2024年3月13日发(作者:霍朝旭)
Dell 常用朮語簡介
Acceptance Phase
ACD
AD
AD&D
ALERT
AES
AFIR
AMF
AML
AOQL
A-P
AP/PO
APCC
The final phase of the Phase Review Process during which
attainment of program goals is measured and learning
experiences are captured as part of the continuous process
improvement effort.
1. Automated Call Distribution.
2. Americas Customer Database. An externally maintained
database of U.S. customer purchase history, promotion
history, demographics and firmographics.
Area Director.
Application Development and Deployment.
Problem alert and resolution if one is available.
Automated Export (Compliance) System . A combination of
in-house development and third party software that allows Dell
to check orders to ensure they are not being shipped to restricted
countries.
Annualized Field Incident Rate. (See FIR)
Obsolete term. See DAO.
Approved Manufacturers List (equates to ASL).
Acceptable Outgoing Quality Levels.
Asia-Pacific. The region of the world encompassing Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations. Note: Within
Dell, Japan is a separate region from A-P.
Accounts Payable/Purchasing.
Asia-Pacific Customer Center. Dell sales, support, marketing,
and manufacturing center in Penang, Malaysia supporting the
Asia-Pacific Region. APCC also manufactures products for Dell
Japan.
APP
AQL
ARB
ARR
ARS
AsiaPac
ASIC
ASL
ASM
ASP
BC
BIST
BOL
BOM
Aggregate Product Plan. A Dell confidential document created
by a product line of business with regional involvement that
includes (at a minimum) competitive analysis, key technology
trends, market segmentation analysis, product proposals and
product roadmaps. The APP is used for business planning
purposes by product group and each region. Approved product
proposals begin development by entering the PrP.
Acceptable Quality Level.
Asset Recovery Business.
Acceptance Readiness Review (SDLC).
Action Request System (REMEDY).
Asia-Pacific. (see A-P)
Application Specific Integrated Circuit. A chip designed for a
particular customer or system, typically from standard cells
and/or gate arrays. May ultimately be sold as a standard part.
1. Approved Suppliers List.
2. Applications Solutions Center.
3. Americas Service Logistics.
Area Sales Manager.
Average Selling Price.
Business Contract.
Built In Self Test.
Bill of Lading.
Bill of Materials. Describes a grouping of components or materials
that are combined to create a single product. Example: Individual
components, along with a circuit board are combined to produce the
final product - a CPU (or microprocessor) board, for instance. The Bill
BPI, bpi
Brand Manager
Brand Team
Business Contract
CA
CAC
CAPP
CFT
CIFIR
CIP
of Materials lists all of the discrete components, including the empty
circuit board, and thereby creates a relationship between all the parts.
1. Bits Per Inch.
2. Business Process Improvement.
As used in the PrP, the Brand Manager is the Regional marketing
manager.
(As used with the PrP). An ongoing team of people with day to day
business management responsibilities within a LOB. The brand team
provides overall program direction, reviews and approves PFGs,
reviews Business Contracts for approval by the executive team and
approves phase review exits for individual programs.
The output document from the planning phase of the PrP. Business
Contracts are managed by Program Management and represent a
commitment to the company of expected program parameters
including scope, schedule, resource requirements, quality goals and
financial estimates. In particular, each Business Contact contains a
business case and a bounding box. Further documentation and
explanation of these terms can be found in Dell's PrP handbook.
1. Corrective Action.
2. Change Administration.
Client Assistance Center.
Consolidated Aggregate Product Plan. A document that is the
combination of each of the four LOB APPs.
Cross Functional Team.
Combined IFIR. IFIR plun Missing and Wrong.
Continuous Improvement Process. A formal process used by
Dell and its Suppliers to share expectations and expertise, reduce
defects, and apply lessons learned.
CMI
CMIP
CND
COA
COB
COGS
Confidential
Control Panel
Core Team
COS
CPI
CRD
Communication Management Interface.
Common Management Information Protocol. An OSI-based
network management protocol.
Can Not Duplicate.
Certificate of Authenticity.
Close of Business.
Cost of Goods Sold.
See Dell Confidential.
Part of the computer console that contains indicators and
controls, such as the power switch, hard-disk drive access
indicator, and power indicator. See also indicator panel.
(As used within the PrP.) A small project team, accountable to
an LOB brand team, that is assembled to advance and manage a
program through the PrP. The core team creates the PFG and
business contract and seeks approval for Phase Process
deliverables. The core team provides cross functional
management for the project by communicating to and
representing their management chain, managing extended teams,
resolving cross-functional issues and escalating risks and out of
bounds conditions upwards. Core team members head up
extended teams and represent the extended team on the core
team.
