Operations Management Glossary

A

• A-plant in Operations Management
• ABC classification in Operations Management
• ABC warehousing in Operations Management
• Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) in Operations Management
• acceptance sampling in Operations Management
• active item in Operations Management
• Activity Based Costing (ABC) in Operations Management
• Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) in Operations Management
• affinity diagram in Operations Management
• aggregate inventory management in Operations Management
• aggregate planning (aggregate plan) in Operations Management
• Agile in Operations Management
• Agile manufacturing in Operations Management
• Agile supply chain in Operations Management
• all-time demand in Operations Management
• all-time order in Operations Management
• allocated stock in Operations Management
• Analytical Hierarch Process (AHP) in Operations Management
• andon in Operations Management
• anticipation stock in Operations Management
• appraisal cost in Operations Management
• Assemble-to-Order (ATO) in Operations Management
• Assembly cell in Operations Management
• Assembly line in Operations Management
• Assembly operations in Operations Management
• attribute in Operations Management
• Automation in Operations Management
• autonomation in Operations Management
• autonomous maintenance in Operations Management
• Available-to-Promise (ATP) in Operations Management
• avoidable costs in Operations Management

B

• B2B in Operations Management
• B2C in Operations Management
• backflushing in Operations Management
• backorder in Operations Management
• backward loading (backloading) in Operations Management
• backward scheduling in Operations Management
• Balanced scorecard in Operations Management
• bar code in Operations Management
• Batch processing in Operations Management
• bathtub curve in Operations Management
• Benchmarking in Operations Management
• Bill of materials (BOM) in Operations Management
• Bottleneck in Operations Management
• Brainstorming in Operations Management
• Business process reengineering in Operations Management

C

• Capacity planning in Operations Management
• Capacity utilization in Operations Management
• Capacity: Production Capacity in Operations Management
• Capital Expenditure in Operations Management
• Cellular manufacturing in Operations Management
• Change management in Operations Management
• Company culture in Operations Management
• Competitive advantage in Operations Management
• Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in Operations Management
• Constraint management in Operations Management
• Continuous improvement in Operations Management
• Contract manufacturing in Operations Management
• Cost control in Operations Management
• Cost curve in Operations Management
• Cost of quality (COQ) in Operations Management
• Critical path method (CPM) in Operations Management
• Cycle time in Operations Management

D

• Demand forecasting in Operations Management
• Demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) in Operations Management
• Design for manufacturability (DFM) in Operations Management
• Digital twin in Operations Management
• Distribution in Operations Management
• Dynamic scheduling in Operations Management

E

• E-commerce fulfillment in Operations Management
• Economic order quantity (EOQ) in Operations Management
• Efficiency in Operations Management
• Electronic data interchange (EDI) in Operations Management
• Employee empowerment in Operations Management
• Enterprise integration in Operations Management
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in Operations Management

F

• Facility layout in Operations Management
• Facility location in Operations Management
• Failure analysis in Operations Management
• Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in Operations Management
• FIFO inventory system in Operations Management
• Fishbone diagram example in Operations Management
• Fishbone Diagram in Operations Management
• Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) in Operations Management
• Flowchart in Operations Management
• FMEA in Operations Management
• FMEA steps in Operations Management
• Forecast error in Operations Management
• Forecasting methods in Operations Management

G

• Gantt chart in Operations Management
• Globalization in Operations Management
• Goal setting in Operations Management
• Green operations in Operations Management
• Green supply chain management in Operations Management

H

• Heijunka in Operations Management
• Human resources management (HRM) in Operations Management

I

• Import Parity in Operations Management
• In-process inspection in Operations Management
• Industrial Engineer in Operations Management
• Information technology (IT) systems in Operations Management
• Interchangeable parts in Operations Management
• Inventory control in Operations Management
• ISO 14000 in Operations Management
• ISO 9000 in Operations Management

