Abbreviation	Definition
AMPAP	Aston Martin Part Approval Process
APQP	Advanced Product Quality Planning
AQL	Acceptable Quality Limit
ARPN	Alternative Risk Priority Number
Artifact	Measurement machine verification items
Audit	Systemic independent and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled
CI	Continuous Improvement
CM	Change Management
Concession	Permission to use or release a product or service  that does not conform to specified requirements
Correction	Action to eliminate a detected nonconformity
CT	Computed Tomography
CTA	Critical To Assembly
CTF	Critical To Function
Deviation	Permission to depart from the originally specified requirements of a product or service prior to its realization
DFM	Design For Manufacture
DFMEA	Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis
DN	Delivery Note
ECR	Engineering Change Request
EMS	Environmental Management System
FAI	First Article Inspection
Failure Cause	Set of circumstances that lead to failure
Failure effect	Consequence of a failure, within or beyond the boundary of the failed item
Failure mechanism	Process that leads to failure
Failure Mode	Manner in which failure occurs
FAIR	First Article Inspection Report
FMEA	Failure Mode Effect Analysis
Hazard	Potential source of harm
IMDS	International Material Data System
Intended use Intended Purpose	Use for which a product, process or service is intended according to the specifications, instructions and information provided by the manufacturer
IPC	In Process Control
ISIR	Initial Sample Inspection Report (it entails all dims from 2D drawing/ or the ones that are possible to measure)
ISO	International Organisation for Standardisation
IVD	In Vitro Diagnostic
Life Cycle	Series of all phases in the life of a medical device, from the initial conception to final decommissioning and disposal
Likelihood	Chance of something happening
Manufacturer	Natural or legal person with responsibility for the design and/or manufacture of a medical device with the intention of making the medical device available for use, under his name, whether or not such a medical device is designed and/or manufactured by that person himself or on his behalf by another person(s)
MDS	Material Data sheet
Medical Device	Instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purpose(s)
MPO	Mould Process Optimisation
MSDS	Material Safety Data sheet
NCR	Nonconformance Report
Nonconformance	Non-Fulfilment of a requirement
NPI	New Product introduction
Objective Evidence	Data supporting the existence or verity of something
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OOS	Out Of Specification
PAW	Part Approval Warrant
PFMEA	Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis
PM	Project Manager
PO	Purchase Order
POL	Policy
POR	Purchase Order Request
PPAP	Production Part Approval Process
PPIR	Prototype Part Inspection Report
Procedure	Specified way to carry out an activity or a process
Process	Set of interrelated or interacting activities that use inputs to deliver an intended result
Protocol	Protocol in the context of FRP refers to a set of guidelines and procedures that establish agreement on information and control processes between FRP stakeholders, including the manufacturer, customer and supplier.
PSW	Part Submission Warrant
PT	Project Team
QA	Quality Assurance
QC	Quality Control
QMS	Quality Management System
RA	Risk Assessment
Record	Document stating results achieved or providing evidence of activities performed
Regrade	Alteration of the grade of a nonconforming product or service in order to make it conform to requirements differing from the initial requirements
Release	Permission to proceed to the next stage of the process or to the process
Repair	Action on a nonconforming product or service to make it acceptable for the intended use
Residual risk	Risk remaining after risk control (3.21) measures have been implemented
Rework	Action on a nonconforming product or service to make it conform to the requirements
Risk	Combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm
Risk analysis	Systematic use of available information to identify hazards and to estimate the risk
Risk assessment	Overall process comprising a risk analysis and a risk evaluation
Risk estimation	Process used to assign values to the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm
Risk evaluation	Process of comparing the estimated risk against given risk criteria to determine the acceptability of the risk
Risk management	Systematic application of management policies, procedures, and practices to the tasks of analysing, evaluating, controlling and monitoring risk
SC	Schedule Confirmation
Scenario	Possible sequence of the specified conditions under which the system, item or process function are performed
SDS	Safety Data Sheet
SEDS	Single Entry Data System
Severity	Relative ranking of potential or actual consequences of failure or a fault
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SPAP	Small Production Approval Part
T	Trial
TEM	Template
Verification	Confirmation through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled
Reusable Packaging	Packaging that with no compromise to presentation can be used to pack parts/materials to Stakeholders