Building Superior Embedded Systems
Return on investment (ROI) is a measure of the profitability of an investment. ROI is calculated by dividing the gain received from an investment by its cost.
A subject-matter expert (SME) is a person who is an authority in a particular area or topic.
A building for storing goods.
“Suppliers are ranked by their hierarchy in the chain. Tier 1 suppliers provide full assemblies, and purchase sub-assemblies from Tier 2 suppliers, who purchase components and raw materials from Tier 3 suppliers.”
A ranking of CMs by annual revenue (not quality):
“Software Process Improvement (SPI) methodology is defined as a sequence of tasks, tools, and techniques to plan and implement improvement activities to achieve specific goals such as increasing development speed, achieving higher product quality or reducing costs.”
A contract between a service provider and its internal or external customers that documents what services the provider will furnish and defines the service standards the provider is obligated to meet.
Internally generated part numbers used to keep track of inventory/sales.
A US Government program intended to help small business conduct R&D.
A software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet.