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Operational Excellence Acronyms

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The Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence (KCOE) is a team of expert coaches who, through their own practical experiences and studies, are uniquely qualified to provide high quality, results-driven training and coaching in Operational Excellence (OE).

During the course of our training and coaching session the “OE Faithful” begin to know, understand, and use certain operational excellence acronyms.  If you’re new to an event it may be helpful to read over the list of operational excellence acronyms below.

Operational Excellence Acronyms

KCOE – Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence

OE – Operational Excellence

3G’s – Go and See, Get the Facts, Grasp the Situation

3P’s – People, Passion, Patience

5 Why’s – Asking “Why” again and again to truly understand

PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act

POR – Point of Recognition

POC – Point of Cause

RC – Root Cause

PSS – Problem Solving Sheet

PS – Problem Solving

BSC – Balanced Scorecard

DM – Daily Meeting

MP – Master Planning

SS – Suggestion System

VM – Visual Management

5S + 1 – Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain and Safety

R&R – Roles and Responsibilities

S – Safety

Q – Quality

P – Productivity

HD – Human Development

C – Cost

OE Imp. – Operational Excellence Implementation

STND Topic – Standard Topic

STND Work – Standard Work

OPR – One Page Report (A3 Report)

CIP – Continuous Improvement Process

MGT Cycle – Management Cycle

QC – Quality Circle

TPM – Total Protective Maintenance

VSM – Value Stream Map

To find out more about how these operational excellence acronyms are used in the KCOE System of Operational Excellence click here.