Production and Operations Management Glossary

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