Change of Status.
1. Characters Per Inch.
2. Continuous Process Improvement.
1. Conceptual Requirements Document.
2. Customer Requirements Document. A document used by
CS
CSD
CSI
CSR
CSSE
DAO
DAOT
DARS
DCC
DCN
DCR
DCS
DellWare
Desktop
the portables group during the Profile Phase of the PrP.
Functionally the same as a PFG.
Core Services group within Dell's PG.
Customer Service Delivery. Group that offers telephone support
for all hardware related problems with Dell systems.
Customer Server Integration.
Client Service Report.
(Dell) Customer Support and Service Engineering within PG.
Product Operations
Dell Americas Operations
Dell Americas Operations Training.
Dell Accounts Receivable System.
1. Dell Call Center.
2. Design Characterization Complete.
Document Change Notice. Used to modify ISO documents.
Design Change Request.
1. Dell Catalog Sales group in Dell Direct, U.S.A.
2. Digital Cellular System.
Software and Peripherals that are sold by Dell but not Factory
Installed. A catalog of options is distributed each month.
Desktop computer. As used at Dell, this may be a Dimension or
Optiplex branded computer.
DFA
DFE
DFM
DFMA
DFO
DFR
DFS
DFT
DFX
DIMS
DMR
DMTF
DOA
DOMS
DOTTS
DPI
DPPM
DPS
Design for Assembly.
Dell Far East. Dell's procurement office in Taiwan.
Design for Manufacturability.
Design for Manufacturability and Assembly.
Dell Factory Outlet.
Dell Factory Repair.
1. Dell Financial Services.
2. Design for Service.
Design for Test.
Design for Excellence.
Dell Inventory Management System.
Discrepant Materials Report.
Desktop Management Task Force. A consortium of companies
representing hardware and software providers, of which Dell
Computer Corporation is a member.
Dead on Arrival.
Dell Order Management System.
Dell Order Tracking & Tactics System. (Subsystem of DOMS).
1. Dots Per Inch.
2. Dell Process Issue
Defective Parts Per Million.
Dell Product Support System.
DPU
DRAC
DSI
DSO
DSP.
DSR
DSVI
DT
DTA
DVT
E&O
Defects per unit. The total number of defects per unit shipped
that were observed in the manufacturing process after receiving
and inspection and before shipment. The only defects excluded
are those that are observed and corrected by the same operator
who created the original defect.
Dell Remote Assistant Card.
1. Days Sales Inventory.
2. Dell shipping interface. An application that screens
information transmitted via EDI from Dell's shipping
partner for format and completeness before presenting it
to various Dell applications.
Days Sales Outstanding.
1. Dell Service Provider (formerly called TPMs).
2. Discrepancy Shipping Process.
3. Digital Signal Processing. Microprocessors designed to
operate on electrical waveforms, like voice and video.
DSP chips can perform multiple functions, such as
wavetable synthesis, data transmission and file
compression. Depending on the architecture, a DSP chip
can switch from one task to another or, in some cases,
perform two tasks simultaneously. DSP functionality
can be enhanced with software upgrades. However, this
is not the case with fixed-function DSPs.
Demand Supply Repository
Dell Service Vendor Interface.
Desktop PC.
Dell Troubleshooting Assistant.
Design Verification Test.
Excess and Obsolete (inventory).
ECO
ECR
EDI
EDMS
EMEA
EMF
Employee Turnover
EMR
EOL
EOP
EOQ
EOS
ESG
EVT
Executive Team
F/A
FAI
Engineering Change Order-part of the release process at Dell.
Engineering Change Request.
Electronic Data Interchange.
Electronic Document Management System.
Europe, Middle East and Africa.
European Manufacturing Facility. Dell's factory in Limerick
Ireland supporting the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
The percentage of full time Dell employees, exempt and
nonexempt, leaving service, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
Electro Mechanical Repair.
End of Life.
End of Production.
End of Quarter.
1. End of Sales. No more production of the product,
however, service obligations remain.
2. Electrical Over Stress.
Enterprise Systems Group. Dells product development group for
servers and storage systems.
Engineering Validation Test
(As used within the PrP.) An ongoing team of senior
management that understands, guides and approves major LOB
decisions, including APP and Business Contract.
Failure Analysis.
First Article Inspection.
FIFO
FIR
FIST
FMEA
FOS
FS
FTS
FVSi
FY
FYI
GAM
GCO
GCP
GIR
Globalization
First In, First Out. A buffer that stores and forwards data items
in the same order in which they are received.
