725 abbreviations with 1,246 meanings, from the gate and discipline codes on the lifecycle charts to the standards, bodies and industry terms the Hub uses. Where the same letters mean different things, each meaning is listed with the lifecycles that use it. The list is built from the lifecycle and compliance data, so it stays current. For definitions of terms in general, see the glossary.
The process of fixing the cause of a problem and stopping it from happening again.
Quality and reliability
A supplier's formal notice to customers that a product or its process will change.
Quality and reliabilityGate codes
The automotive process in which a supplier shows, with records, that its production process makes parts that meet requirements.
Quality and reliabilityStandards and regulations
Used in: PPAP guide, Traceability overlay, Automotive lifecycle: Automotive quality and PPAP, APQP lifecycle: PPAP Submission & Approval, APQP lifecycle: PPAP submitted gate, APQP lifecycle: PPAP approved gate
The checks and reviews that show a product or a kit meets its requirements before release.
Quality and reliabilityDiscipline codes
Runs advanced product quality planning under IATF 16949, the design and process FMEAs, the control plan and the production part approval submission, and keeps statistical process control running in production.
Discipline codes
Checks the kit as a whole: a library of QA test cases and QA designs run through every supported tool category, regression on every change, and the checks that the parts of the kit agree.
Discipline codes
In: PDK lifecycle
Assesses how much confidence the tool needs and how its errors would be detected, writes the human review policy, controls the flow documentation, runs incident and corrective action handling and change impact assessment, and records lessons learned.
Discipline codes
Defines the screening flow and lot acceptance tests, plans and runs qualification to the agreed framework, and reports lot acceptance for every flight lot.
Discipline codes
In: Space lifecycle
The list of makers qualified to supply integrated circuits to the US defence specification.
Quality and reliability
The process assessment approach behind Automotive SPICE; in circuit design the same letters name the simulator family.
Quality and reliability
Used in: Automotive SPICE guide, Automotive SPICE lifecycle, Traceability overlay
Gate and discipline codes are plain initials chosen for the Hub's charts, not any company's internal codes. Standard names belong to their publishers; the guides explain them in our own words. Missing an abbreviation? Suggest one.