Electronics Manufacturing Acronyms to Know:
AVL – Approved Vendor List
An approved vendor list (AVL) is a compiled list of all the vendors or suppliers (also referred to as an “Approved Supplier List” or “ASL”) approved by a company as sources from which to purchase parts or materials.
BOM – Bill of Materials
A bill of materials (BOM) is a comprehensive list of parts, items, assemblies, and other materials required to create a product, as well as instructions required for gathering and using the materials needed.
CAD – Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) uses computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimisation of a design.
CCA – Circuit Card Assembly
A Circuit Card Assembly (commonly referred to as a CCA) is a flat board with connected electronic components placed on it. CCA Manufacturing usually employs the use of machines (SMT and Through-hole) to automate the process of creating CCAs.
CEM – Contract electronics manufacturers
Contract manufacturers provide, design, and create different products used by OEMs in other more sizable products. The OEMs will brand the product with their name for sale to its customer base.
CM – Contract manufacturing
A contract manufacturer is a manufacturer that contracts with a firm for components or products. It is a form of outsourcing.
DFx – Design for Excellence
Design for Excellence (or Design for X, or DfX) is a set of services to analyse how your product has been designed.
DFm – Design for Manufacturing
Design for manufacturing is the general engineering practice of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture. The concept exists in almost all engineering disciplines, but the implementation differs widely depending on the manufacturing technology.
EMS – Electronics Manufacturing Services
Electronics manufacturing services will give you a streamlined process and save you time and money, resulting in a smoother, more effortless path to market.
EOL – End of Life
An electronic item is considered end-of-life (EOL) once it becomes non-functional and beyond economic repair. Once the technology becomes so outdated, the item is no longer eligible for reselling.
ESS – Environmental Stress Screening
Environmental stress screening refers to the process of exposing a newly manufactured or repaired product or component to stresses such as thermal cycling and vibration in order to force latent defects to manifest themselves by permanent or catastrophic failure during the screening process.
HALT/HASS – Highly Accelerated Life Test/ Highly Accelerated Stress Screen
HALT & HASS are unique, accelerated product reliability testing methods focused on finding defects in products so they can be fixed before becoming expensive field issues.
HLA – High-Level Assembly
High-Level Assembly Manufacturing (HLA) is an operations process that utilises key in-house assembly solutions to simplify production, manage floor space, reduce inventory and achieve budgeting goals.
HMI – Human Machine Interface
In the industrial design field of human-computer interaction, a user interface is a space where interactions between humans and machines occur.
IC – Integrated Circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon.
MCM – Multi-Chip Module
A multi-chip module is generically an electronic assembly where multiple integrated circuits, semiconductor dies, and/or other discrete components are integrated, usually onto a unifying substrate. In use, it can be treated as if it were a larger IC.
NFSSD – Non-Franchised Supplier Document
Non-Franchised Source means any source that is not authorised by the OEM or OCM to sell its product lines. Non- franchised sources may also be referred to as brokers or independent distributors.
NPI – New product introduction
New Product Introduction (NPI) is the process of establishing a clear plan to take your product from concept to its final form.
ODM – Original design manufacturers
An original design manufacturer is a company that designs and manufactures a product, as specified, that is eventually rebranded by another firm for sale.
OEM – Original equipment manufacturers
An original equipment manufacturer is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment another manufacturer may market.
PCB – Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive tracks, pads, and other features etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate.
PCBA – Printed circuit board assemblies
Printed circuit board assembly is the process of connecting the electronic components with the wirings of printed circuit boards.
PIL – Production-linked incentive
A production-linked incentive offers a simple and direct incentive based on incremental sales, designed to boost domestic manufacturing and attract significant investments in mobile phone and specified electronic component manufacturing units.
PLC – Product Life Cycle
Product life-cycle management is the succession of strategies by business management as a product goes through its life-cycle.
PoP – Package on Package
A PoP is a chip package that contains two ball grid array (BGA) chips. A package on package (PoP) typically includes a RAM chip on top and a CPU chip on the bottom.
RFID– Radio Frequency Identification
Radio-frequency identification uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.
SCM – Supply chain management
Supply chain management, the management of the flow of goods and services between businesses and locations, includes the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods, and end-to-end order fulfillment from the point of origin to point of consumption.
SMT – Surface-mount Technology
Surface-mount technology is a method that electronic components are assembled with automated machines that place components on a printed circuit board’s surface.