Glossary
Explore our comprehensive glossary of key terms. Quickly find definitions and deepen your understanding of how these concepts apply across SG Systems’ products and features.
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A
- ALCOA / ALCOA+
- Alert & Action Limits – Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Allergen Segregation Control
- Allergens – Priority Allergen Control
- Annex 11
- Annual Product Review (APR)
- Approval Workflow
- AQL (Acceptance Quality Limit)
- Asset Calibration Status
- Audit Trail (GxP)
- Automated Batch Records
- Automated Batch Records – eBMR
B
C
- CAPA – Corrective & Preventive Action
- Certificate of Analysis (CoA)
- Change Control
- Cleaning Validation
- Component Release
- Computer System Validation (CSV)
- Continued Process Verification (CPV)
- Control Limits (SPC)
- Country of Issuance (COI)
- Country of Origin (COO)
- Cross-Contamination Control
- Cycle Counting
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E
F
G
H
I
J
- JHA (Job Hazard Analysis) / JSA – Task-Level Risk Control
- Jidoka (Autonomation)
- JIS (Just-in-Sequence)
- JIT (Just-in-Time) Manufacturing
- Job Queue – MES Scheduling & Dispatching
- Job Release
- Job Scheduling – Finite Capacity & Constraints
- Job Ticket (Production Order)
- Job Traveler – Digital Routing & Work Instructions
- Juran Trilogy
K
- Kaizen – Continuous Improvement
- Kanban – Pull Replenishment
- Kanban Board – Visual Work Control
- Karl Fischer Titration – Moisture Analysis
- KDE – Key Data Elements (FSMA 204)
- Kill Step Validation – Lethality Control
- Kilo Lab – Scale-Up Manufacturing
- Kitting – Pre-Assembly for Production
- Knowledge Management
- Kosher Compliance – Food Production
- KPI – Key Performance Indicator
L
- Label Verification – Barcode & UDI Checks
- Labeling Control – Artwork, Claims & Changes
- Layered Process Audits (LPA) – Tiered Checks
- Lead Time – Order-to-Ship Duration
- Lean Manufacturing – Waste Elimination
- LIMS – Laboratory Information Management System
- Line Balancing – Workload Leveling
- Line Clearance – Pre-Run Verification
- Lot Release – QA Disposition
- Lot Traceability – End-to-End Genealogy
M
- Machine Vision Inspection
- Management of Change (MOC)
- Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
- Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
- Master Batch Record (MBR)
- Master Manufacturing Record (MMR)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Material Review Board (MRB)
- Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
- Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA)
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P
- Paperless Manufacturing
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Policies – QMS Governance & Control
- Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
- Process Capability (Cp/Cpk)
- Process Control Plan (PCP)
- Process FMEA (PFMEA)
- Process Performance Qualification (PPQ)
- Process Validation
- Product Quality Review (PQR)
- Production Scheduling
- Products & Formulas
- Purchase Orders – Procurement & Receiving Control