水すい平へい展てん開かい

noun

involvement of peer groups; horizontal deployment

Quality assurance term: sharing successful practices or standards across peer groups or departments within an organization.

• 品ひん質しつ管かん理りの成せい功こう事じ例れいを他た部ぶ署しょに水すい平へい展てん開かいする。

  We horizontally deploy successful quality control cases to other departments.

noun

application to similar products; lateral expansion

Business term: applying a technology, design, or know-how from one product to other similar products or categories.

• この技ぎ術じゅつを他ほかの製せい品ひんラインに水すい平へい展てん開かいすることで、開かい発はつコストを削さく減げんできる。

  By horizontally expanding this technology to other product lines, we can reduce development costs.

noun

grassroots; bottom-up

Used for organizations, development, or movements that spread horizontally among peers rather than top-down. Often seen in contexts like community building or social movements.

• このNPOは水すい平へい展てん開かい型がたの組そ織しきで、中ちゅう央おうの指し示じではなく現げん場ばの自じ主しゅ性せいを重じゅう視ししている。

  This NPO is a grassroots-type organization that values on-site autonomy rather than central directives.