Production and Operations Management Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in Production and Operations Management

A

  • ABC analysis (Activity-Based Costing) in Production and Operations Management
  • ABC Classification in Production and Operations Management
  • Acceptance sampling in Production and Operations Management
  • Activity Chart in Production and Operations Management
  • Aggregate capacity planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Aggregate planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Aggregate production (output) planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Agile manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Assembly line in Production and Operations Management
  • Assembly process in Production and Operations Management
  • Automated guided vehicles systems in Production and Operations Management
  • Automated storage/retrieval systems in Production and Operations Management

B

  • Backorders in Production and Operations Management
  • Backward Scheduling in Production and Operations Management
  • Batch production in Production and Operations Management
  • Benchmark productivity in Production and Operations Management
  • Benchmarking in Production and Operations Management
  • Bill of Material in Production and Operations Management
  • Bill of materials (BOM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Bottleneck in Production and Operations Management
  • Bottleneck Operation in Production and Operations Management
  • Break-even analysis in Production and Operations Management
  • Break-Even-Point in Production and Operations Management
  • Breakdown (reactive) maintenance in Production and Operations Management
  • Business process management (BPM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Business process reengineering in Production and Operations Management

C

  • Capacity in Production and Operations Management
  • Capacity planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Capacity requirement planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Capacity utilization in Production and Operations Management
  • Carrying (holding) Costs in Production and Operations Management
  • Cell manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Change management in Production and Operations Management
  • Combination layout in Production and Operations Management
  • Computer integrated manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Computer-aided design (CAD) in Production and Operations Management
  • Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Continuous flow production in Production and Operations Management
  • Continuous improvement in Production and Operations Management
  • Control chart in Production and Operations Management
  • Control limits in Production and Operations Management
  • Cost accounting in Production and Operations Management
  • Cost of goods sold (COGS) in Production and Operations Management
  • Cost of quality in Production and Operations Management
  • Customer demand in Production and Operations Management
  • Customer segmentation in Production and Operations Management
  • Cycle time in Production and Operations Management

D

  • Demand forecasting in Production and Operations Management
  • Demand management in Production and Operations Management
  • Discrete manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Dispatching in Production and Operations Management
  • Distribution network in Production and Operations Management

E

  • Efficiency in Production and Operations Management
  • Enterprise asset management (EAM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in Production and Operations Management
  • Equipment maintenance in Production and Operations Management

F

  • Facility layout in Production and Operations Management
  • Facility management in Production and Operations Management
  • Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in Production and Operations Management
  • Feedback control in Production and Operations Management
  • Finished goods in Production and Operations Management
  • Finished goods inventory in Production and Operations Management
  • Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) in Production and Operations Management
  • Flexible workforce in Production and Operations Management
  • Flowchart in Production and Operations Management
  • Forecast error in Production and Operations Management
  • Forecasting in Production and Operations Management

G

  • Gantt chart in Production and Operations Management
  • Goods in process in Production and Operations Management
  • Green manufacturing in Production and Operations Management

H

  • Heijunka (production smoothing) in Production and Operations Management
  • Human resource management in Production and Operations Management

I

  • Interchangeable parts in Production and Operations Management
  • Inventory control in Production and Operations Management
  • Inventory turnover in Production and Operations Management
  • ISO 9000/14000 in Production and Operations Management

J

  • Job scheduling in Production and Operations Management
  • Job shop in Production and Operations Management
  • Just-in-sequence (JIS) in Production and Operations Management
  • Just-in-time (JIT) in Production and Operations Management
  • Just-in-time in Production and Operations Management

K

  • Kaizen in Production and Operations Management
  • Kanban in Production and Operations Management
  • Key performance indicators (KPIs) in Production and Operations Management

L

  • Lead time in Production and Operations Management
  • Lead time reduction in Production and Operations Management
  • Lean manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Lean Six Sigma in Production and Operations Management
  • Lean systems in Production and Operations Management
  • Line balancing in Production and Operations Management
  • Line stoppage in Production and Operations Management
  • Little’s Law in Production and Operations Management
  • Load leveling in Production and Operations Management
  • Location analysis in Production and Operations Management
  • Logistics management in Production and Operations Management

