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ATS BRZ CAP CDC CCP CDJL CECO CECU CEL CEP CHS CIC CIL CNA CNGE COA COB COHA CPG CMEP CMS CTC CTI CUMSA DAR DAV DEP DICUMSA EMB FSP GOB IPDC JEP MCP MDC METC PDC SHS SPDC SYTECH 607 305 Franklin 315 Franklin

Atlas Crankshaft Corporation Brazil CIC/CHS Cummins Charleston, Inc. Columbus Assembly Plant (also used to refer to CEP) Consolidated Diesel Corporation (Rocky Mount, NC) Columbus Components Plant (refers to machining at CEP) Cummins Diesel Japan Limited Cummins Engine Company Cummins Employees Federal Credit Union Cummins Electronics Company (used to be CELCO) Columbus Engine Plant Charleston, South Carolina Cummins Industrial Center (Seymour, IN) Cummins India Ltd. , Pune, India Cummins North Asia Cummins Natural Gas Engines (Clovis, NM) Cummins On-Time Assemblies (Redford, MI) Corporate Office Building Columbus Occupational Health Association Cummins Power Generation Columbus Mid-Range Engine Plant Cummins Military Systems Cummins Technical Center (R&E) Combustion Technologies Inc. (Charleston, SC) Cummins, Mexico Darlington, England Operations Daventry, England Plant Darlington Engine Plant Brazil Plant DRC/DRI Diesel Recon, Inc. Emerging Markets and Businesses Fuel Systems Plant (formerly FPP or Plant 2) General Office Building (National Road) Indianapolis Parts Distribution Center Jamestown Engine Plant Madison Components Plant Memphis Distribution Center Midrange Engine Technical Center Parts Distribution Center Shotts, Scotland Operations Singapore PDC Systems Technology 635 South Mapleton (Division of Cummins) COB Cafeteria Service Training Center (Columbus) Labor/Management Building

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Miscellaneous ACA ADC ADS AEB AGV AGVS AI AMH AOP AP APD APQP AQA AS/RS ASME AT&M ATMS BIC BIS BLCA BM BOM BPI BWS CADD CAD-CAM CAE CAI CAM CAPP Advanced Change Authorization Automated Data Collection Automated Design System: Another term for CAD Application Engineering Bulletins Automatic Guided Vehicle Automatic Guided Vehicle System Artificial Intelligence: The capability of a computer to perform functions usually attributed to human intelligence. Automated Materials Handling Annual Operating Plan Acknowledged Promise Advanced Product Development Advanced Product Quality Planning Assembly Quality Assurance Automated Storage and Retrieval System American Society of Mechanical Engineers Assembly Test and Mounting (also called CAP) Advanced Text Management System Business Information Center Before In Service Bus and Light Commercial Automotive Business Manager Bill of Material: A listing of all subassemblies, intermediates, parts and raw materials-with their quantities-that go into making a product. Business Problem Identifier Budgeted Work Standard Computer Aided Design and Drafting Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing: The computerized integration of design on one side and manufacturing on the other. Computer Aided Engineering Computer Aided Inspection: Any of a variety of methods to inspect parts and designs using a computer. Computer Aided Manufacturing Computer Aided Process Planning: A computer program that interacts with CAD/CAM and is used to help develop process and production plans for manufacturing. Computer Aided Publication System: System used to provide camera ready copy of service and parts catalogs. Columbus Area Safety and Health Action Committee Computer Aided Testing: A group of programs that test by modeling parts and product design and specification through interaction with CAD/CAM. Corrective Action Requested Carbon Copy Cummins Business Services

CAPS CASHAC CAT CAR CC CBS

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CCN CDS CE CECCF CEO CEOM CERA CFI CICS CIM CIS CL CMC CMLA/R CMG CMS CMSC CNC

