Abbreviations
There are countless abbreviations used in our company and in order to make this variety of abbreviations easier for you, we have created a list of abbreviations. This is constantly growing and we are always updating it.
1:1
One to One (Meeting)
Amkor
Amkor Technology (OSAT, Outsourced Semiconductor and Test)
AOI
Automated Optical Inspection
ASE
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (OSAT, Outsourced Semiconductor and Test)
ATE
Automatic Test Equipment
ATF
Asama Techno Factory (TDK Sister company in Japan)
BLV
All-Hand Meeting, invited by Management
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Customer)
BOD
Board of Directors Meeting (yearly Meeting)
Bosch
Robert Bosch GmbH (Automotive supplier, Deutschland, Tier 1)
BTV
All-hand-Meeting, invited by Works Council
BU Hall
Business Unit Hall
BWS
Backend Wafer Sort (Proben), (Department)
CAM3
Computer System
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Conti
Continental AG (Automotive supplier, Deutschland, Tier 1)
COO
Chief Operating Officer
CPC
Capacity Planning Commission (Planning)
CSO
Chief Strategy Officer
CSR
Customer Specific Requirements
CTS
CTS Corporation (Distributer)
Denso
Denso Corporation (Automotive supplier, Japan, Tier 1)
DENSO
DENSO Corporation (Automotive supplier, Japan, Tier 1)
DOM
Daily Operations Meeting (daily meeting)
EHS
Environmental Health and Safety (Department)
EOTM
End of the Month (monthly Meeting)
ESD FOS
Quality issue that has occupied the company since 2016
ETD
Expected Time of Delivery
FA
Functional Analysis
FMEA
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
GF
GlobalFoundries (Semiconductor Wafer Foundry)
Glyn
Glyn GmbH & Co. KG (Distributer)
GmbH
Company with Limited Liability
HAL & HAR
TDK Micronas Produkt (Direct Angle)
HANA
TDK Micronas Produkt
HASE
TDK Micronas Produkt
HASX
TDK Micronas Produkt (Switch)
HATB
TDK Micronas Produkt (Direct Angle)
HATC
TDK Micronas Produkt (Direct Angle)
HATD
TDK Micronas Produkt (Direct Angle)
HATI
TDK Micronas Produkt (Direct Angle)
HVC
High Voltage Controllers
HVCE
TDK Micronas Produkt (Embedded Controller)
HVCF
TDK Micronas Produkt (Embedded Controller)
HVCG
TDK Micronas Produkt (Embedded Controller)
IATF
International Automotive Task Force (Norm)
IATF
International Automotive Task Force (Standard for the automotive industry)
ISH
Integrierter SMD Handler (Firma Geringer, so Hekaton)
ISO
International Organization for Standardization (Standard for companies)
LTA
Long Term Agreement
Mahle
Mahle GmbH (Automotive supplier, Deutschland, Tier 1)
MCM
SSBC Management Meeting
MIC
TDK-Micronas GmbH
MIC GmbH
TDK Micronas GmbH
MIPS
Computer Application/Sharepoit
MMM
MSBG Management Meeting (weekly)
Monday Roundtable
(Executive Management Meeting (weekly Meeting)
MSA
Measurement system analysis
MSBG
Magnetic Sensor Business Group (Organizational unit in TDK)
MT
Multitest (Multitest-Handler, Company Cohu)
MTCB
Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Business Group (Customer)
MTCE
MinebeaMitsumi Technology Center (Automotive supplier, Japan, Tier 2)
NPI
New Product Industrialisierung (Department)
NRE
Non-Recurring Engineering
OMM
Operations Management Meeting (weekly Meeting)
OMP
Original Master Plan (5-year budget)
OP
Operating Profit
OPS
Operations (Department)
ORT
Ongoing Reliability Test
PBO
Polybenzoxazoles (Passivation layer for wafers)
PCN
Product Change Notification
PNL
Profit and Loss (G&V, Profit and loss account)
QDB
Quality by Design
R&D
Research and Development (Department)
SAP
Computer System
SCM
Supply Change Management (Department)
SL.MT
Sales und Marketing (Department)
SOP
Start Of Production (often too: Standard Operating Procedure)
SPC
Statistical Process Control
SSBC
Sensor Systems Business Company (Organisationseinheit in TDK)
T(Number)
Business year TDK
TDK
Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo
Test TE
Test Technology Engineering (Department)
TMR
Tunnel Magnetoresistance - Sensoren
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Halbleiter-Wafer-Foundry)
TSR
Tape Single Reel (Company IEF Werner)
UTAC
United Test and Assembly Center (OSAT, Outsourced Semiconductor and Test)
VW
Volkswagen AG (Automotive manufacturer)
XFAB
X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE (Semiconductor Wafer Foundry)
ZF
ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Automotive supplier Deutschland, Tier 1)