Six Sigma Yellow Belt Glossary

A

• Action Plan in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Activity in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Activity-based Costing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Adding value in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Adoption Rate in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Affinity diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• ANOVA in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Arrow diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Assets in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Attribute in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

B

• Balanced operations in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Bar Chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Barriers & Aids in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Benchmarking in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Bill of Material in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Black Belt in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Bottleneck in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Boundaries in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Brainstorming in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Breakthrough in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Budget in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

C

• Capability index in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Carrying Costs in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Catch ball in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cause & Effect Analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cause in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cause-and-effect diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cellular manufacturing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Change acceleration process (CAP) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Change management in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Check sheet in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Checkpoint in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Common Cause in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Compounding in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Confidence interval in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Continuous Data in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Continuous flow manufacturing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Continuous Improvement (PDCA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Continuous improvement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Control chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Control in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Control plan in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Control point in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Control System in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Corporate Vision in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cost avoidance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cost Driver in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cost Estimation in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cost of quality in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cost-benefit analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Countermeasure in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Critical of Quality (CTQ) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Critical to quality (CTQ) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cross-functional management in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• CTQ tree in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Culture in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Customer in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Customer Information system in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Customer Satisfaction in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Customer-processor-supplier in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Customer-supplier alignment in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Cycle time in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

D

• Daily management (DM) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Data in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Debt Capital in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Debt Ratio in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Defect in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Defects per million opportunities (DPMO) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Deming cycle in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Deployment flowchart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Design of experiments (DOE) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Design of experiments in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Design verification in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Detection in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• DFSS (Design for Six Sigma/DMADV in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Dimensional analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Direct Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Discrete Data in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Dispersion in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• DMAIC in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• DPMO (Defects Per Million Opportunities) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

E

• Economic Order Quantity in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Efficient Allocation of Resources in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Empowerment in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• End-User in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Error-proofing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Executive committee in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Executive Visit in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Expectations in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

F

• Failure cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Failure mode analysis (FMA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Feigenbaum, Armand V. in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• FINAL YIELD in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Fishbone diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Fitness for use in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Flowchart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• FMA in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• FMEA in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Funnel experiment in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

G

• Gage linearity and bias in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Gap in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Gauge R&R in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Gemba in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Goal in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Green Belt in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

H

• Hidden Factory in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Histogram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Hoshin kanri in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Hoshin planning in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Hypothesis testing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

I

• Improvement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Incremental Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Indicator in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Infographic in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Innovation in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Input in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Inspection at the source in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Integration in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Interim containment action (ICA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Interrelationship diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Interrelationship diagraph in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Interview in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Involve All Employees in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Involvement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Ishikawa diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

J

• Jidoka in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Job instruction training (JIT) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• JUSE in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Just Do It (JDI) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Just-in-time (JIT) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

K

• Kaizen in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Kanban in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Kanban system in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Key performance indicator (KPI) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

L

• Leader standard work (LSW) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Leadership in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Lean manufacturing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Lean Six Sigma in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Line balancing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Line Graph in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Linearity in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Links in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

M

• Maintenance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Manage By Fact in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Management by objectives (MBO) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Management by policy (MBP) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Management by process in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Margin of error in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Marginal Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Master Black Belt in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Materials Management in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Matrix diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• MBO in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• MBP in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Mean in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Measurement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Measurement system analysis (MSA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Measurement uncertainty in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Median in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Mission in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Mistake-proofing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Multivari chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

N

• Natural Variation in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Need in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• No Cause Found (NCF) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Nominal group technique in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Non-value added (NVA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Normal distribution in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• NORMALIZED YIELD in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

O

• O & M in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Objective in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Operating philosophy in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Operational definition in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Outcome in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Outgoing in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

P

• P-Chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Pareto Analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Pareto chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Payback Period in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• PDCA in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• PDPC in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Peak Load in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Peak Period(s) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Performance Measure in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Poka-yoke in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Policy in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Policy management in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• PON in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Population in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Present Value in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Preventable Occurrences in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Prevention in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Prevention-based process/system to ensure quality in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Price of nonconformance (PON) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Prioritization matrices in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Problem in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Problem statement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Problem-solving tools in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process Boundary in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process capability in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process decision program chart (PDPC) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process flow in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process improvement in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process map in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process Mapping in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process Owner in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process Quality Indicator in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Process Redesign in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Producer Price Index (PPI) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Project charter in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Pull production system in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Purchase Order in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Q

• Quality assurance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality audit in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality circle in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality Circles in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality control in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality Elements in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality function deployment (QFD) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality function in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality Improvement Teams (QI Teams) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality in daily work in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality management plan in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality management system (QMS) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality manual in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality of conformance to design in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality of design in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality policy in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality system audit in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality system in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Quality team in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

R

• RACI matrix in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Radar Chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Range in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Rapid improvement event (RIE) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Rate of Return in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Reducing process variability in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Regression analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Regression in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Reliability in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Reproducibility and repeatability (R&R) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Rework in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Robust design in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Root cause analysis in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Root cause in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Run chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

S

• Sample in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Sampling in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Scatter Diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Scatter plot in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• SDCA in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Seven new planning tools for management in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Shareholder Value in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Shewhart cycle in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Short-Term Plan (STP) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Sigma in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Sigma level in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• SIPOC in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• SIPOC-R in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Six Sigma in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Special Cause in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Special Causes of variation in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Specification in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• SQC in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Stakeholders in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Standard deviation in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Standard in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Standardization in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Standardize in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Standardize-do-check-act (SDCA) cycle in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Statistical process control (SPC) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Statistical process control in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Statistical significance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Statistical thinking in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Steering Committees in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Steps in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Storyboarding in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• STP in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Stratification in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Stratify in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Sunk Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Supplier in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Surge in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Survey in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• System in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

T

• Table of Tables in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Target in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Task Teams in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• THROUGHPUT YIELD in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Total Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Total productive maintenance (TPM) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Total productive maintenance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Total quality (TQ) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Total quality management (TQM) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• TQM in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Tree diagram in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

U

• U chart in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Upper control limit (UCL) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

V

• Value engineering in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Value stream mapping in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Value-Added Time (VAT) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Variable Cost in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Variable in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Variance in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Vision in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Voice of the customer (VOC) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Voice of the employee (VOE) in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

W

• Work instruction in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Work Order in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Work Process in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Y

• Yield in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Z

• Zero defects in Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Others

• 5 Why in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• 5S in Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• 8D in Six Sigma Yellow Belt