J

• JIT (Just In Time) in Operations Management
• Job design in Operations Management
• Job shop in Operations Management
• Just in time in Operations Management
• Just-in-case inventory in Operations Management

K

• Kaikaku in Operations Management
• Kaizen Board in Operations Management
• Kaizen in Operations Management
• KANBAN card in Operations Management
• Kanban Containers in Operations Management
• Kanban in Operations Management
• Kanban Markers in Operations Management
• Kanban Squares in Operations Management
• Kanban Systems in Operations Management
• Key performance indicators (KPIs) in Operations Management

L

• Labour Productivity in Operations Management
• Lead time in Operations Management
• Lean manufacturing in Operations Management
• Lean office in Operations Management
• Line balancing in Operations Management
• Logistics in Operations Management
• Logistics management in Operations Management

M

• Machine learning in Operations Management
• Maintenance in Operations Management
• Manufacturing execution system (MES) in Operations Management
• Manufacturing resource planning (MRP III) in Operations Management
• Mass customization in Operations Management
• Material flow in Operations Management
• Material handling in Operations Management
• Material requirements planning II (MRP II) in Operations Management
• Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) in Operations Management
• Motion study in Operations Management
• MRP (Material Requirements Planning) in Operations Management

N

• Net present value (NPV) in Operations Management
• Network design in Operations Management

O

• OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) in Operations Management
• One point lesson in Operations Management
• Online tracking in Operations Management
• Operations research in Operations Management
• Operations strategy in Operations Management
• Order picking in Operations Management
• Organizational culture in Operations Management
• Outsourcing in Operations Management

P

• Pareto chart in Operations Management
• Pareto principle in Operations Management
• PDCA cycle (Plan-Do-Check-Act) in Operations Management
• PDCA Cycle in Operations Management
• Performance measurement in Operations Management
• Performance metrics in Operations Management
• Poka-yoke in Operations Management
• Potential risk in Operations Management
• Process analysis in Operations Management
• Process Bottleneck in Operations Management
• Process checklist in Operations Management
• Process checklist template in Operations Management
• Process engineer in Operations Management
• Process flow chart in Operations Management
• Process flow chart symbols in Operations Management
• Process improvement in Operations Management
• Procurement in Operations Management
• Product development process in Operations Management
• Production line balancing in Operations Management
• Production monitoring in Operations Management
• Production planning in Operations Management
• Production target in Operations Management
• Productivity in Operations Management
• Pull system in Operations Management
• Push system in Operations Management

Q

• Quality assurance in Operations Management
• Quality audit in Operations Management
• Quality control in Operations Management
• Quality management in Operations Management
• Queueing theory in Operations Management

R

• Radio-frequency identification (RFID) in Operations Management
• Reorder point in Operations Management
• Resource allocation in Operations Management
• Root cause analysis in Operations Management

S

• Safety in Operations Management
• Safety stock in Operations Management
• SCM (Supply Chain Management) in Operations Management
• Service operations in Operations Management
• Shadow Boards in Operations Management
• Simulation modeling in Operations Management
• Single minute exchange of die (SMED) in Operations Management
• Six Sigma in Operations Management
• SMART goals in Operations Management
• Standard operating procedure (SOP) in Operations Management
• Standardization in Operations Management
• Start up checklist in Operations Management
• Start up checklist template in Operations Management
• Statistical process control (SPC) in Operations Management
• Stock control in Operations Management
• Stock outs in Operations Management
• Supply chain in Operations Management
• SWOT analysis in Operations Management

T

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

U

• Uptime in Operations Management

V

• Value Added in Operations Management
• Value stream in Operations Management
• Value stream mapping in Operations Management
• Vendor management in Operations Management
• Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) in Operations Management

W

• Work in progress (WIP) in Operations Management
• Workforce scheduling in Operations Management

Y

• Yield Management in Operations Management

Others

• 5 Whys in Operations Management
• 5S in Operations Management