Our glossary for guidance - Letter B

Business-to-Business stands for the communication and trade relationship between at least two organizations.

Business-to-Consumer or Business-to-Client stands für the communication and trade relationship between an organizations and a private individual.

Baka-yoke is the predecessor of poka-yoke and means "foolproof" (baka = fool/idiot and yoke = avoidance), but the term was not very flattering and was renamed poka-yoke by its inventor Shigeo Shingo.

BAM is the acronym for Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (engl. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing)

A defined amount of material, either starting material, intermediate or finished product which is uniform in its properties and has been produced in one process or series of processes.
[vgl. EN 13975:2003]

[Definition according to MDCG 2022-3 No. 3.2]

The BCG matrix developed by the Boston Consulting Group shows the company's average market growth (ordinate) and relative market share (abscissa) within a portfolio matrix.

BDI stands for Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (engl.Federation of German Industries)

Shortcut for Beauftragter der Oberesten Leitung (engl. Representative of the Chief Executive)

‘Benefit-risk determination’ means the analysis of all assessments of benefit and risk of possible relevance for the use of the device for the intended purpose, when used in accordance with the intended purpose given by the manufacturer.

[Definition under (EU) 2017/745 Article 2 No. 24 also corresponds to definition under (EU) 2017/746 Article 2 No. 17]

Abbreviation for the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

Short for professional associations (german: Berufsgenossenschaften)

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for the Construction Industry

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Energy, Textiles, Electrical and Media Products.

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Raw Materials and the Chemical Industry.

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Transport and Traffic.

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal.

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Trade and Goods Distribution.

Short for corporate health management (german: Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement)

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for the Food and Hospitality Industry.

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Health Services and Welfare

A tissue made of blood cells and blood plasma (fluid). It functions as a transport organ, has regulatory functions and goes to almost all parts of the body via the vascular system.

The liquid intercellular substance in the blood.

Acronym for the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

Any natural opening in the body, as well as the external surface of the eyeball, or any permanent artificial opening, such as a stoma.

[Definition of term as defined in MDCG 2021-24 No. 3.1.4]

Any natural opening in the body, as well as the external surface of the eyeball, or any permanent artificial opening, such as a stoma.

[Definition according to (93/42/EEC) Annex IX No. 1.2]

‘Body orifice’ means any natural opening in the body, as well as the external surface of the eyeball, or any permanent artificial opening, such as a stoma.

[Definition according to (EU) 2017/745 Annex VIII Chapter I No. 2.1]

Bottom-up is a direction of a process. Within management theory, this refers to an emphatically motivating and collegial style of leadership in order to be able to use the abilities of all employees.

Brainstorming is a method of collecting ideas developed by Alex F. Osborn and was further developed by Charles Hutchison Clark. It is important to allow all ideas to be collected without evaluation and also to allow cross-fertilisation of ideas.

Brainwriting is a variation of brainstorming for groups to allow ideas to flow in a creative atmosphere, for example through the 6-3-5 method or mindmapping.

Abbreviation for employee suggestion scheme

Gross means the total salary of a value.

The tree diagram belongs to the so-called "New Seven Management Tools N7 or M7"

With the help of this method, connections and processes with an increased degree of complexity can be displayed in a structured manner. Through this structured and logical visualization, risks can be detected early and measures can be initiated.