1. Field Incident Rate, a Dell measure of a product's
quality, as observed by the customer.
2. Finite Input Response.
Fully Integrated Systems Test.
Failure Modes Effects Analysis.
1. Front of Speaker.
2. Front of Screen.
Field service.
Functional Test System.
Functional Verification System - improved.
Fiscal Year. At Dell, the fiscal year runs from the beginning of
February until the end of January. Thus February 1st 1998 is in
the first quarter of FY'99.
For Your Information.
Global Account Manager.
Dell's Global Compliance Organization.
Global Customer Programs. Dell's global program initiative
including GEP (Global Enterprise Program) and ICA
(International Corporate Account Program.
Global Information Repository.
The process of writing or modifying a software application to
handle multiple languages for other countries and locales from a
common software source code base. (See also Enable and
GRMS
HALT
HazMat
ICT
IFIR
Implementation Phase
IPO
IPS
IQA
JIS
JQ
JQP
Launch Phase
LOB
Localization).
Gravity Room Mean Squared.
Highly Accelerated Life Test.
Hazardous Materials.
In-Circuit Test.
Initial Field Incident Rate. The percentage of service actions
taken on a Dell product that is covered by Dell's Limited
Warranty or by any Dell service agreement, within a 30 day
calendar period as measured from product invoice date.
The phase in the Phase Review Process following planning,
during which the system is formally developed.
(Dell) International Procurement Office.
1. Integrated Project Systems (project management
training vendor).
2. International Product Support. The Dell support groups
within each LOB that handle escalated support issues.
Incoming Quality Assurance.
Japan Industrial Standards.
Joint Qualification.
Joint Qualification Program.
The second to last phase of the PrP, during which the product
reaches RTS . The Launch Phase ends with FCS.
Line of Business. Each of the seven product areas within
product group, namely Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude, Optiplex,
Servers, Portables, and Workstations.
LRR
M/W, M&W
Metric
Missing and Wrong
MIS
MPO
MPP
MPR
MPS
MQE
MRB
MRD
MRP
MSP
Line Reject Rate. A measure of manufacturing quality equal to
100% minus the first pass yield. Percentage of systems that fail
any of the functional tests such as Quick Test, Extended Test, or
Final Test and are routed to EMR.
Missing and Wrong. The percentage of systems received by
customers that are incomplete, wrong or perceived wrong.
A measurement to monitor and demonstrate the achievement of
an objective, strategy or program. Metrics must be measurable,
accessible, timely and linked to specific objectives.
A component of IFIR, based on the percentage orders shipped
with missing, damaged, or incorrect parts, componenets, or
documentation.
Management Information Systems.
(Dell's Microsoft Program Office.
Master Production Plan. Forecasts used to make manufacturing,
procurement, and other decisions.
Material Purge Request. A request to remove all suspects
components/materials from a Dell manufacturing facility.
Master Production Schedule.
Manufacturing Quality Engineer (or Engineering).
Material Review Board.
Marketing Requirements Document. A product profiling
document, now officially referred to as the PFG.
1. Manufacturing Resource Plan.
2. Material Requirements Planning(supports EMPACT).
Master Sales Plan. Forecasts that eventually feed the MPP.
MTBF
NAO
NFF
NPI
NPO
NSDCR
OBA
OBD
OBE
ODM
OEM
ORT
PCN
PD
Mean time between failures.
North American Operations.
No Fault Found.
New Product Introduction.
Dell's New Product Operations.
Non-Service Dispatch Call Rate. The percentage of incoming
calls to the "Customer Service Delivery" group (technical
support + customer care) that do not result in a Field Incident, in
relation to the installed base.
Out of Box Audit. Percentage of units that are not produced to
customer's requirements as specified in the traveler. These units
are identified by an audit that has the following three
components: functional (system tested by customer diagnostics),
cosmetic (per Dell cosmetic specification, order completeness
(per traveler, DPS order, and associated BOMs).
Dell's Online Business Development group.
Out of Box Experience.
1. Open Desktop Management.
2. Original Development Manufacturer.
Original Equipment Manufacturer. A vendor that combines
hardware and/or software from others, adds its own products,
and sells the resulting combination to end users.
Ongoing Reliability Testing.
Part Change Notification.
Dell Product Development group in Japan (preferred name is
PG-J, or PG Japan).
PDMS
PDR
PDS
PG
Phase Review Process
PID
Pilot
PIP
PM
PMT
PN
PNCR
PNR
PO
Product Data Management System.
