Six Sigma Process Acronyms

  1. 3P
    Production Preparation Process
  2. 4P
    Policies, Procedures, People, Plant/Technologies
  3. 5C
    Clear Out, Configure, Clean and Check, Conformity, Custom and Practice
  4. 5S / 6S
    Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain (6S is same but adds Safety)
  5. 5W
    Who, What, When, Where, Why
  6. 5W2H
    • Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, How
    • much
  7. 5Z
    • Uketorazu, Tsukurazu, Baratsukasazu,
    • Kurikaesazu, Nagasazu
  8. 6M
    • Machines, Methods, Materials, Measurements,
    • Mother Nature (Environment), Manpower
    • (People)
  9. 6W
    Who, What, When, Where, Why, Which
  10. 7QC
    7 Quality Control Tools
  11. 8D
    Eight Disciplines Problem Solving Process
  12. ABC
    Activity Based Costing
  13. ANOM
    Analysis of Means
  14. ANOVA
    Analysis of Variance
  15. APQP
    Advanced Product Quality Planning
  16. AQL
    Acceptable Quality Level
  17. BAU
    “Business As Usual”
  18. BIA
    Business Impact Analysis
  19. CAP
    Change Acceleration Process
  20. CAPA
    Corrective and Preventive Action
  21. CAR
    Corrective Action Report
  22. CBR
    Critical Business Requirements
  23. CCD
    Central Composite Design
  24. CCR
    Capacity Constraint Resource
  25. Cmk
    Machine Capability index
  26. CMM
    Capability Maturity Model
  27. COC
    Cost of Conformance
  28. CONC
    Cost of Non-Conformance
  29. COPIS
    Customer, Output, Process, Input, Supplier
  30. COPQ
    Cost of Poor Quality
  31. COQ
    Cost of Quality
  32. Cp
    Process Potential Index (short term)
  33. Cpk
    Process Capability Index (short term)
  34. CSSBB
    Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
  35. CSSGB
    Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
  36. CTQC
    Critical To Quality Characteristic
  37. CTQ
    Critical To Quality
  38. CUSUM
    Cumulative sum control chart
  39. DF
    Degrees of Freedom
  40. DFLSS
    Design For Lean Six Sigma
  41. DFMEA
    Design Failure Mode and Effect
  42. DFSS
    Design for Six Sigma
  43. DFX
    Design for X (where X is any requirement)
  44. DMADV
    Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Verify
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Six Sigma Process Acronyms
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Six Sigma Process Acronyms
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