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- A3 Problem Solving
- Acceptance Sampling: Quality Control Without Testing Everything
- Accuracy
- Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
- Adoption Rate
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
- Advanced Product Quality Planning Engineer (APQP)
- Affinity Diagram
- Affinity Grouping
- Agile
- Alias
- Aliasing
- Alpha Risk in Six Sigma: What It Is and Why It Matters
- Alternative Hypothesis
- Alternative Hypothesis (Ha)
- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Analytic Hierarchy Process
- Anderson-Darling Normality Test
- Andon
- Andon Board
- Andon Cord in Lean Manufacturing
- Appraisal Cost in Manufacturing
- Arithmetic Mean: Guide to Understanding and Calculating Averages
- Arrow Diagram Guide: AOA vs AON Network Methods
- Assignable Cause
- Attribute Chart
- Attribute Data in Statistics
- Attribute Sampling
- Audit
- Average
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- Balanced Scorecard
- Bar Chart
- Bartlett’s Test for Homogeneity of Variances
- Baseline Measure
- Batch Production
- Benchmarking
- Beta Risk
- Bimodal Distribution
- Binomial Distribution
- Binomial Experiment
- Binomial Random Variable
- Bivariate
- Block
- Blocking in Statistics
- Bottleneck
- Box and Whiskers Plot
- Box Plot
- Box-Behnken Design: What It Is, When to Use It, and How It Works
- Box-Cox Transformation
- Brainstorming
- Break-Even Point
- Bullwhip Effect
- Business As Usual (BAU)
- Business Metric
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Process Management System (BPMS)
- Business Process Quality Management
- Business Value Added
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- C Chart and U Chart: When to Use Each and How They Work
- C-Chart
- Calibration
- Capability
- Capability Analysis
- Capability Chart: What It Is, How to Read It, and What to Do Next
- Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
- Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
- Capacity
- Capacity Constraint Resource (CCR)
- Carbon Footprint
- Carrying Costs
- Casual Models
- Catchball in Hoshin Kanri: How It Works and Why It Matters
- Causal Loop Diagram (CLD)
- Cause and Effect Diagram
- Cellular Manufacturing
- Center Points
- Central Composite
- Central Limit Theorem
- Central Tendency
- Certificate of Conformity (COC)
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
- Chaku Chaku
- Champions in Six Sigma
- Change Acceleration Process (CAP)
- Change Agent
- Change Control Board (CCB)
- Change Management Planning
- Charter
- Check Sheet or Check in Sheet
- Chi Square Distribution
- Chi-Square Test
- Cluster Analysis
- Coefficient of Determination
- Common Cause Variation: Definition, Examples, and How to Reduce It
- Communication Plan
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Confidence Interval in Six Sigma: A Plain-Language Guide
- Confidence Level
- Conflict
- Conflict Resolution
- Confounding
- Constant Work in Progress (CONWIP)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Consumer Risk
- Continuous Data
- Continuous Flow
- Continuous Improvement
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Healthcare
- Contour Plot
- Control Chart
- Control Limits
- Control Plan
- Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
- Corporate Vision
- Corrective Action
- Corrective Action Report
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
- Correlation
- Correlation Coefficient
- Cost Modelling
- Cost of Conformance
- Cost of Non-Conformance
- Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
- Cost of Quality (COQ)
- Countermeasure
- Covariate
- Cpk Explained: Formula, Benchmarks, and How to Improve It
- Craft a Winning Quality Policy
- Critical Business Requirement (CBR)
- Critical Chain Method (CCM)
- Critical Thinking
- Critical to Customer (CTC)
- Critical to Quality (CTQ)
- Critical to Quality Tree
- Cross-Functional Management
- Cross-Functional Teams
- Cross-training
- Crystal Agile Methodology
- CTQ (Control To Quality)
- Current Reality Tree (CRT)
- Curvature
- Customer Requirements
- Cycle Time
- Cyclical Variation: What It Is and Why It Matters in Six Sigma
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- Data Collection
- Data Collection Plan
- Data Collection Sheet
- Data Distributions
- Debt Ratio
- Decision Rules
- Defect
- Defectives in Manufacturing
- Defects per Opportunity (DPO)
- Defects Per Unit (DPU)
- Define, Measure, Explore, Develop, Implement (DMEDI)
- Definition of a 6s Process
- Degree of Freedom in Statistics
- Deming cycle
- Design of Experiments (DOE) for Six Sigma
- Design Resolution
- Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R)
- DFSS
- Discrete Data
- Dispersion
- DMADV Methodology for Six Sigma
- DMAIC
- DOE
- Dot Plot
- DPMO
- Drift
- Drum Buffer Rope (DBR)
- Dunnetts Test
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- F-Ratio ANOVA
- Factor
- Failure Effect
- Failure Mode Analysis (FMA)
- Failure Mode Effects and Criticality analysis (FMECA)
- Failure Mode: Understand and Prevent System Failures
- Failure Rate
- FAST Diagram
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Feigenbaum, Armand V.
