Appendix . List of Acronyms
ACFC—“At the customer, for the customer” projects
ANOVA—Analysis of variance
ASQ—American Society for Quality
BB—Black Belt
C&E—Cause and Effect
CAP—Change Acceleration Process
CEO—Chief Executive Officer
CHC—Commonwealth Heath Corporation
CTQ—Critical to quality metrics
DFSS—Design for Six Sigma
DMAIC—the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control project sequence
DMADV—the Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify approach to DFSS
DOE—Design of experiments
FMEA—Failure modes and effects analysis
GAAP—Generally accepted accounting practices
GB—Green Belt (someone trained in Six Sigma, but applying it part time)
GE—General Electric Corporation
GR&R—Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (measurement system evaluation)
HR—Human Resources ...
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