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AFNOR Association Francais de Normalisation ANSI American National Standards Institute APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan AQAP Allied Quality Assurance Publications (NATO) ASQ American Society for Quality (was ASQC) ASQC American Society for Quality Control (now ASQ) ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials BS British Standard, issued by BSI BSI British Standards Institution CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee CCITT The International Telegraph and Telephony Consultative
Committee CECC CENELEC Electronic Components Committee CEN Commission European de Normalisation CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation COS Corporation of Open Systems CP Core Business Process CPPD Critical Path Project Management CSA Canadian Standards Association DCS Document Control Sheet DIN Deutsches Institut fu¨r Normung (German Institute for
Standardisation) DIS Draft International Standard DTI Department of Trade and Industry DOD (American) Division of Defence EEC European Economic Community EIC European Information Centre EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme EMS Environmental Management System EN European Number (for European standards) ENHD European Harmonised Directive EU European Union FDIS Final Draft International Standard FIIE(elec) Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Electrical
Incorporated Engineers
FinstM Fellow of the Institute of Management FMEA Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FR Failure Rate HEC Herne European Consultancy Ltd HSE Health & Safety Executive (UK) IAF International Accreditation Forum IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers IQA Institute of Quality Assurance ISO International Organisation for Standardisation ISO/CASCO OSI Committee on Conformity Testing ISO/TC176 The ISO Technical Committee responsible for the ISO 9000
series standards IT Information Technology ITU International Telecommunications Union LAN Local Area Network LCA Life Cycle Assessment MIQA Member of the Institute of Quality Assurance MIRSE Member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers MOD Ministry of Defence MSc Master of Science MTBF Mean Time Between Failures NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NoBo Notified Body NQIC National Quality Information Centre NSA National Supervising Authority NSO National Standards Organisation OSI Open Systems Connection PF Probability Function PPAP Production Part Approval Process QA Quality Assurance QAI Quality Assurance Inspector QC Quality Control QM Quality Manual QMS Quality Management System QP Quality Procedure QSA Quality System Assessment SCEEMAS Small Company Environmental and Energy Management
Scheme SP Supporting Processes SQP Section Quality Plan TQM Total Quality Management (e.g. BS 7850) UK United Kingdom VDE Verband Deutsch Elektrotechniker WI Work Instruction
