前まえ工こう程てい

noun

previous process; preceding operation; upstream process

Technical term used in manufacturing, engineering, and project management to refer to a step that occurs before the current one in a sequence.

• 前まえ工こう程ていの品ひん質しつが後あと工こう程ていに大おおきく影えい響きょうする。

  The quality of the previous process greatly affects the downstream process.

• この部ぶ品ひんは前まえ工こう程ていで加か工こうされる。

  This part is processed in the preceding operation.