1PP First Phase of Production Prove-Out
           4P Production Part Proveout Program
          AEP All European Production
         AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
          AIM Automated Issues Management
         AIMS Automated Issues Matrix System
         APQP Advanced Product and Quality Planning
          ASN Advanced Shipping Notice   
          AWS Analytical Warranty System
          BTS Build-To-Schedule
          C&E Cause and Effect
       CAD/CAM Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
          CC Critical Characteristic
          CCA Covisint Corporate Administrator
          CHP Carrier Holiday Pattern
        CMMS3 Common Material Management System
       CORPFRM World Wide Manufacturing Facilities R&M Forum
           CP Confirmation Prototype
          Cpk Process Capability Index
          CPU Cost Per Unit
          CPV Capacity Planning Volume
          CSA Corporate Security Administrator
          CTQ Critical to Quality
          DC Delivery Champion
          DCI Daily Call-In (Feinabruf)
          DCP Dynamic Control Planning
          DDL Direct Data Link 
         DETC Disputed Excess Transportation Charge system
        DFMEA Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
         DMAIC Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control -- 6 Sigma Problem solving
         DPMO Defect per Million Opportunities
          DPU Defect per Unit
          DTD Dock-To-Dock
        DVP&R Design Verification Plan and Report
          EDC Export Distribution Centre
         eDDL Web based front-end to access CMMS3 DDL 
         eDDL electronic Direct Data Link 
          EDI Electronic Data Interchange
        EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and 
            Transportation
         eFDVS Ford Design Verification System
          eMIX electronic Manufacturing Information eXchange
         Entity Base of vehicle: Model, Model Year, Body Style, Series, Special Interest, 
            Engine, Transmission
          ENX European Network eXchange
          ERS Evaluated Receipts System
           ES Engineering Specifications
        EU1121 Packaging Data Form used by MH&PE
         FBBA CMMS3 Screen, Supplier Contact List
         FCPA Ford Consumer Product Audit
         FCSD Ford Customer Service Division 
        Feature Optional part of vehicle: radio type, sunroof, airconditioning, etc.
          FEU Field Evaluation Unit
         FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
         FPDS Ford Product Development System
          FSLI Ford Supplier Learning Institute
          FSN Ford Supplier Network
          FSP Ford Supplier Portal
          FSS Full Service Supplier
          FTL Full Truck Load
          FTT First-Time-Through
      GAGE R&R Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility
         GALIA Groupement pour l'Amélioration des Liaisons dans l'Industrie Automobile
         GAMT Global Advertising Management Team
         GCAT Global CATalog
          GFT Getrag-Ford  Transmission
        GOLFF Generic Order Level Feature Forecasting 
         GPDS Global Product Development System 
         GPIRS Global Prototype Inventory Receivable System
          GQA Global Quality Analysis
         GSDB Global Supplier Data Base
         GSEC Global Supplier Electronic Communications
       GSEC-Bus Global Supplier Electronic Commerce Business
      GSEC-Conn Global Supplier Electronic Commerce Connectivity
          GVP Global Vehicle Programming System
          HIC High Impact Characteristic
         HTFB Hard Tool Functional Build
          HTS TradeSphere
         HTSA Heat Treat Self - Assessment
           IB Integrated Build
          IPD In Plant Date
          ISIR Initial Sample Inspection Report
           IT Information Technology
          IVS In Vehicule Software
          JIT Just In Time
          JLR Jaguar Landrover
         Job#1 Serial Production Start Date 
          KPI Key Performance Indicator 
          KPIV Key Process Input Variable
         KPOV Key Process Output Variable
         LEAN Lean Resource Center
          LLP Lead Logistics Partner
          LMV Light Medium Vehicle
          LRR Launch Readiness Review
          LSA Logistics  Self - Assessment
          LTL Less than Truck Load
        MEETS Manufacturing Engineering Equipment and Tooling Systems
          MFG Manufacturing
        MH&PE Material Handling & Packaging Engineering
         MMOG Materials Management Operations Guideline
       MMOG/LE Materials Management Operations Guideline / Logisctics Evaluation
          MP Mars Production
         MP&L Material Planning and Logistics
         MPNR Master Part Number Registry
          MS Material Specifications
          MSA Measurement Systems Analysis
          MSD Minority Supplier Development Program
          NAA National Automotive Association
          NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
        np Chart Chart for monitoring defective-nonconforming individual products
          ODC Original Distribution Centre
        ODETTE Organisation for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe
          OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness
          OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
          OVS Order Vehicle Scheduling
          PAG Premier Automotive Group
        PCMSDS Powertrain Modul Control System Design Specification
           PD Product Development
          PEO Product Engineering Office
        PFMEA Process Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
          PMT Program Module Team
           PP Pilot Production
         PPAP Production Part Approval Process
          Ppk Performance of process
          PPM Pre-Production Management (Department of MP&L)
          PSW Part Submission Warrant
          PTO Powertrain Operations
          PTT Procurement Timing Tracker
          PuS Pick-Up Sheet
          PVA Percent Value Add
          PVT Plant or Product Vehicle Team
          Q&A Questions & Answers
           Q1 Quality Award for good Suppliers, granted by STA
          QOS Quality Operating System
          QR Quality Rejects
          QTR Quarter
          R&R Roles and Responsibilities
          RPN Risk Priority Number
          SAV Sports Activity Vehicle
           SB Supply Base
           SC Significant Characteristic
          SCM Supply Chain Management 
        SDPEU Supplier Delivery Performance Europe 
          SDS System Design Specification
          SDS Supplier Direct Ship 
          SEI Software Engineering Institute
          SEN Supplier Environmental Network
        SFMEA System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
          SHP Supplier Holiday Pattern
          SIM Supplier Improvement Metrics
         SMED Single Minute Change of Die
         SMRT Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Team 
          SPC Statistical Process Control
        SPEEDY Supplier PerformancE on European DeliverY
         SPFU Supply Performance Follow Up
         SREA Supplier Request for Engineering Approval
         SRLL Supplier Recall Lessons Learned
          STA Supplier Technical Assistance
          TDD Target Delivery Date
          TGW Things Gone Wrong
          TMS Transport Management System
          TPM Total Productive Maintenance
          TPO Targeted Product Offerings
           TT Transit Time
           TT Tooling Trial
          URL Uniform Resource Locator
        USTOX US Toxicology
          VDA Verein Deutscher Automobilindustrie
          VDA Verband der Automobilindustrie - International Standard
          VO Vehicle Operations
          VOC Voice of the Customer
         WERS Worldwide Engineering Release System
         WPRC Warrenty Parts Return Center
           YC Potential Critical Characteristic
          YRT Rolled Throughput Yield
           YS Potential Significant Characteristic