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PayloadThe term “Payload” represents user data exchanged during communication between two business partners. |
PerformanceLevel of capability to deliver a specified or expected performance. |
Piece productionProduction of a single product, or according to repeated orders (i.e. workshop production). |
PLANETSPlant Location Analysis NETwork System |
Planning techniquesAmong other things, planning activities incorporate an analysis and optimisation of requirements, planning of procedures and deadlines. For this purpose, a number of techniques are available, e.g. actions plan (deadlines), bar charts (e.g. Gant diagram), net plan, and project structure plan and others. |
PlatformTechnical representation of an element at a random level of hierarchy (e.g. system, subsystem, hardware/software component) where a possibility exists to simply gain a similar solution through changes, parameterisation or derivation while retaining the significant characteristics. |
Poka-YokeSystem (method) used to prevent an occurrence of unintentional failures, or their timely detection. |
PracticesApplied working procedures. |
Preventing nonconformityNonconformity prevention covers all actions taken to prevent (repeated) occurrence of the same nonconformity. A preventive action is a synonymous term. It is part of production process optimisation or major construction changes. |
PreventionReference to a VDA publication (if the definition is specific to a particular publication, different from it, or complementary to an applicable standard): VDA volume 6.3. |