M

  • Make-or-buy decision in Production and Operations Management
  • Make-to-order in Production and Operations Management
  • Make-to-stock in Production and Operations Management
  • Manufacturing cell in Production and Operations Management
  • Manufacturing execution system (MES) in Production and Operations Management
  • Manufacturing lead time in Production and Operations Management
  • Mass customization in Production and Operations Management
  • Material flow in Production and Operations Management
  • Material handling in Production and Operations Management
  • Material requirements planning (MRP) in Production and Operations Management
  • Mixed model production in Production and Operations Management
  • Multi-level bills of material in Production and Operations Management

N

  • Non-value added activities in Production and Operations Management

O

  • On-time delivery in Production and Operations Management
  • Operations management (OM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Operations management in Production and Operations Management
  • Operations research in Production and Operations Management
  • Order fulfillment in Production and Operations Management
  • Order processing in Production and Operations Management
  • Outsourcing in Production and Operations Management
  • Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) in Production and Operations Management
  • Overhead cost in Production and Operations Management
  • Overtime in Production and Operations Management

P

  • Packaging design in Production and Operations Management
  • Pareto chart in Production and Operations Management
  • Performance appraisal in Production and Operations Management
  • Performance metrics in Production and Operations Management
  • Planning horizon in Production and Operations Management
  • Plant capacity in Production and Operations Management
  • Plant location in Production and Operations Management
  • Poka-yoke in Production and Operations Management
  • Preventive maintenance in Production and Operations Management
  • Preventive maintenance schedule in Production and Operations Management
  • Process control in Production and Operations Management
  • Process improvement in Production and Operations Management
  • Process mapping in Production and Operations Management
  • Process selection in Production and Operations Management
  • Product design in Production and Operations Management
  • Product development in Production and Operations Management
  • Production control in Production and Operations Management
  • Production efficiency in Production and Operations Management
  • Production flow analysis in Production and Operations Management
  • Production lead time in Production and Operations Management
  • Production monitoring in Production and Operations Management
  • Production planning in Production and Operations Management
  • Production volume in Production and Operations Management
  • Productivity in Production and Operations Management
  • Pull manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Pull system in Production and Operations Management
  • Push manufacturing in Production and Operations Management
  • Push system in Production and Operations Management

Q

  • Quality assurance in Production and Operations Management
  • Quality control in Production and Operations Management
  • Quality cost analysis in Production and Operations Management
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) in Production and Operations Management
  • Quality improvement in Production and Operations Management
  • Quality management in Production and Operations Management
  • Queue management in Production and Operations Management

R

  • Reducing setup time in Production and Operations Management
  • Reengineering in Production and Operations Management
  • Root cause analysis in Production and Operations Management

S

  • Safety stock in Production and Operations Management
  • Scheduling in Production and Operations Management
  • Service level agreement (SLA) in Production and Operations Management
  • Service operations. in Production and Operations Management
  • Six Sigma in Production and Operations Management
  • Standard deviation in Production and Operations Management
  • Standard operating procedure (SOP) in Production and Operations Management
  • Statistical process control (SPC) in Production and Operations Management
  • Statistical quality control (SQC) in Production and Operations Management
  • Supply chain management in Production and Operations Management
  • Supply chain network design in Production and Operations Management

T

  • Time and motion study in Production and Operations Management
  • Total productive maintenance (TPM) in Production and Operations Management
  • Total quality management (TQM) in Production and Operations Management

V

  • Value added in Production and Operations Management
  • Value stream mapping in Production and Operations Management
  • Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) in Production and Operations Management

W

  • Work-in-progress (WIP) in Production and Operations Management
  • Workforce scheduling in Production and Operations Management

Y

  • Yield management in Production and Operations Management

Z

  • Zero defects in Production and Operations Management

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