Our glossary for guidance - Letter T

This stands for target costing.

Shortcut für Technical Documentation.

[Definition of terms according to MDCG 2019-9 Abbreviations]

Shortcut for Technical Documentation Assessment Report.

[Definition of the term according to MDCG 2020-13 Acronyms]

Total Effective Equipment Productivity - Total effective equipment productivity is made up of EU (Equipment Utilization) and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
Formula: TEEP = Utilisation(EU)*Performance*Availability*Quality.

Top down is a direction of action of a process. Within management theory, this denotes an emphatically powerful and authoritarian style of leadership.

Processes with the aim of better resource allocation:

• Exploiting the potential for improvement in the manufacturing process
• Exploitation of cost saving potentials
• Elimination of waste (see 7 types of waste)
• Optimisation and simplification of sub-processes and workflows
• Reduction of DLZ
• Set-up time optimisation
• Process redesign
• Environmental management; ECO audit

Total-Quality-Control (TQC) is based on CWQC. The basic idea is to introduce quality as a system goal and to permanently control or guarantee it.

TPA is an English acronym and stands for "Third Party Audit".

Total Productive Maintenance - autonomous and preventive maintenance.

Toyota Production System.

TQC is the abbreviation for Total Quality Control and is based on CWQC. The basic idea is to introduce quality as a system goal and to permanently control or guarantee it.

TQM is the abbreviation for Total Quality Management, with the basic idea of introducing quality as a system goal and permanently controlling and guaranteeing it.

Technical rules are recommendations from various associations (VDI, VDE, VDMA, professional associations, etc.)

Technical rules for lifts.

Technical Rules for Acetylene Plants and Calcium Carbide Storage.

Normally intended for continuous use for less than 60 minutes.

[Definition of term as defined in MDCG 2021-24 No. 3.1.2]

Normally intended for continuous use for less than 60 minutes.

[Definition according to (93/42/EEC) Annex IX No. 1.1]
 

‘Transient’ means normally intended for continuous use for less than 60 minutes.

[Definition according to (EU) 2017/745 Annex VIII Chapter I No. 1.1]

Means a biological substance or entity capable of causing disease or infection in individuals through individual to individual, animal to individual, or other modes of contact.

[Definition according to MDCG 2020-16 rev.1 No. 2]

Technical rules for plant safety.

Technical Rules for Pressure vessels.

Technical regulations for biological agents.

Technical rules for flammable liquids.

Technical rules for operational safety.

Technical Rules for Steam Boilers.

Technical rules for liquid gas.

Technical rules for long-distance pipelines.

Technical regulations for compressed / pressurised gases.

Technical rules for high-pressure gas pipelines.

Technical rules for hazardous materials.

Technical rules for guideline concentration.

Technical Rules for Furnace and Air Heating Contractors.

Technical Rules for the Pressure Vessel Ordinance - Piping (Pressure Vessel Ordinance).

Technical rules for dispensing equipment.

A result where the device correctly indicates that the specimen tested negative for the condition, attribute or property under analysis.

[Definition according to MDCG 2022-2 No. 4]

A result where the device correctly indicates that the specimen tested positive for the condition, attribute or property under analysis.

[Definition according to MDCG 2022-2 No. 4]

Technical Rules for Substances Hazardous to Water.

Turtle analysis is used for the holistic and transparent analysis of a process with all its aspects and is used to identify weaknesses in a process, especially in interactions and interfaces with other processes.

Technical Inspection Agency.

A distinction is made between three different types of processes:

• Management processes
• Support processes
• Core processes