- First In First Out (FIFO)
- First Pass Yield (FPY)
- First Time Quality (FTQ)
- First Time Yield (FTY) in Manufacturing
- Fits
- Flowchart
- FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis)
- Force Field Analysis
- Frequency Plot for Data Visualization
- Full Factorial Design
- Full Factorial Experiment
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- Lead Time
- LEAN
- Lean Accounting - How Does it Work?
- Lean Daily Management
- Lean Enterprise: How to Build a Business That Actually Lasts
- Lean Manufacturing
- Lean Metrics
- Lean Scheduling in Construction
- Leptokurtic Distribution
- Level
- Level Loading: How to Smooth Your Production for Better Results
- Levene’s Test
- Line Balancing
- Lurking Variable
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- Machine Capability Index (CMK)
- Main Effect
- Main Effects Plot
- Makigami
- Malcomb Baldridge
- Management by Objectives
- Management-by-Fact
- Manual Testing Tools and the Software Testing Process
- Master Black Belt
- Materials Management
- Matrix Chart
- Matrix Diagram
- Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
- Median
- Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
- Mind Mapping
- Mistake-Proofing
- Mode - What is it in Statistics and How to Calculate it?
- Moment of Truth: How to Master Every Customer Touchpoint
- Moment Statistics
- Muda
- Multi-Vari Analysis
- Multidimensional Scaling
- Multiple Linear Regression
- Multiple Regression
- Multivariate SPC: Managing Complex Data for Better Quality
- Multivoting: Narrow Down Group Ideas Fast
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- P & NP Charts
- Parametric Estimation
- Pareto Chart
- Payback Period
- PayOff Matrix
- PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act)
- PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
- Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)
- Poisson Distribution
- Poka-Yoke or "Mistake Proofing"
- Polynomial Model
- Pooled Standard Deviation
- Population Parameter
- Population Variance
- Power Analysis
- Precision
- Primary Metric
- Prioritization Matrix
- Problem Solving Tools
- Problem Statement
- Process
- Process Baseline
- Process Capability
- Process Capability Index (CPK)
- Process Characterization in Manufacturing
- Process Control
- Process Control Plan in Lean Six Sigma
- Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE)
- Process Decision Program Chart
- Process Flow Diagram: Guide to Visual Process Mapping and Optimization
- Process Indicators
- Process Management Information System (PMIS)
- Process Maturity
- Process Monitor in Manufacturing
- Process Optimization in Manufacturing
- Process Performance Index - Ppk
- Process Quality Indicator
- Process Standardization
- Production Flexibility
- Profitability Index
- Project Quality Management
- Project Scope
- Project Team
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- RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed)
- Radar Chart
- Random Sampling
- Randomized Block Design
- Range
- Red Tagging
- Reengineering
- Regression Equation
- Reliability Engineering
- Repeatability
- Replicates
- Reproducibility in Statistics
- Residuals
- Resource Allocation
- Response Surface
- Response Surface Methodology
- Right the First Time (RFT)
- Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)
- Risk Priority Number (RPN) in FMEA
- Risk Response Plan
- Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY)
- Root Cause Failure Analysis
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- Sample Size
- Sample Statistic
- SCAMPER Technique
- Scatter Plot
- Scope Creep
- Screening Experiments
- Scrum Board
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Shapiro-Wilk Test
- Shewhart
- Shingo Model
- Simple Linear Regression: A Complete Guide for Six Sigma Practitioners
- Simulation
- Single Piece Flow in Lean Manufacturing
- SIPOC
- Six Sigma - Origin and Meaning
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Smart Grid System
- SMED
- Solution Statement
- Spaghetti Chart
- Special Cause Variation
- Specification Limits
- Stability of a Measurement System
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Stakeholder Analysis Matrix
- Standard Deviation
- Statistical hypothesis test
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) Charts
- Stratified Sampling
- Subject-Matter Expert (SME)
- Supplier Quality Management
- Supplier Request for Engineering Approval
- Surface Plot
- Sustainable Product Design
- Swot Analysis
- Systematic Sampling
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- t-Distribution
- TAKT Time
- Team
- Team Charter
- Team Dynamics
- Test Statistic
- Throughput time
- Time Series Plot
- Time Study Analysis
- Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM)
- Total Productive Maintenance
- TPS – The Toyota Production System
- Treatment
- TRIZ Theory for Intuitive Problem Solving
- Turnaround Time
- Two Way ANOVA
- Type I Error
- Type II Error
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