CNG COA COHA COO COS CPE CPE CPIF CPM CPMS CPPS CPR CPS CQA CQD CR CREAK CRP

CRT CSL CSS CTO CTS

Cummins Communication Network Cummins Distribution System Customer Engineering Cummins Employees Combined Charities Fund Chief Executive Office or Officer Central Engine Order Management Cummins Employees Recreation Association Cummins Financial Incorporated Customer Information Control System Computer-Integrated Manufacturing: The concept of totally integrating all elements of manufacturing through a unified database. Cummins Information Services Customer Led Consolidated Mail Code Construction, Mining, Logging, Agriculture, and Rail Cummins Management Group Cummins Marketing System Cummins Military System Company 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. Compressed Natural Gas Cummins On-time Assembly Cummins Occupational Health Center Chief Operating Officer Cost Of Sales Cost Per Engine Cummins Production Excellence Central Product Information File Cummins Practice Manual Cummins Performance Management System Cummins Policy and Procedure System Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Cummins Production System Customer Quality Assurance Cost, Quality, Delivery Customer Request Cummins Retired Employees Association and Kin 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. Cathode Ray Tube (Computer Terminal) Customer Specification Language Cummins Support System Cummins Technical Organization Cummins Technical System

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CUA CWS DBMS DCA DFA DFM

DFSE DFSS DMR DNC DOEMS DOP DPI DRP

DVA DWU EAP EBS ECI ECR EDC EDI EHDB EIM EJR EMI EOQ EQA ER ETR FEA

FEM FIFO FLS

Chronic Under Achiever Current Work Standard Data Based Management System: A package of software programs to organize and control access to information stored in a multi-user computer system. Design Control Authorization Design For Assembly: Precedes DFM (see below) and involves simplifying product structures so that assembly cost can be reached. 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. Director Field Service Engineers Design for Six Sigma Discrepant Material Review Direct (or Distributed) Numerical Control: A system where groups of machine tools are networked to a central computer. Distributors Original Equipment Manufacturers Director of Personnel (now Human Resources) Data Pathing Inc. (shop hardened computer terminal) 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. Dimensional Variation Analysis Diesel Workers Union Employee Assistance Program (also called Solutions) Engine Business Staff Electronically Controlled Injector Engineering Change Release Employee Development Center Electronic Data Interchange: the movement of data electronically between a buyer and a seller. Engine History Data Base Excellence in Manufacturing Engineering Job Request Engineering/Manufacturing Interface Economic Order Quantity: The mathematical computation for finding the lowest total cost lot size. Engine Quality Assurance Engineering Release Electronic Timing Regulator (Engine option PH4709 QSK19 Engine 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. Finite Element Modeling: The creation of a mathematical model of a part being designed; the model is used as input to an FEA program. First In First Out (inventory term) First Line Supervisor (also known as foreman)

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FMC FMC FMEA FMS

FPM FGL

FSA FSB FTA FYI GDMS GSC GT HHP HPI HR HRIC HRIS HRP IEEE IGES

IMS IRC JIC JIT

LAN

LCS LIFO MAP/TOP

MBU M/C

Flexible Manufacturing Cell: l A scaled-down FMS (see below). With only two or three machine tools plus a flexible handling system linking them. Flexible Machining Center: Usually CNC turning or grinding machines with robots to load and unload parts. Failure Mode & Effects Analysis 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 Final Parts Mounting 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. Flexible Spending Account Fuel System Business Fault Tree Analysis For Your Information Gannett Direct Marketing Service (literature control service) General Systems Corporation (Quality) Group Technology: An engineering and manufacturing philosophy that recognizes sameness in designs, parts equipment and process. High Horsepower High Pressure Injection Human Resources (Personnel) Human Resource Information Center Human Resource Information System Human Resource Planning Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Initial Graphics Exchange Specification: A cooperative project aimed at facilitating the exchange of graphics and other data among incompatible CAD/CAM systems. Information Management System Invention Review Committee Just In Case 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. Local Area Network: A privately owned network offering high-speed communication channels optimized for connecting information-processing equipment in a limited area. Literature Control Service (now GDMS, Gannett Direct Marketing) Last In First Out (inventory term 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. Marketing Business Unit Cummins Internal Mail Code