1. Preliminary Design Review (SDLC).
2. Product Design Review (for software).
Parts Delivery Service.
Obsolete term, see ESG and PSG. Previously referred to Dell's
Product Group.
The structured planning, development and release process Dell
uses for new products.
1. Product Introduction Document - Dell internal
document produced by CSSE describing service
strategies and other related information for a new
product.
2. Project ID (identification number).
Manufacturing test run required before reaching RTS. Tests
manufacturing process, completion of ECOs, and so on.
1. Performance Improvement Plan.
2. Product Identification Project.
1. Program Manager.
2. Program Management.
3. Project Manager.
Process Maturity Testing.
Part Number.
Part Number Change Request.
Part Number Request.
Purchase Order.
PPID
PRR
PSG
PTR
QBR
QIS
QMDS
QMR
QSA
Qualification Phase
Quality
R&D
Reliability Test
RFIR
RMA
Piece Part Identification. The bar code label that tracks Supplier
part numbers and serial numbers at manufacturing locations.
Production Readiness Review.
Personal Systems Group. Dell's product development group for
single user systems including desktops, workstations, and
portables.
Dell's Problem Tracking Report database.
Quarterly Business Review.
Quality Information System (Quality Control System). PPID bar
code capture system.
Quality Management Data System.
Quality Management Representative.
Quality Systems Audit. The highest level audit performed by
Dell to confirm that the Supplier has documented evidence of a
quality system.
The fourth phase of the PrP during which functional activities
are completed and verified to prepare the program for
progression to the Launch Phase.
Measurement of defects on a product that impact customers.
Research and Development.
Tests such as shock and vibration, temperature and other tests
that assess and predict reliability.
Repeat Field Incident Rate. The total percentage of service
actions taken within a 7 calendar day period from any previous
field incident.
Return Material Authorization.
RPN
RTM
RTS
RTV
SCAR
SCM
SI
SPC
SQA
SQE
SQI
Sr.
STL, STLT
Supplier Quality
Risk Priority Number.
Ready To Manufacture.
Ready to Ship. Milestone for production readiness of a product
achieved by SKU download to the factory. All development
work, validation and pilot(s) are complete. Material is available,
manufacturing is trained. Can build (at least a minimal quantity)
of
revenueable
units.
Return To Vendor.
Supplier Corrective Action Request.
1. Sales Configuration Management.
2. Software Configuration Management.
3. Strategic Commodity Manager.
Systems Integration. A Dell semi-custom manufacturing
capability. Prefered term is now Dell PLUS.
Statistical Process Control.
1. Software Quality Assurance.
2. Supplier Quality Analyst.
Supplier Quality Engineering.
Supplier Quality Issue.
Senior.
Ship to Target Lead-time. The percentage of systems that are
shipped within the target timeframe in a fiscal month. The target
timeframe is set by the regions and need not be the same for
each Line of Business.
Measured by Verified Line Performance, Verified Field
Performance, and Field Replacement Rate and is expressed in
SW
T&M
TBD
TCP
TCP/IP
Telephony
TPM
Traveller
TTM
TTR, TTRM
TTV
UL
DPPM.
Software.
Time and Material.
To be determined.
1. Terminal Communication Process.
2. Transport Control Protocol.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A system for
transferring information over a computer network. TCP/IP is the
protocol at the heart of the Internet.
Communication, often two-way, of spoken information, by
means of electrical signals carried by wires or radio waves. The
term was used to indicate transmission of the voice, as
distinguished from telegraphy (done in code and usually called
continuous wave or CW transmission), radio teletypewriter
(RTTY) transmission (also called FSK for Frequency Shift
Keying, the modulation scheme used by such machines), and
later, facsimile.
Obsolete term, see DSP. Previously referred to Dell Third Party
Maintainer.
Hard copy of a customer order used by the production line.
Time To Market.
Technology Transition Roadmap.
Total Time to Volume.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. US Federal law mandates that all
equipment used in a place of business be certified as safe by an
NRTL. In addition, many local electrical and building codes and
ordinances require that products be certified by an NRTL.
Because UL is one of the most widely recognized NRTLs in the
VFIR
VIFIR
VLRR
WIP
WWOPS
WWP
WWSQE
United States, a majority of our large customers make UL
approval a mandatory requirement.
Verified Field Incidence Rate.
Verified Initial Incidence Rate.
Verified Line Reject Rate.
Work In Progress.
Dell Worldwide Operations.
WorldWide Procurement.
WorldWide Supplier Quality Engineer.
