TOP 15, FCT, FCTR - What do TOP 15, FCT, and FCTR stand for

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FKD KHAN

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I came across the following terms in medical with relations to quality (TOP15, FCT,FCTR). I am not sure what these stands for. Can some one explain.

Thanks in advance
 
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Re: TOP15, FCT,FCTR, what these stand for

I came across the following terms in medical with relations to quality (TOP15, FCT,FCTR). I am not sure what these stands for. Can some one explain.

Thanks in advance
Welcome to the cove :bigwave:

Unfortunately, I do not know what these terms stand for but would appreciate if you could provide more details like where you came across these terms.

More info on this can solicit better responses.:)
 

Wes Bucey

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Re: TOP15, FCT, FCTR - What do TOP15, FCT, and FCTR stand for

I could make a wild guess for fct = fibrous connective tissue, but we can help you much more efficiently if you will tell us the EXACT context in which you found these terms and even better, the title, edition, and page number of a published text where you found these.

If, however, you found these used in a single quality document at a stand-alone facility, odds are the terms were created solely out of the fertile imagination of the document author.

One of the big internet references for acronyms and abbreviations (http://www.acronymfinder.com/) does not have ANY suggestions for two of the terms you list.
 
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FKD KHAN

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Re: TOP15, FCT, FCTR - What do TOP15, FCT, and FCTR stand for

Thanks to all.

it's a part of the job description ""Operations collects all production process and product related quality figures (TOP15, FCT,FCTR, etc.) * He/She provides all quality related product "".
 
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Jimmy the Brit

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Re: TOP15, FCT, FCTR - What do TOP15, FCT, and FCTR stand for

it's a part of the job description ""Operations collects all production process and product related quality figures (TOP15, FCT,FCTR, etc.) * He/She provides all quality related product "".
FCT would probably be Fast Cycle Time. This is a pretty important quality driver taken from Christopher Meyer's 1993 book of the same name.

FCTR may be FCT Report or something similar

TOP15 may be "Top Fifteen" ....... best performing products, lines, personnel??

It is all a bit of a guessing game without knowing the specifics of the role.

Jim
 

Wes Bucey

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FWIW (for what it's worth):
I'm a long time member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (http://www.ihi.org/) and I don't recall EVER coming across those terms in American Healthcare quality discussions. I'd really appreciate an update when you DO find the intended meanings for those abbreviation/acronyms.

:topic:This really does illustrate the reason one should NEVER assume a reader or a listener knows the meaning intended for an abbreviation or acronym and why it is good practice to ALWAYS present the referenced meaning in plain text at least once during the presentation.
 
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