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MCAE ME ME MES MFP M1-M5 MPCS MPS MQA MR MRP

MRP 11

NC

NCM NEBS NIOSH NOR NPIT NPPDI NSBE NSE OCE OCR OCU OD OEM OES OEPL OPP OPI OS OSHA OSI

PAT PBIT PC

Mech. Comp. Aided Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Expense Marketing Effectiveness Staff Managing for Productivity Management Reviews (M 1, M 2, M 3, M 4, M 5) Manufacturing Planning and Control Software Master Production Schedule: the anticipated build schedule. Manufacturing Quality Assurance Material Review Manufacturing Requirements Planning: A set of techniques which use bills of material, inventory data and the master production schedule to calculate material requirements. 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. 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. Non-conforming Materials New Engine Build Standards National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health New Option Request New Product Introduction Team New Product Planning, Development, and Introduction National Society of Black Engineers New Standards of Excellence Office of the Chief Executive Optical Character Recognition Office Committee Union Organizational Development Original Equipment Manufacturer Organizational Effectiveness Staff Original Equipment Parts List Organization and People Plan Operator Process Instructions Operating System: A structured set of software programs that control operation of a computer and associated peripheral devices. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 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. Profit After Tax Profit Before Interest and Tax Personal Computer

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PC&I PDCA PDES

PDR PFR PLC PO PLN PPAP PPI PPIF PPM PQC PQIC PUT QC QE QFD QOP QPR QS QSP QSP II R&D RCP

RFA RFCA ROANA ROI ROS RPH RPT RSP SAE SAM SFC SEMO SIHO

Process Control and Improvement Plan, Do, Check, Audit 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. Performance Development Review Planning, Forecasting, Reporting Programmable Logic Controller or Programmable Controller Purchase Orders Pump-Line-Nozzle: Fuel System as in the Cat 3406, 3306, Cummins B&C Production Part Approval Process Purchased Parts Inspection Plant Products Information File Parts Per Million Product Quality Committee Product Quality Information Center Personal Unpaid Time Quality Control: The establishment and maintenance of specified quality standards for products. Quality Engineering: The establishment and performance of test to measure product and adherence to acceptance criteria. Quality Functional Development Quarterly Operating Plan Quality Problem Report Quality Systems Qualified Savings Plan (Now RSP - Retirement Savings Plan) Quality System Procedures Research and Development 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. Request for Appropriations Request for Capital Appropriations Return On Average Net Assets Return On Investment Return On Sales Repairs Per Hundred Repairs per Thousand Retirement Savings Plan Society of Automotive Engineers Source Approval Methods Shop Floor control: The process of maintaining and communicating status information on manufacturing orders. Small Engine Order Management Southern Indiana Health Organization

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SPC

SQI SQC SRC STAIRS SWE T&A TALK TBWS TIC TLS TM TOSS TQA TQC TQS TSO VE VMS VSP WIP WOE WPPR WPT WWEI YTD ZHD ZMD

Statistical Process Control: Techniques for providing measurements to monitor processes to keep them within prescribed limits. SPC is the tool used to accomplish TQC. Supplier Quality Improvement Statistical Quality Control Software Review Committee Storage and Information Retrieval System Society of Women Engineers Time and Attendance Talk At Least Kost (long distance service) Team Based Work System Technical Information Center Technical Leadership Seminar Team Manager Total Office Support System Total Quality Assurance Total Quality Control: The philosophy of making every product correctly the first time. Total Quality System Time Sharing Option Variable Expense Vehicle Mission Simulation Vision Service Plan Work In Process: Products in various stages of completion throughout the plant. Wrong On Engine Work Plan and Performance Review World wide Product Team World Wide Employee Information System Year To Date Zero Hour Defects Zero Mile Defects

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