Job Descriptions Glossary

Definitions for some of the skills and qualifications described in the job descriptions.

• 5S – Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
• SAP – Standard Analyses: Purchasing Information System
• OEE – Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• APQP – Advanced Product Quality Planning
• FMEA – Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• DFMEA – Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• PFMEA – Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
• PPAP – Production Part Approval Process
• FEA – Finite Element Analysis
• CAD – Computer-Aided Design
• CAE – Computer-Assisted Engineering
• PPM – Parts Per Million
• Poke Yoke – Error Proofing
• OJEU – the Official Journal of the European Community
• ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
• VA/VE – Value Analysis/Value Engineering
• BOM – Bill of Material
• MRP – Material requirements planning
• SQA – Supplier Quality Assurance
• P&L – Profit and Loss
• FLT – Lift Truck
• MP&L – Materials Planning and Logistics