Materials, Measurements, Methods, Environment, People. General cause categories. Also known as 5M’s or 6M’s.

AIAG – Automotive Industry Action Group.

AMF – (Dell) Americas Manufacturing Facility. Includes factories located in Austin, Nashville, and North Carolina

APCC – (Dell) Asia-Pacific Customer Center. Factory located in Penang, Malaysia

AVL – Approved Vendor List. Sometimes ASL (Approved Suppliers List). Some interchange with BOM (Build of Materials or Bill of Materials), but BOM is different than AVL/ASL.

BC – Business Contract.

BPI –Business Process Improvement. Dell’s Quality philosophy, which includes Six Sigma tools and practices, Lean Technology principles, and other aspects of Quality Improvement. BST – Business Strategy Team.

CA – Corrective Action.

CCC – (Dell) China Customer Center. Factory located in Xiamen, China

CE – Customer Experience.

CIP – Continual (or Continuous) Improvement Process.

COC – Center of Competency.

COS – Continuity of Supply.

CTQ – Critical to Quality, usually referring to characteristics of the product or process.

CLCA – Closed Loop Corrective Action. A methodology of characterizing, containing, resolving and reporting special cause events in a process.

DES/DID – Design-Induced Damage.

DFSS – Design for Six Sigma.

DFX (or DFx) –Design for X, often called “Design for Everything.” Types of X’es include: Cost, Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, Test, Service, Six Sigma

DVT – Design Validation Testing.

E2E – End to End, referring to a type of process flowchart or map.

EBST – Executive Business Strategy Team.

ECN – Engineering Change Notification.

ECO – Engineering Change Order.

EICC – Electronics Industry Code of Conduct.

EMF – (Dell) Europe Manufacturing Center. Factory located in Limerick, Ireland. Will include new factory in Poland in the near future.

EOL – End of Life. The end of warranty obligations (typically the same as EOSL).

EOPL – End of Production Life. Dell factory stops manufacturing.

EOS – Electrical Over Stress.

EOSL – End of Service Life. Dell stops servicing (typically when warranty period complete). ESD – Electro Static Discharge.

EVT – Engineering Validation Testing.

FA – Failure Analysis.

FAI – First Article Inspection.

FIFO – First In First Out.

FMEA – Failure Mode Effects Analysis.

FPM – Functional Process Manual.

GB/BB – Green Belt / Black Belt. Levels of skill and knowledge attainment within Six Sigma; often refers to specific certifications.

GR&R – Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility.