Acronyms for SEQ SSM Class General Acrony ms 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 ...