2024年3月13日发(作者:霍朝旭)
Dell 常用朮語簡介
Acceptance Phase
ACD
AD
AD&D
ALERT
AES
AFIR
AMF
AML
AOQL
A-P
AP/PO
APCC
The final phase of the Phase Review Process during which
attainment of program goals is measured and learning
experiences are captured as part of the continuous process
improvement effort.
1. Automated Call Distribution.
2. Americas Customer Database. An externally maintained
database of U.S. customer purchase history, promotion
history, demographics and firmographics.
Area Director.
Application Development and Deployment.
Problem alert and resolution if one is available.
Automated Export (Compliance) System . A combination of
in-house development and third party software that allows Dell
to check orders to ensure they are not being shipped to restricted
countries.
Annualized Field Incident Rate. (See FIR)
Obsolete term. See DAO.
Approved Manufacturers List (equates to ASL).
Acceptable Outgoing Quality Levels.
Asia-Pacific. The region of the world encompassing Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island nations. Note: Within
Dell, Japan is a separate region from A-P.
Accounts Payable/Purchasing.
Asia-Pacific Customer Center. Dell sales, support, marketing,
and manufacturing center in Penang, Malaysia supporting the
Asia-Pacific Region. APCC also manufactures products for Dell
Japan.
APP
AQL
ARB
ARR
ARS
AsiaPac
ASIC
ASL
ASM
ASP
BC
BIST
BOL
BOM
Aggregate Product Plan. A Dell confidential document created
by a product line of business with regional involvement that
includes (at a minimum) competitive analysis, key technology
trends, market segmentation analysis, product proposals and
product roadmaps. The APP is used for business planning
purposes by product group and each region. Approved product
proposals begin development by entering the PrP.
Acceptable Quality Level.
Asset Recovery Business.
Acceptance Readiness Review (SDLC).
Action Request System (REMEDY).
Asia-Pacific. (see A-P)
Application Specific Integrated Circuit. A chip designed for a
particular customer or system, typically from standard cells
and/or gate arrays. May ultimately be sold as a standard part.
1. Approved Suppliers List.
2. Applications Solutions Center.
3. Americas Service Logistics.
Area Sales Manager.
Average Selling Price.
Business Contract.
Built In Self Test.
Bill of Lading.
Bill of Materials. Describes a grouping of components or materials
that are combined to create a single product. Example: Individual
components, along with a circuit board are combined to produce the
final product - a CPU (or microprocessor) board, for instance. The Bill
BPI, bpi
Brand Manager
Brand Team
Business Contract
CA
CAC
CAPP
CFT
CIFIR
CIP
of Materials lists all of the discrete components, including the empty
circuit board, and thereby creates a relationship between all the parts.
1. Bits Per Inch.
2. Business Process Improvement.
As used in the PrP, the Brand Manager is the Regional marketing
manager.
(As used with the PrP). An ongoing team of people with day to day
business management responsibilities within a LOB. The brand team
provides overall program direction, reviews and approves PFGs,
reviews Business Contracts for approval by the executive team and
approves phase review exits for individual programs.
The output document from the planning phase of the PrP. Business
Contracts are managed by Program Management and represent a
commitment to the company of expected program parameters
including scope, schedule, resource requirements, quality goals and
financial estimates. In particular, each Business Contact contains a
business case and a bounding box. Further documentation and
explanation of these terms can be found in Dell's PrP handbook.
1. Corrective Action.
2. Change Administration.
Client Assistance Center.
Consolidated Aggregate Product Plan. A document that is the
combination of each of the four LOB APPs.
Cross Functional Team.
Combined IFIR. IFIR plun Missing and Wrong.
Continuous Improvement Process. A formal process used by
Dell and its Suppliers to share expectations and expertise, reduce
defects, and apply lessons learned.
CMI
CMIP
CND
COA
COB
COGS
Confidential
Control Panel
Core Team
COS
CPI
CRD
Communication Management Interface.
Common Management Information Protocol. An OSI-based
network management protocol.
Can Not Duplicate.
Certificate of Authenticity.
Close of Business.
Cost of Goods Sold.
See Dell Confidential.
Part of the computer console that contains indicators and
controls, such as the power switch, hard-disk drive access
indicator, and power indicator. See also indicator panel.
(As used within the PrP.) A small project team, accountable to
an LOB brand team, that is assembled to advance and manage a
program through the PrP. The core team creates the PFG and
business contract and seeks approval for Phase Process
deliverables. The core team provides cross functional
management for the project by communicating to and
representing their management chain, managing extended teams,
resolving cross-functional issues and escalating risks and out of
bounds conditions upwards. Core team members head up
extended teams and represent the extended team on the core
team.
