A KPI could measure an organization’s financial performance or how it is holding up against customer requirements. The method of identifying the cause of a problem, solving it and preventing it from occurring again. A U.S. certification body for personnel certification or training course certification. Dependability: This enables a manufacturer to track everything related to a particular product, project or customer, and facilitates setting aside inventory for specific projects or priorities. Incremental improvement: Marbles are dropped through a funnel in an attempt to hit a flat-surfaced target below. Verification: Original equipment manufacturer (OEM): New! An international nonprofit aerospace and defense industry legal entity (registered in Brussels) to continuously improve the industry’s processes used by its supply chain to consistently deliver high-quality products or services and to make significant improvements in quality performance and reductions in cost. Contrasted with mistake proofing, which is improving processes to prevent mistakes from being made or passed downstream. Monument: Part 2. Similar to a process improvement team except that it is not cross functional in composition and it is usually permanent. An arrow diagram used in planning. The process of evenly distributing the quantity and variety of work across available work time, avoiding overburden and underuse of resources. Cause analysis: A European quality management system standard for the medical device industry. They are not an inherent part of a process. A pencil-and-paper tool used in two stages. It is called a milestone chart when interim checkpoints are added. Audits are based on a sample and are independent of the system, process or product being audited, unlike verification activities, which are part of a process. It helps an organization economically manufacture its product and deliver its services. Segments of a value stream with boundaries broken into loops to divide future state implementation into manageable pieces. Eighty-twenty (80-20): Analysis conducted to determine why a customer or a class of customers was lost. Used to test the null hypothesis that two populations have identical distribution functions against the alternative hypothesis that the two distribution functions differ only with respect to location (median), if at all. A standard that imposes no inherent obligation regarding its use. – Certified Safety Professional – is a certification offered in the United States by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). The higher rate of rejections is expected to lead suppliers to improve the quality of submitted product. Feedback is used to make decisions directed toward improving or adjusting a process or performance as necessary. A four-step process for quality improvement. Two sets of data are plotted on a graph, with the y-axis being used for the variable to be predicted and the x-axis being used for the variable to make the prediction. An international quality management standard for the aerospace industry published by the Society of Automotive Engineers and other organizations worldwide. A minimum set of practices recommended or required by some regulatory agencies (for example, 21 CFR, parts 808, 812 and 820) for manufacturers to meet to ensure their products consistently meet requirements for their intended use. JISQ 9100: The natural boundaries of a process within specified confidence levels, expressed as the upper control limit (UCL) and the lower control limit (LCL). Control limit for points below the central line in a control chart. Technical specification (TS): The measure of dispersion in a data set (the difference between the highest and lowest values). A cceptable Quality Level (AQL) The acceptable quality level (AQL) is based on the standard MIL-STD-105E / ISO 2859-1. The ability to change tooling and fixtures rapidly (usually within minutes) so multiple products can be run on the same machine. In single sampling, however, the whole sample is usually inspected in order to have an unbiased record of quality history. An experiment that demonstrates the effects of tampering. Second, draw a future state map of how value should flow. Capability: The buyer provides long-term contracts and uses fewer suppliers. Mode: All rights reserved. Six Sigma Quality – is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects. (The principle was used much earlier in economics and inventory control methods.) Design of experiments (DoE): A method in which items are produced and moved from one processing step to the next, one piece at a time. A process in which assemblers are supplied with kits—a box of parts, fittings and tools—for each task they perform. An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that develops and promotes measurements, standards and technology, and manages the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Standardization: Participation of the highest level officials in their organization’s quality improvement efforts. A seiban number is assigned to all parts, materials and purchase orders associated with a particular customer job, project or anything else. The money required for a system to convert inventory into throughput. Adjusting During A Pandemic: Skepticism Abounds – It Can’t Happen to Me… or Can it? Consumer: Turn Key – is a project in which separate entities are responsible for setting up a plant or equipment and for putting it into operation. Action taken to prevent occurrence of nonconformances. Matching tooling and equipment to the job and space requirements of lean production. A team of individuals with common or similar responsibilities and authorities drawn from a single workgroup. Conflict resolution: Deming cycle: In The Essential Guide to Health Care Quality, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) lists two definitions of quality that had been published by nationally recognized agencies. Reproducibility: New value created at an optimal cost—not at any cost—through the development of new products, services or processes. By the end of this module you will be able to: 1) differentiate between the terms harm, hazard, error and risk within a patient safety and quality improvement framework, 2) describe how quality and safety overlap and how they are different and 3) differentiate … Kaizen: See “external customer” and “internal customer.”