VSM
Encyclopedia
VSM can mean:
- Value Stream MappingValue Stream MappingValue stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique used to analyze and design the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service to a consumer. At Toyota, where the technique originated, it is known as "material and information flow mapping"...
- Vascular smooth muscleVascular smooth muscleVascular smooth muscle refers to the particular type of smooth muscle found within, and composing the majority of the wall of blood vessels.Vascular smooth muscle contracts or relaxes to both change the volume of blood vessels and the local blood pressure, a mechanism that is responsible for the...
- City University of Seattle (Vysoká Škola Manažmentu)City University of Seattle (Vysoká Škola Manažmentu)City University of Seattle , also known as City University of Seattle or just VŠM, is located in Slovak capital Bratislava and cities of Trenčín and Poprad. In 1991, City University of Seattle began its degree programs in former Czechoslovakia. VŠM was founded on December 1, 1999 as the first...
– private college in Slovakia - Variance Shadow Map
- Vector space modelVector space modelVector space model is an algebraic model for representing text documents as vectors of identifiers, such as, for example, index terms. It is used in information filtering, information retrieval, indexing and relevancy rankings...
- Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij – railway in the Netherlands
- Vena saphena magnaGreat saphenous veinThe great saphenous vein , also long saphenous vein, is the large superficial vein of the leg and thigh.The terms "safaina" and "el safin" have both been claimed as the origin for the word "saphenous."-Path:The GSV originates from where the dorsal vein of the first digit...
- Viable System ModelViable System ModelThe viable systems model, or VSM is a model of the organisational structure of any viable or autonomous system. A viable system is any system organised in such a way as to meet the demands of surviving in the changing environment. One of the prime features of systems that survive is that they are...
by operations researcher and cybernetician Stafford Beer - Vibrating Sample MagnetometerVibrating sample magnetometerA vibrating sample magnetometer or VSM is a scientific instrument that measures magnetic properties, invented in 1955 by Simon Foner at Lincoln Laboratory MIT. The paper about his work was published shortly afterward in 1959 A sample is placed inside a uniform magnetic field to magnetize the sample...
- a scientific instrument to measure magnetic properties. - Vickers, Sons and MaximVickersVickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
a British armaments and ammunition manufacturer of the early 20th century - Vishisht Seva MedalVishisht Seva MedalVishisht Seva Medal is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the Indian armed forces....
– one of the military awards and decorations of the Indian Armed ForcesIndian Armed ForcesThe Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. They consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force, supported by three paramilitary forces and various inter-service institutions such as the Strategic Forces Command.The President of India is...
. - Voluntary Student Membership