Six Sigma - Lean Acronyms Acronym Web Site

1 July 14th, 2005 Six Sigma - Lean Acronyms Acronym Web Site Dictionary Terms & Definitions for Six Sigma & Lean 4 Blocker Project Description, Project Scope, Metrics/Benefits, Project Plan/Timeline 4E Edge Enthusiasm Energy Execution 4M+I Mistaking Proofing - Me (Operator) Materials Machine Method + Information 5 S Sort (Seiri), Straighten (Seiton), Shine (Seiso), Standardize (Seiketsu), Sustain (Shitsuke) 5 Whys? Find Root Cause by asking Why? five times. 80/20 Rule Pareto Principal. 20 percent of the defects causing 80 percent of the problems 85/15 Rule 85% of problems only managers can fix. 15% Operators can fix.

2 AAR After Action Review APS Advanced Production Scheduling B vs C Better vs Current BAT Business Action Team Big Y s Why we re focused on an Activity Black Belts Leads high Impact PE Projects, Experts trained in DMAIC & Statistical Methods with Project Completion. BPR Business Process Reengineering BPx Business Process x = Reengineering, design, improvement , CANDO Cleanup Arrange Neatness Discipline Ongoing improvement CEDAC Cause and effect with addition of cards Champion Project Sponsor CLM Career Limiting Move CONWIP Constant Work In Progress COPQ Cost of Poor Quality CPI Continuous Process improvement (Kaizen) CQI Continuous Quality improvement CTQ Critical to Quality DEx Design Excellence DFSS Design For Six Sigma DFx Design For (x) assembly, manufacture.

3 DMADV Define, Measure, Analyze, Design Verification Validate DMAIC Define Measure Analyze Improve Control DOE Design of Experiments (Statistical Analyze Term) DPMO Defects per Million Opportunity Drum Buffer Rope Monitor inventory at drum, Profile inventory at time buffer, How before inventory is turned into cash. EMT Executive Management Team (Mike s Staff) EPA Every Product Every (interval in days between running a product) FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Gemba Place of Action Green Belts Leads smaller more focused PE Projects. GRR Gauge Repeatability Reproducibility GT Group Technology Simplify Products Hawthorn Effect The fact of measuring only improves results.

4 Heijunka Scheduling in repetitive environment, Manual finite scheduler Hoshin Policy Development IDDOV Identify Define Develop Optimize Verify IS Instrument Systems / Services Page 1 of 3 Jidoka Improve Quality JIT Just In time - Inventory reduction (Taiichi Ohno) Job Jar List of Prioritized Projects to be Done Kaikaku Improvements (large gains) as apposed to Kaizen (small gains) Kaisen Burst Focused Effort to Resolve a Bottleneck Kaisen Burst Focused effort to resolve a bottleneck Kaizen From the Japanese - Continuous Process improvement Kamishabi T Card display board with a column for each day of the week Kanban Signaling Devices out of stock Kano Kano Factor Dr.

5 Noriaki Kano Basic must be, Performance more is better, delighter excitement LPO Lean Promotion Office Master Black Belt Expert at the level to be able to teach PEx. MBO Management By Objectives MBWO Management By Walking Around Milkround Pick up & deliver parts between supply chain members (Water Spider or runner is inside the plant) MRP Forecast Based System MSA Measurement System Analysis MUDA Waste MURA Unevenness MURI Unreasonableness Nemawashi Consensus building OEE Overall Equipment Effectives OPT Computer based finite scheduling package developed by Goldratt. PACER Meeting Management: Purpose Agenda Code of Conduct Expectations Roles Pareto Pareto Principal.

6 Analysis 80/20 rule. 20 percent of the defects causing 80 percent of the problems PDCA Plan Do Check Act cycle The Stewart Cycle PE, PEx Product Excellence Pokayoke Mistake Proofing POLCA Paired cells Overlapping Loops Of Cards with Authorization QCC Quality Control Complexity QFD Quality Function Deployment QRC Quality and Regulatory Compliance R&R Repeatability & Reproducibility RING Shared decision making ROI Return on Investment ROP Re Order Point SILO Service In Logical Order Silo A tall cylindrical structure, usually beside a barn, in which fodder is stored. SILS Sequenced In Line Storage SIPOC Suppliers Inputs Process Outputs Customers Six Sigma Methodology that attacks Process Variability to Eliminate Defects SLT Site Leader Team SMART Synchronous Material Availability Request Ticket (Ford Kanban) SMART Define.

7 Specific Measurable Actionable Realistic time Bound SMED Change over reduction SPC Statistical Process Control SS Safety Stock Page 2 of 3 Page 3 of 3 ST Safety Lead time for Safety Stock STP Straight Through Processing SWOT Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats TAT Turn Around time TEMBA There exits many better alternatives Tim Wood Transport Inventory Motion Waiting Over Production Over Processing Defects TINA There is only one alternative TOC Theory of Constraints: The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt TP Thinking Process (Eli Goldratt) TPM Total Productive Maintenance (Father Taiichi Ohno developed JIT at Toyota)) TPS Toyota Production System TQM Total Quality Management (By Deming) TRIZ Russian Acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving VMI Vendor Managed Inventory VOC Voice of the Customer VSM Value Steam Mapping Water Spider Runner pick up & deliver parts inside the plant, light but often (Milkround between plants) WIP Work In Progress WPM Workflow Process Model