Glossary
Whether you’re new to the quality and continuous improvement arena or a seasoned expert seeking detailed information on a specific quality topic, you should find what you need in our Glossary of Terms.
Explore the concepts, tools, applications and technical terms that make up the world of continuous improvement.
Waste
Waste is described as any activity that adds cost but does not add value to the final product or service.
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Weibull Distribution
The Weibull Distribution is a statistical distribution frequently used in data analysis. This distribution is widely used due to its versatility and the fact that the distribution can assume the behavior of other statistical distributions such as the normal and the exponential based upon the parameter values.
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White Belt
A White Belt is someone skilled in Lean Six Sigma Tools and Methodologies however they have a much narrower focus than the Green or Black Belt professional. A White Belt is someone skilled to look at individual work cells within an organisation rather than the entire process as a whole.
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Work In Progress (WIP)
Work In Progress is defined as anything that is in the process of becoming a product or service but is not yet complete.
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Work Instruction
A Work Instruction is a document that specifies particular guidelines that should be followed for a specific task to be performed. It may also make reference to information that should be collected during the completion of the task.