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			Defect - 




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The failure of an item to meet a specific inspection criterion.
Related Terms: Defect - defectives | defects | inspection | quality | quality control | zero defects |

Defectives -

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The failure of an item to meet one or more a set of inspection critera.
Related Terms: Defectives - defect | defects | inspection | quality | quality control | zero defects |

Engineering Data -

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Any technical data (whether prepared by the Government, contractor, or vendor) relating to the specification, design, analysis, manufacture, acquisition, test, inspection or maintenance of items or services. Engineering data is comprised of all information that contains authoritative engineering definition or guidance on material, constituent items, equipment or systems practices, Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Department of Defense, United States Government "Military Handbook 59-B", 1993
Related Terms: Engineering Data - contractor | data | design | engineering | manufacturing | production | support | technical data | vendor |

Lead Time (1) -

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A span of time required to perform an activity. In a production and inventory control context, the activity is normally the procurement of materials or product from either an outside supplier or a company's own manufacturing facility. The individual components of any given lead time can include some or Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: Gartner Group "Information Technology Glossary" Executive Reference, 1993
Related Terms: Lead Time (1) - acquisition | contracting | inventory | logistics | manufacturing | procurement | production | purchasing | supply | support |

Levels of Maintenance -

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The distinctive depths of repair, maintenance, or inspection for which a system or component is designed; examples are no repair, two-level, three-level, five-level, depot, intermediate, or field.
Related Terms: Levels of Maintenance - level of repair | level of repair analysis | repair | repair levels |

Product Data -

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All engineering data, in processable form, necessary to define the geometry, the function, and the behavior of an item over its entire life span, including logistic elements for quality, reliability, maintainability, topology, relationship, tolerances, attributes, and features necessary to define the item completely for the purpose of design, analysis, Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from Joan Smith, "An Introduction to CALS: The Strategy and the Standards", 1990
Related Terms: Product Data - data | engineering | engineering data | life cycle | logistics | product | quality |


Unless otherwise indicated, all entries in the LogisticsWorld Logistics Glossary are copyright 1997, Matthew D. Cox, logistics@logisticsworld.com.

 

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Ver 4, Sep, 1999, Matthew D. Cox, logistics@logisticsworld.com
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