Compliance Management Glossary

 

The following is a glossary of compliance and quality-related terms.

 

 

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  A
  • APQP - Advanced Product Quality Planning
  • Adverse event
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute
  • ASQ - American Society for Quality
  • ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005
  • Assessment
  • Audit
  • Autonomation
  • AS/NZS 4360

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      B
  • Basel II
  • Benchmarking
  • Best practice
  • BS8800

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      C
  • Calibration
  • Certificate of compliance
  • Change management
  • Complaint tracking
  • Compliance (regulatory)
  • Conformance
  • CI - Continuous Improvement
  • Control plan
  • Corrective action
  • COSO ERM
  • CCM - Customer Complaint Management
  • CRM - Customer Relationship Management

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      D
  • Defect
  • Deming Cycle
  • Document control
  • DHF - Design History File
  • DHR - Device History Record
  • DMR - Device Master Record

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      E
  • ECO - Engineering Change Order
  • ECR - Engineering Change Request
  • EMI - Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence
  • Environmental aspects
  • EH&S - Environmental Health and Safety
  • Environmental impacts

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      F
  • FMEA - Failure Mode Effects Analysis
  • FDA 21 CFR Part 11
  • FDA 21 CFR Part 820

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      G
  • GMS - Gage Management System
  • GR&R - Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility
  • Gandtt chart
  • GMP - Good Manufacturing Practices
  • GRC - Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

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      H
  • HIPAA

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      I
  • IGOG - Incoming Goods/Outgoing Goods Control
  • Inspection plan
  • IPM - Inspection Plan Management
  • ISO 9000
  • ISO 13485
  • ISO 14000
  • ISO 14971
  • ISO/TS 16949

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      J
  • Just-in-time

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      K
  • Kaizen
  • Kanban
  • KPI - Key Performance Indicator

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      L
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Lean Six Sigma

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      M
  • MES - Manufacturing Execution System
  • MOM - Manufacturing Operations Management
  • Muda
  • Mura
  • Muri

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      N
  • NCMR - Nonconforming Material Request
  • Nonconformity

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      O
  • OH&S - Occupational Health & Safety
  • OCEG “Red Book”
  • OHSAS 18000
  • OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

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      P
  • Pareto chart
  • Poka-yoke
  • Preventative action
  • PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
  • PPAP - Production Part Approval Process
  • Production Quality Management

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      Q
  • Quality control
  • Quality management
  • Quality management system
  • Quality plan
  • Quality policy
  • QSR - Quality System Regulations

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      R
  • Reliability
  • Repeatability
  • Reproducibility
  • Responsible Care
  • RMA - Return Material Authorization
  • Risk management
  • Root cause

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      S
  • SOX - Sarbanes Oxley Act
  • SMED - single minute exchange of die
  • Six Sigma
  • SPC - Statistical Process Control

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      T
  • Takt time
  • TQM - Total Quality Management
  • TPS - Toyota Production System

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      U
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      V
  • Validation
  • Verification

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      W
  • 5 Whys

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      Z
  • Zero defects

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