. Testing and evaluation methods that do not damage or destroy the test specimen. ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2003 (R2013): Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes is an acceptance sampling system to be used with switching rules on a continuing stream of lots for the acceptance quality limit (AQL) specified. A nagara production system is one in which seemingly unrelated tasks can be produced simultaneously by the same operator. A matrix-type horizontal bar chart used in process/project planning and control to display planned and finished work in relation to time. The probability that a product or lot will be rejected. Red bead experiment: An ASQ certification. BS 7799: In variables sampling, the numerical magnitude of a characteristic is measured and recorded for each inspected unit; this involves reference to a continuous scale of some kind. With members and customers in over 130 countries, ASQ brings together the people, ideas and tools that make our world work better. A systematized group of activities to recognize and evaluate the potential failure of a product or process and its effects, identify actions that could eliminate or reduce the occurrence of the potential failure and document the process. The amount of variation that exists in the values of multiple measurements of the same characteristic or parameter. The full cycle corrective action tool that offers ease and simplicity for employee involvement in the corrective action/process improvement cycle. A set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and promote environmental sustainability. Voice of the customer: Objective: This is used when error proofing is too expensive or not easily implemented. A systematic, independent process of gathering objective evidence to determine whether audit criteria are being met. A document for displaying the relationships among various data sets. The award is managed by the U.S. Commerce Department National Institute of Standards and Technology and administered by ASQ. Benefit-cost analysis: Kitting: Variable data: One of the “seven tools of quality” (see listing). Master Black Belt (MBB): The tools are the cause and effect diagram, check sheet, control chart, flowchart, histogram, Pareto chart and scatter diagram (see individual entries). An ASQ certification. Zero defects: A measure of central tendency; the arithmetic average of all measurements in a data set. New! Litigation – The process of bringing or contesting a lawsuit. Painted floor: Quincunxes are often used in classrooms to simulate a manufacturing process. Single-piece flow: Often, a TPA handles the claims processing for an employer that self-insures its employees. Another term referring to root cause analysis (see listing). New! The closeness of agreement between an observed value and an accepted reference value. Remotely situated individuals affiliated with a common organization, purpose or project, who conduct their joint effort via electronic communication. © 2021 American Society for Quality. It is the minimum quantity of parts always on hand for processing during and between subprocesses. Seven tools of quality: Consultant: Improving processes to prevent mistakes from being made or passed downstream. A series of non-bottlenecks (based on the sequence in which jobs are performed) that can act as a constraint. A method and instrument for identifying an individual’s personality type based on Carl Jung’s theory of personality preferences. External customer: Total quality control (TQC): Material handling: A technique teams use to generate ideas on a particular subject. The act or state of expecting. Process capability index: Interrelationship diagram: All jobs are organized around human motion to create an efficient sequence without waste. End user: Two terms that have many interpretations because of the multiple definitions for the words “assurance” and “control.” For example, “assurance” can mean the act of giving confidence, the state of being certain or the act of making certain; “control” can mean an evaluation to indicate needed corrective responses, the act of guiding or the state of a process in which the variability is attributable to a constant system of chance causes. New! In attributes sampling, the presence or absence of a characteristic is noted in each of the units inspected. back to top A product failure that occurs before the product is passed downstream—for example, delivered to external customers. D chart: Cross pilot: Certification by a recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence and integrity of an agency, service or operational group or individual to provide the specific service or operation needed. Also called an “exciter.”. A factor that caused a nonconformance and should be addressed with corrective action. Highly accelerated stress screening (HASS): The first was established by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, which defined quality health care as “safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable.” A cross functional team consists of individuals from more than one organizational unit or function. Also see “external setup.”. 2015;36 (9):403-11; quiz 412-3. doi:10.1542/pir.36-9-403. Sampling inspection in which inspection of the sample is stopped as soon as a decision is certain. The number of units in a lot. Also see “value added.”. EN 46000: An individual who has experience and expertise in applying tools and techniques to resolve process problems and who can advise and facilitate an organization’s improvement efforts. See “plan-do-check-act cycle.”