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FUA (Frequently Used Acronyms) Revised September 2006

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ATS Atlas Crankshaft Corporation BRZ Brazil CIC/CHS Cummins Charleston, Inc. CAP Columbus Assembly Plant (also used to refer to CEP) CDC Consolidated Diesel Corporation (Rocky Mount, NC) CCP Columbus Components Plant (refers to machining at CEP) CDJL Cummins Diesel Japan Limited CECO Cummins Engine Company CECU Cummins Employees Federal Credit Union CEL Cummins Electronics Company (used to be CELCO) CEP Columbus Engine Plant CHS Charleston, South Carolina CIC Cummins Industrial Center (Seymour, IN) CIL Cummins India Ltd. , Pune, India CNA Cummins North Asia CNGE Cummins Natural Gas Engines (Clovis, NM) COA Cummins On-Time Assemblies (Redford, MI) COB Corporate Office Building COHA Columbus Occupational Health Association CPG Cummins Power Generation CMEP Columbus Mid-Range Engine Plant CMS Cummins Military Systems CTC Cummins Technical Center (R&E) CTI Combustion Technologies Inc. (Charleston, SC) CUMSA Cummins, Mexico DAR Darlington, England Operations DAV Daventry, England Plant DEP Darlington Engine Plant DICUMSA Brazil Plant DRC/DRI Diesel Recon, Inc. EMB Emerging Markets and Businesses FSP Fuel Systems Plant (formerly FPP or Plant 2) GOB General Office Building (National Road) IPDC Indianapolis Parts Distribution Center JEP Jamestown Engine Plant MCP Madison Components Plant MDC Memphis Distribution Center METC Midrange Engine Technical Center PDC Parts Distribution Center SHS Shotts, Scotland Operations SPDC Singapore PDC SYTECH Systems Technology 635 South Mapleton (Division of Cummins) 607 COB Cafeteria 305 Franklin Service Training Center (Columbus) 315 Franklin Labor/Management Building




Miscellaneous

ACA Advanced Change Authorization ADC Automated Data Collection ADS Automated Design System: Another term for CAD AEB Application Engineering Bulletins AGV Automatic Guided Vehicle AGVS Automatic Guided Vehicle System AI Artificial Intelligence: The capability of a computer to perform functions usually

attributed to human intelligence. AMH Automated Materials Handling AOP Annual Operating Plan AP Acknowledged Promise APD Advanced Product Development APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning AQA Assembly Quality Assurance AS/RS Automated Storage and Retrieval System ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers AT&M Assembly Test and Mounting (also called CAP) ATMS Advanced Text Management System BIC Business Information Center BIS Before In Service BLCA Bus and Light Commercial Automotive BM Business Manager BOM Bill of Material: A listing of all subassemblies, intermediates, parts and raw

materials-with their quantities-that go into making a product. BPI Business Problem Identifier BWS Budgeted Work Standard CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CAD-CAM Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing: The computerized

integration of design on one side and manufacturing on the other. CAE Computer Aided Engineering CAI Computer Aided Inspection: Any of a variety of methods to inspect parts and

designs using a computer. CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAPP Computer Aided Process Planning: A computer program that interacts with

CAD/CAM and is used to help develop process and production plans for manufacturing.

CAPS Computer Aided Publication System: System used to provide “camera ready copy” of service and parts catalogs.

CASHAC Columbus Area Safety and Health Action Committee CAT Computer Aided Testing: A group of programs that test by modeling parts and

product design and specification through interaction with CAD/CAM. CAR Corrective Action Requested CC Carbon Copy CBS Cummins Business Services




CCN Cummins Communication Network CDS Cummins Distribution System CE Customer Engineering CECCF Cummins Employees Combined Charities Fund CEO Chief Executive Office or Officer CEOM Central Engine Order Management CERA Cummins Employees Recreation Association CFI Cummins Financial Incorporated CICS Customer Information Control System CIM Computer-Integrated Manufacturing: The concept of totally integrating all

elements of manufacturing through a unified database. CIS Cummins Information Services CL Customer Led CMC Consolidated Mail Code CMLA/R Construction, Mining, Logging, Agriculture, and Rail CMG Cummins Management Group CMS Cummins Marketing System CMSC Cummins Military System Company CNC Computer-Numerical Control: A technique whereby a machine tool uses a

computer to store numerical control (NC) instructions generated earlier by CAD/CAM for operating the machine.

