P4P n.— «Of the 53 percent who aren’t yet involved in pay-for-performance—or P4P, as it’s known—nearly 60 percent are considering it.» —“Should Doctors Get Bonus Money for Quality Care?” in Tampa, Fla. Yahoo...
dibby-dibby adj. worthless; especially of a woman, of low morals; generally, bad or of low quality. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
muda n.— «The Japanese word for waste is muda. In Japan, muda refers to any activity that is not value-adding. Taiichi Ohno, who introduced the just-in-time (JIT) production system at Toyota Motor Company, was the first person to...
vertical silo other.— «Integrating related functions to break down artificial department walls and overcome the “vertical silo” syndrome.» —“Motorola’s Long March To The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...
shearography n.— «In shearography, the part being tested is illuminated by an expanding laser beam, and its image is taken with an image-shearing camera.…Two images are taken. One image is made of the part in the undeformed state...
Finnegan pin n.— «Don’t pay any attention to any of that fun stuff. We’re here tomake Finnegan Pins; if they want fun, they can do it on their own time.» —by Merton R. Hubbard Choosing a Quality Control System Dec. 9, 1998...