. The control charts based on attribute data include percent chart, number of affected units chart, count chart, count per unit chart, quality score chart and demerit chart. A supplier’s ability to deliver goods or services that will satisfy customers’ needs. Stratification: Processes that present serious potential dangers to human life, health and the environment, or that risk the loss of significant sums of money or customers. Champion: Stakeholder: These costs can be categorized as internal or external. The comparison of a measurement instrument or system of unverified accuracy to a measurement instrument or system of known accuracy to detect any variation from the required performance specification. Established measures to determine how well an organization is meeting its customers’ needs and other operational and financial performance expectations. Mutual recognition agreement (MRA): AS9100: primarily to remove materials. An ASQ certification. A strategy and a formal relationship between a supplier and a customer that engenders cooperation for the benefit of both parties. Inspection in accordance with a sampling plan requiring smaller sample sizes than those used in normal inspection. Point kaizen: New! Assignable cause: Random cause: Seiri means to separate needed tools, parts and instructions from unneeded materials and to remove the unneeded ones. An overarching statement of the way an organization wants to be; an ideal state of being at a future point. Agility: This eliminates bottlenecks and downtime, which translates into shorter flow time. In essence, corporate governance involves balancing the interests of an organization’s many stakeholders, such as shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government and the community. Baldrige award: The identification, evaluation and prioritization of risks to eliminate or mitigate their probability or severity or to leverage opportunities. (v) a commitment to quality improvement; and (vi) the effective and efficient use of resources; (c) identifying areas for advocacy for public policy based on strategies set by the AHS Chief Medical Officer; (d) monitoring and evaluating quality of care, access to services, population health outcomes, and health system satisfaction; An incorrect decision to accept something when it is unacceptable. “Laborer” generally means one who performs manual labor or who labors at an occupation requiring physical strength; “mechanic” generally means a worker skilled with tools. Suite 101 The product of a machine’s operational availability, performance efficiency and first-pass yield. The process, tools and techniques used to manage change, including planning, validating and implementing change, and verifying effectiveness of change. A job site board on which production results are compared with targets or where other related production information is posted. Chain reaction: The result of a person meeting the established criteria set by a certificate granting organization. Conformance: The QFD process is often referred to as listening to the voice of the customer. Quality audit: New! ASQ’s highest grade of membership. Terms: A– approved term ; R– regulatory term ; P– patient safety term ; B- term to be banned : not to be used. One of the “seven tools of quality” (see listing). Impact effort matrix: Total quality: The system of rules, practices and processes that directs and controls an organization. A statistical measure of how well an organization is doing in a particular area. In this engineering approach to quality control, Taguchi calls for off-line quality control, on-line quality control and a system of experimental design to improve quality and reduce costs. Inspection, normal: Sampling inspection in which the decision to accept or reject a lot is based on the inspection of one sample. Continuous improvement (CI): Recall: English translation of Japanese seiri, one of the five S’s used for workplace organization. An individual who, by virtue of his or her potential for having contact with customers, is designated to collect, document and transmit pertinent feedback to a central collection authority in the organization. Median: Ethics: The purpose of HALT is to optimize product reliability by identifying the functional and destructive limits of a product at an early stage in product development. Common causes: The overseeing of process instances to ensure their quality and timeliness; can also include proactive and reactive actions to ensure a good result. A control chart for evaluating a process in terms of a demerit (or quality score); in other words, a weighted sum of counts of various classified nonconformities. The National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare (NSQPH) Standards are being developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) through extensive consultation with healthcare providers, professional bodies, Primary Health Networks, consumers and other representatives of the sector. DMAIC is an acronym for define, measure, analyze, improve and control. Assn. This is referred to as analysis of means for treatment effects. Internal setup: A document that states the requirements to which a given product or service must conform. In a continuing series of lots, a quality level that, for the purpose of sampling inspection, is the limit of a satisfactory process average. Business process reengineering (BPR): A graphical representation of the steps in a process. in front of the new term. Also known as the "80-20 rule" (see listing). Affinity diagram: The graphical representation of a variable’s tendency, over time, to increase, decrease or remain unchanged. Sampling, unit: Lot tolerance percentage defective (LTPD): A type of document in the International Organization for Standardization portfolio of deliverables. Normal distribution (statistical): A tool for organizing, summarizing and depicting data in graphic form. One of the three elements that make up standard work. See "interrelations diagram.". A standard written by British commerce, government and industry stakeholders to address information security management issues, including fraud, industrial espionage and physical disaster. Maintainability has two categories: serviceability (the ease of conducting scheduled inspections and servicing) and repairability (the ease of restoring service after a failure). Gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R): Equivalent – Alternative designs, materials, or methods to protect against a hazard which the employer can demonstrate will provide an equal or greater degree of safety for employees than the methods, materials or designs specified in the standard. Facilitator: Any solid, liquid, or gas that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment. A nonconformance identified by a source outside of the producing organization. Go/no-go: Total productive maintenance (TPM): Supermarket: A device that dimensionally measures 3-D products, tools and components with an accuracy approaching 0.0001 inches. The total range of inherent variation in a stable process determined by using data from control charts. A system of values, beliefs and behaviors inherent in a company. 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