Change of Status.
1. Characters Per Inch.
2. Continuous Process Improvement.
1. Conceptual Requirements Document.
2. Customer Requirements Document. A document used by
CS
CSD
CSI
CSR
CSSE
DAO
DAOT
DARS
DCC
DCN
DCR
DCS
DellWare
Desktop
the portables group during the Profile Phase of the PrP.
Functionally the same as a PFG.
Core Services group within Dell's PG.
Customer Service Delivery. Group that offers telephone support
for all hardware related problems with Dell systems.
Customer Server Integration.
Client Service Report.
(Dell) Customer Support and Service Engineering within PG.
Product Operations
Dell Americas Operations
Dell Americas Operations Training.
Dell Accounts Receivable System.
1. Dell Call Center.
2. Design Characterization Complete.
Document Change Notice. Used to modify ISO documents.
Design Change Request.
1. Dell Catalog Sales group in Dell Direct, U.S.A.
2. Digital Cellular System.
Software and Peripherals that are sold by Dell but not Factory
Installed. A catalog of options is distributed each month.
Desktop computer. As used at Dell, this may be a Dimension or
Optiplex branded computer.
DFA
DFE
DFM
DFMA
DFO
DFR
DFS
DFT
DFX
DIMS
DMR
DMTF
DOA
DOMS
DOTTS
DPI
DPPM
DPS
Design for Assembly.
Dell Far East. Dell's procurement office in Taiwan.
Design for Manufacturability.
Design for Manufacturability and Assembly.
Dell Factory Outlet.
Dell Factory Repair.
1. Dell Financial Services.
2. Design for Service.
Design for Test.
Design for Excellence.
Dell Inventory Management System.
Discrepant Materials Report.
Desktop Management Task Force. A consortium of companies
representing hardware and software providers, of which Dell
Computer Corporation is a member.
Dead on Arrival.
Dell Order Management System.
Dell Order Tracking & Tactics System. (Subsystem of DOMS).
1. Dots Per Inch.
2. Dell Process Issue
Defective Parts Per Million.
Dell Product Support System.
DPU
DRAC
DSI
DSO
DSP.
DSR
DSVI
DT
DTA
DVT
E&O
Defects per unit. The total number of defects per unit shipped
that were observed in the manufacturing process after receiving
and inspection and before shipment. The only defects excluded
are those that are observed and corrected by the same operator
who created the original defect.
Dell Remote Assistant Card.
1. Days Sales Inventory.
2. Dell shipping interface. An application that screens
information transmitted via EDI from Dell's shipping
partner for format and completeness before presenting it
to various Dell applications.
Days Sales Outstanding.
1. Dell Service Provider (formerly called TPMs).
2. Discrepancy Shipping Process.
3. Digital Signal Processing. Microprocessors designed to
operate on electrical waveforms, like voice and video.
DSP chips can perform multiple functions, such as
wavetable synthesis, data transmission and file
compression. Depending on the architecture, a DSP chip
can switch from one task to another or, in some cases,
perform two tasks simultaneously. DSP functionality
can be enhanced with software upgrades. However, this
is not the case with fixed-function DSPs.
Demand Supply Repository
Dell Service Vendor Interface.
Desktop PC.
Dell Troubleshooting Assistant.
Design Verification Test.
Excess and Obsolete (inventory).
ECO
ECR
EDI
EDMS
EMEA
EMF
Employee Turnover
EMR
EOL
EOP
EOQ
EOS
ESG
EVT
Executive Team
F/A
FAI
Engineering Change Order-part of the release process at Dell.
Engineering Change Request.
Electronic Data Interchange.
Electronic Document Management System.
Europe, Middle East and Africa.
European Manufacturing Facility. Dell's factory in Limerick
Ireland supporting the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
The percentage of full time Dell employees, exempt and
nonexempt, leaving service, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
Electro Mechanical Repair.
End of Life.
End of Production.
End of Quarter.
1. End of Sales. No more production of the product,
however, service obligations remain.
2. Electrical Over Stress.
Enterprise Systems Group. Dells product development group for
servers and storage systems.
Engineering Validation Test
(As used within the PrP.) An ongoing team of senior
management that understands, guides and approves major LOB
decisions, including APP and Business Contract.
Failure Analysis.
First Article Inspection.
FIFO
FIR
FIST
FMEA
FOS
FS
FTS
FVSi
FY
FYI
GAM
GCO
GCP
GIR
Globalization
First In, First Out. A buffer that stores and forwards data items
in the same order in which they are received.
