| General Manufacturing Terms |
| AMH |
Automated Material Handling |
| AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATO |
Assemble to Order |
| ATP |
Available to Promise |
| ATR |
Available to Reserve |
| ATT |
Available to Transact |
| BOM |
Bill of Materials (listing of individual components in manufactured part) |
| CAIBE
|
Chemically Assisted Ion Beam Etching
|
| CAM |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
|
CAPP
|
Computer Aided Production Planning
|
|
CAPPC
|
Computer Aided Production Planning and Control
|
|
CAPSC
|
Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control
|
| CAQ |
Computer Aided Quality control
|
| CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List
(subcontract SDRL) |
| CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| CNC |
Computer Numerical Control (automated manufacturing machines) |
| CTO |
Configuration to Order |
| CWQC |
Company Wide Quality Control
(TQC) |
| DFM |
Design For Manufacturability |
| DFx |
Design For validation/testing/manufacturing |
| DRP |
Distribution Resource Planning |
| DUT |
Device Under Test |
| ECM |
Electro-Chemical Machining |
| EDM |
Electrical Discharge Machining |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
| EUT |
Equipment Under Test |
|
FDM
|
Fused Deposition Modeling
|
| FOB |
Freight On-Board |
| ICC |
Inventory Carrying Cost |
| JIT |
Just In-Time (inventory management) |
| MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol (computer network created by Boeing based on
IEEE-802.4) |
| MAPICS |
Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System |
| MES |
Manufacturing Execution Systems (
ERP,
MRP)
|
| MPS |
Master Production Schedule |
| MRP |
Manufacturing Resource Planning |
| MRP |
Material Requirement Planning |
|
MTBM
|
Mean Time Between Maintenance
|
|
NAICS
|
North American Industrial Classification System |
|
NEMA
|
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
|
| ODM |
Original Design Manufacturer |
| OEE |
Overall Equipment Effectiveness |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OSM |
Original System Manufacturer |
| PTO |
Pick To Order |
| RAM |
Requirements Allocation Matrix |
| RMA |
Return Material Authorization |
| RMG |
Return of Material Goods |
| RTM |
Release to Manufacture |
| SDRL |
Subcontract Data Requirements List (contract CDRL) |
| SJF |
Shortest Job First (scheduling) |
| SJN |
Shortest Job Next (scheduling) |
| SLS
|
Selective Laser Sintering
|
| SPN |
Shortest Process Next (scheduling) |
| TEM |
Telecom Equipment Manufacturer |
| TIR |
Total Indicator Reading (also Run-Out) |
| TCQ |
Total Quality Control
(CWQC) |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| UUT |
Unit Under Test |
| VAN |
Value Added Network (suppliers) |
| VFR |
Value Flow Rate |