CNG Compressed Natural Gas COA Cummins On-time Assembly COHA Cummins Occupational Health Center COO Chief Operating Officer COS Cost Of Sales CPE Cost Per Engine CPE Cummins Production Excellence CPIF Central Product Information File CPM Cummins Practice Manual CPMS Cummins Performance Management System CPPS Cummins Policy and Procedure System CPR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPS Cummins Production System CQA Customer Quality Assurance CQD Cost, Quality, Delivery CR Customer Request CREAK Cummins Retired Employees Association and Kin CRP Capacity Requirements Planning: The process of determining how much labor

and machine resources are needed to perform production tasks, then planning to provide these resources.

CRT Cathode Ray Tube (Computer Terminal) CSL Customer Specification Language CSS Cummins Support System CTO Cummins Technical Organization CTS Cummins Technical System




CUA Chronic Under Achiever CWS Current Work Standard DBMS Data Based Management System: A package of software programs to organize

and control access to information stored in a multi-user computer system. DCA Design Control Authorization DFA Design For Assembly: Precedes DFM (see below) and involves simplifying

product structures so that assembly cost can be reached. DFM Design for Manufacture: The avoidance of designing component features that

are unnecessarily expensive to produce; optimizing materials, cost and processes early in the design phase of production.

DFSE Director Field Service Engineers DFSS Design for Six Sigma DMR Discrepant Material Review DNC Direct (or Distributed) Numerical Control: A system where groups of machine

tools are networked to a central computer. DOEMS Distributors Original Equipment Manufacturers DOP Director of Personnel (now Human Resources) DPI Data Pathing Inc. (shop hardened computer terminal) DRP Distribution Resource Planning: Determining what is needed to replenish

inventory at branch warehouse as well as organizing the key resources in distribution, including warehouse space, manpower, trucks, etc.

DVA Dimensional Variation Analysis DWU Diesel Workers Union EAP Employee Assistance Program (also called “Solutions”) EBS Engine Business Staff ECI Electronically Controlled Injector ECR Engineering Change Release EDC Employee Development Center EDI Electronic Data Interchange: the movement of data electronically between a

buyer and a seller. EHDB Engine History Data Base EIM Excellence in Manufacturing EJR Engineering Job Request EMI Engineering/Manufacturing Interface EOQ Economic Order Quantity: The mathematical computation for finding the lowest

total cost lot size. EQA Engine Quality Assurance ER Engineering Release ETR Electronic Timing Regulator (Engine option PH4709 – QSK19 Engine FEA Finite Element Analysis: a method used in connection with a CAD for

determining the structural integrity of a mechanical part or parts under design using mathematical simulation of the part and its loading conditions.

FEM Finite Element Modeling: The creation of a mathematical model of a part being designed; the model is used as input to an FEA program.

FIFO First In First Out (inventory term) FLS First Line Supervisor (also known as foreman)




FMC Flexible Manufacturing Cell: l A scaled-down FMS (see below). With only two or three machine tools plus a flexible handling system linking them.

FMC Flexible Machining Center: Usually CNC turning or grinding machines with robots to load and unload parts.

FMEA Failure Mode & Effects Analysis FMS Flexible Manufacturing System: Typically, an arrangement of a number of NC

machine tools with tool changers interconnected with a flexible transport system such as automated guided vehicles

FPM Final Parts Mounting FGL Fourth Generation Language: A group of high-level computer languages, which

allows a programmer to communicate with a computer in a language, approaching conversational speed.

FSA Flexible Spending Account FSB Fuel System Business FTA Fault Tree Analysis FYI For Your Information GDMS Gannett Direct Marketing Service (literature control service) GSC General Systems Corporation (Quality) GT Group Technology: An engineering and manufacturing philosophy that

recognizes “sameness” in designs, parts equipment and process. HHP High Horsepower HPI High Pressure Injection HR Human Resources (Personnel) HRIC Human Resource Information Center HRIS Human Resource Information System HRP Human Resource Planning IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification: A cooperative project aimed at

facilitating the exchange of graphics and other data among incompatible CAD/CAM systems.

IMS Information Management System IRC Invention Review Committee JIC Just In Case JIT Just In Time: All activities that make just-in-time manufacturing and movement

of materials to meet production or delivery schedules possible; leads to inventory and waste reduction in manufacturing.

LAN Local Area Network: A privately owned network offering high-speed communication channels optimized for connecting information-processing equipment in a limited area.

LCS Literature Control Service (now GDMS, Gannett Direct Marketing) LIFO Last In First Out (inventory term MAP/TOP Manufacturing Automation Protocol and Technical and Office Protocol: An

effort to take the OSI (see below) model and IEEE 802 standards and synthesize them into a working system for manufacturing and front office communication.