1. Field Incident Rate, a Dell measure of a product's
quality, as observed by the customer.
2. Finite Input Response.
Fully Integrated Systems Test.
Failure Modes Effects Analysis.
1. Front of Speaker.
2. Front of Screen.
Field service.
Functional Test System.
Functional Verification System - improved.
Fiscal Year. At Dell, the fiscal year runs from the beginning of
February until the end of January. Thus February 1st 1998 is in
the first quarter of FY'99.
For Your Information.
Global Account Manager.
Dell's Global Compliance Organization.
Global Customer Programs. Dell's global program initiative
including GEP (Global Enterprise Program) and ICA
(International Corporate Account Program.
Global Information Repository.
The process of writing or modifying a software application to
handle multiple languages for other countries and locales from a
common software source code base. (See also Enable and
GRMS
HALT
HazMat
ICT
IFIR
Implementation Phase
IPO
IPS
IQA
JIS
JQ
JQP
Launch Phase
LOB
Localization).
Gravity Room Mean Squared.
Highly Accelerated Life Test.
Hazardous Materials.
In-Circuit Test.
Initial Field Incident Rate. The percentage of service actions
taken on a Dell product that is covered by Dell's Limited
Warranty or by any Dell service agreement, within a 30 day
calendar period as measured from product invoice date.
The phase in the Phase Review Process following planning,
during which the system is formally developed.
(Dell) International Procurement Office.
1. Integrated Project Systems (project management
training vendor).
2. International Product Support. The Dell support groups
within each LOB that handle escalated support issues.
Incoming Quality Assurance.
Japan Industrial Standards.
Joint Qualification.
Joint Qualification Program.
The second to last phase of the PrP, during which the product
reaches RTS . The Launch Phase ends with FCS.
Line of Business. Each of the seven product areas within
product group, namely Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude, Optiplex,
Servers, Portables, and Workstations.
LRR
M/W, M&W
Metric
Missing and Wrong
MIS
MPO
MPP
MPR
MPS
MQE
MRB
MRD
MRP
MSP
Line Reject Rate. A measure of manufacturing quality equal to
100% minus the first pass yield. Percentage of systems that fail
any of the functional tests such as Quick Test, Extended Test, or
Final Test and are routed to EMR.
Missing and Wrong. The percentage of systems received by
customers that are incomplete, wrong or perceived wrong.
A measurement to monitor and demonstrate the achievement of
an objective, strategy or program. Metrics must be measurable,
accessible, timely and linked to specific objectives.
A component of IFIR, based on the percentage orders shipped
with missing, damaged, or incorrect parts, componenets, or
documentation.
Management Information Systems.
(Dell's Microsoft Program Office.
Master Production Plan. Forecasts used to make manufacturing,
procurement, and other decisions.
Material Purge Request. A request to remove all suspects
components/materials from a Dell manufacturing facility.
Master Production Schedule.
Manufacturing Quality Engineer (or Engineering).
Material Review Board.
Marketing Requirements Document. A product profiling
document, now officially referred to as the PFG.
1. Manufacturing Resource Plan.
2. Material Requirements Planning(supports EMPACT).
Master Sales Plan. Forecasts that eventually feed the MPP.
MTBF
NAO
NFF
NPI
NPO
NSDCR
OBA
OBD
OBE
ODM
OEM
ORT
PCN
PD
Mean time between failures.
North American Operations.
No Fault Found.
New Product Introduction.
Dell's New Product Operations.
Non-Service Dispatch Call Rate. The percentage of incoming
calls to the "Customer Service Delivery" group (technical
support + customer care) that do not result in a Field Incident, in
relation to the installed base.
Out of Box Audit. Percentage of units that are not produced to
customer's requirements as specified in the traveler. These units
are identified by an audit that has the following three
components: functional (system tested by customer diagnostics),
cosmetic (per Dell cosmetic specification, order completeness
(per traveler, DPS order, and associated BOMs).
Dell's Online Business Development group.
Out of Box Experience.
1. Open Desktop Management.
2. Original Development Manufacturer.
Original Equipment Manufacturer. A vendor that combines
hardware and/or software from others, adds its own products,
and sells the resulting combination to end users.
Ongoing Reliability Testing.
Part Change Notification.
Dell Product Development group in Japan (preferred name is
PG-J, or PG Japan).
PDMS
PDR
PDS
PG
Phase Review Process
PID
Pilot
PIP
PM
PMT
PN
PNCR
PNR
PO
Product Data Management System.
1. Preliminary Design Review (SDLC).
2. Product Design Review (for software).
Parts Delivery Service.
Obsolete term, see ESG and PSG. Previously referred to Dell's
Product Group.
The structured planning, development and release process Dell
uses for new products.
1. Product Introduction Document - Dell internal
document produced by CSSE describing service
strategies and other related information for a new
product.
2. Project ID (identification number).
Manufacturing test run required before reaching RTS. Tests
manufacturing process, completion of ECOs, and so on.
1. Performance Improvement Plan.
2. Product Identification Project.
1. Program Manager.
2. Program Management.
3. Project Manager.
Process Maturity Testing.
Part Number.
Part Number Change Request.
Part Number Request.
Purchase Order.
PPID
PRR
PSG
PTR
QBR
QIS
QMDS
QMR
QSA
Qualification Phase
Quality
R&D
Reliability Test
RFIR
RMA
Piece Part Identification. The bar code label that tracks Supplier
part numbers and serial numbers at manufacturing locations.
Production Readiness Review.
Personal Systems Group. Dell's product development group for
single user systems including desktops, workstations, and
portables.
Dell's Problem Tracking Report database.
Quarterly Business Review.
Quality Information System (Quality Control System). PPID bar
code capture system.
Quality Management Data System.
Quality Management Representative.
Quality Systems Audit. The highest level audit performed by
Dell to confirm that the Supplier has documented evidence of a
quality system.
The fourth phase of the PrP during which functional activities
are completed and verified to prepare the program for
progression to the Launch Phase.
Measurement of defects on a product that impact customers.
Research and Development.
Tests such as shock and vibration, temperature and other tests
that assess and predict reliability.
Repeat Field Incident Rate. The total percentage of service
actions taken within a 7 calendar day period from any previous
field incident.
Return Material Authorization.
RPN
RTM
RTS
RTV
SCAR
SCM
SI
SPC
SQA
SQE
SQI
Sr.
STL, STLT
Supplier Quality
Risk Priority Number.
Ready To Manufacture.
Ready to Ship. Milestone for production readiness of a product
achieved by SKU download to the factory. All development
work, validation and pilot(s) are complete. Material is available,
manufacturing is trained. Can build (at least a minimal quantity)
of
revenueable
units.
Return To Vendor.
Supplier Corrective Action Request.
1. Sales Configuration Management.
2. Software Configuration Management.
3. Strategic Commodity Manager.
Systems Integration. A Dell semi-custom manufacturing
capability. Prefered term is now Dell PLUS.
Statistical Process Control.
1. Software Quality Assurance.
2. Supplier Quality Analyst.
Supplier Quality Engineering.
Supplier Quality Issue.
Senior.
Ship to Target Lead-time. The percentage of systems that are
shipped within the target timeframe in a fiscal month. The target
timeframe is set by the regions and need not be the same for
each Line of Business.
Measured by Verified Line Performance, Verified Field
Performance, and Field Replacement Rate and is expressed in
SW
T&M
TBD
TCP
TCP/IP
Telephony
TPM
Traveller
TTM
TTR, TTRM
TTV
UL
DPPM.
Software.
Time and Material.
To be determined.
1. Terminal Communication Process.
2. Transport Control Protocol.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A system for
transferring information over a computer network. TCP/IP is the
protocol at the heart of the Internet.
Communication, often two-way, of spoken information, by
means of electrical signals carried by wires or radio waves. The
term was used to indicate transmission of the voice, as
distinguished from telegraphy (done in code and usually called
continuous wave or CW transmission), radio teletypewriter
(RTTY) transmission (also called FSK for Frequency Shift
Keying, the modulation scheme used by such machines), and
later, facsimile.
Obsolete term, see DSP. Previously referred to Dell Third Party
Maintainer.
Hard copy of a customer order used by the production line.
Time To Market.
Technology Transition Roadmap.
Total Time to Volume.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. US Federal law mandates that all
equipment used in a place of business be certified as safe by an
NRTL. In addition, many local electrical and building codes and
ordinances require that products be certified by an NRTL.
Because UL is one of the most widely recognized NRTLs in the
VFIR
VIFIR
VLRR
WIP
WWOPS
WWP
WWSQE
United States, a majority of our large customers make UL
approval a mandatory requirement.
Verified Field Incidence Rate.
Verified Initial Incidence Rate.
Verified Line Reject Rate.
Work In Progress.
Dell Worldwide Operations.
WorldWide Procurement.
WorldWide Supplier Quality Engineer.