MBU Marketing Business Unit M/C Cummins Internal Mail Code




MCAE Mech. Comp. Aided Engineering ME Mechanical Engineering ME Manufacturing Expense MES Marketing Effectiveness Staff MFP Managing for Productivity M1-M5 Management Reviews (M 1, M 2, M 3, M 4, M 5) MPCS Manufacturing Planning and Control Software MPS Master Production Schedule: the anticipated “build” schedule. MQA Manufacturing Quality Assurance MR Material Review MRP Manufacturing Requirements Planning: A set of techniques which use bills of

material, inventory data and the master production schedule to calculate material requirements.

MRP 11 Material Resource Planning: Evolved from MRP, it is a method of planning all resources of a manufacturing company. Unlike MRP, it can be used for financial as well as unit planning.

NC Numerical Control: A technique of operating machine tools or similar equipment in which machine motion is developed in response to numerically coded commands, which may be generated by CAD/CAM.

NCM Non-conforming Materials NEBS New Engine Build Standards NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health NOR New Option Request NPIT New Product Introduction Team NPPDI New Product Planning, Development, and Introduction NSBE National Society of Black Engineers NSE New Standards of Excellence OCE Office of the Chief Executive OCR Optical Character Recognition OCU Office Committee Union OD Organizational Development OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OES Organizational Effectiveness Staff OEPL Original Equipment Parts List OPP Organization and People Plan OPI Operator Process Instructions OS Operating System: A structured set of software programs that control operation

of a computer and associated peripheral devices. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSI Open Systems Interconnection: the International Standards Organization

Formulated model for developing an open system for interconnection. The model was developed so that programs and data can easily be transported from one computer network to another.

PAT Profit After Tax PBIT Profit Before Interest and Tax PC Personal Computer




PC&I Process Control and Improvement PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Audit PDES Product Data Exchange Specification: Established as part of the IGES project

(see above), it is the effort to capture, manage and apply product knowledge in a computer-based environment.

PDR Performance Development Review PFR Planning, Forecasting, Reporting PLC Programmable Logic Controller or Programmable Controller PO Purchase Orders PLN Pump-Line-Nozzle: Fuel System as in the Cat 3406, 3306, Cummins B&C PPAP Production Part Approval Process PPI Purchased Parts Inspection PPIF Plant Products Information File PPM Parts Per Million PQC Product Quality Committee PQIC Product Quality Information Center PUT Personal Unpaid Time QC Quality Control: The establishment and maintenance of specified quality

standards for products. QE Quality Engineering: The establishment and performance of test to measure

product and adherence to acceptance criteria. QFD Quality Functional Development QOP Quarterly Operating Plan QPR Quality Problem Report QS Quality Systems QSP Qualified Savings Plan (Now RSP - Retirement Savings Plan) QSP II Quality System Procedures R&D Research and Development RCP Rough-cut Capacity Planning: The process of converting the production plan

and master production schedule into capacity needs for such key resources as manpower and machinery.

RFA Request for Appropriations RFCA Request for Capital Appropriations ROANA Return On Average Net Assets ROI Return On Investment ROS Return On Sales RPH Repairs Per Hundred RPT Repairs per Thousand RSP Retirement Savings Plan SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAM Source Approval Methods SFC Shop Floor control: The process of maintaining and communicating status

information on manufacturing orders. SEMO Small Engine Order Management SIHO Southern Indiana Health Organization




SPC Statistical Process Control: Techniques for providing measurements to monitor processes to keep them within prescribed limits. SPC is the tool used to accomplish TQC.

SQI Supplier Quality Improvement SQC Statistical Quality Control SRC Software Review Committee STAIRS Storage and Information Retrieval System SWE Society of Women Engineers T&A Time and Attendance TALK Talk At Least Kost (long distance service) TBWS Team Based Work System TIC Technical Information Center TLS Technical Leadership Seminar TM Team Manager TOSS Total Office Support System TQA Total Quality Assurance TQC Total Quality Control: The philosophy of making every product correctly the first

time. TQS Total Quality System TSO Time Sharing Option VE Variable Expense VMS Vehicle Mission Simulation VSP Vision Service Plan WIP Work In Process: Products in various stages of completion throughout the

plant. WOE Wrong On Engine WPPR Work Plan and Performance Review WPT World wide Product Team WWEI World Wide Employee Information System YTD Year To Date ZHD Zero Hour Defects ZMD Zero Mile Defects

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