Manufacturing Technology Management Glossary

A

• Activity-Based Costing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Additive Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Advanced Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Agile manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Agile project management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• AI-Assisted Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Algorithms in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Andon Board in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Andon in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Application Programming Interface (API) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)  in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Assembly jigs in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Assembly line in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Augmented Reality (AR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Augmented Worker in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Automated Contextualization Technology (ACT) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Automation in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Autonomous in Manufacturing Technology Management

B

• Batch production in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Benchmarking in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Big Data in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Bill of Materials (BOM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Bottleneck in Manufacturing Technology Management

C

• CAD/CAM in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Capacity planning in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cellular layout in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cellular manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Change Management‍ in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Change Order in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Changeover in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Child Item in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Compliance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Compliance Mark in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Composites in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Computer-Aided Design (CAD) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Computer-aided engineering (CAE) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Concurrent engineering in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Concurrent manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Contextual Time in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Continuous flow manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Continuous improvement in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Continuous-Flow Manufacturing (CFM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Contract Manufacturer (CM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Control charts in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Controller in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Corrective Action Request (CAR)‍ in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cost accounting in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cost of quality in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cost-benefit analysis in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Critical path method (CPM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cross-Training in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cyber-Physical Systems in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Cycle Time in Manufacturing Technology Management

D

• Data Analytics (Analytics) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data Contextualization in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data Exchange Standards in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data Lake in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data Models in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Data Visualization in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Demand forecasting in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Design for assembly (DFA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Design for manufacturability (DFM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Design History File (DHF) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Design of experiments (DOE) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Device History Record (DHR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Device Master Record (DMR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Digital manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Digital Thread in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Digital twin in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Discrete Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Document Change Request (DCR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Downtime in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Downtime Tagging in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Dynamic scheduling in Manufacturing Technology Management

E

• Economic order quantity (EOQ) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Efficient in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Electronic data interchange (EDI) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Electronic Design Automation (EDA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Engineering Change Notice (ECN) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Engineering Change Order (ECO) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Engineering Change Request (ECR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Equipment maintenance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Error-proofing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Event in Manufacturing Technology Management

F

• Factory automation in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Factory layout in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Factory simulation in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Failure analysis in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Feeder Line in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Field Failure Request (FFR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Finite element analysis (FEA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Flexible automation in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Flexible production system in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Flowchart in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Forecasting in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Form, Fit and Function (FFF) in Manufacturing Technology Management

G

• Gantt chart in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Global manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Green manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Green supply chain in Manufacturing Technology Management

H

• Heijunka in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Human factors engineering in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Human in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Human machine interface (HMI) in Manufacturing Technology Management

I

• Industrial automation in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Industrial Control System in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Industrial engineering in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Industry 3.0 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Information in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Information Model in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Information Silo in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Information Technology (IT) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Infrastructure in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Intelligent Manufacturing Software in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Intelligent Manufacturing System (IMS) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Internet of things (IoT) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Interoperability in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Inventory management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• ISA-95 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• ISO 13485 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• ISO 14000 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• ISO 9000 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• ISO 9001 in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Item Master in Manufacturing Technology Management

J

• JIT (Just-In-Time) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Job costing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Job shop production in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Just-in-sequence (JIS) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Just-In-Time (JIT) in Manufacturing Technology Management

K

• Kaizen in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Kanban in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Kanban pull system in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Kanban system in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Kitting in Manufacturing Technology Management

L

• Lead time in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Lean manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Line balancing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Line production in Manufacturing Technology Management

M

• Machine Learning (ML) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Machining center in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Made-To-Spec in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Maintenance management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Maintenance scheduling in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing automation protocol (MAP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Change Order (MCO) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Change Request (MCR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Cost in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Cycle Time in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing engineering in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing execution system (MES) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) – is a term often used as an alternate to MES. It is sometimes used to refer to the functional components of manufacturing operations management (as in ISA in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Manufacturing process management (MPM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Markup in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Mass customization in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Material handling equipment in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Material handling in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Material requirements planning (MRP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Materials management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Metal fabrication in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Modular manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Monument in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Motion control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Motion study in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Multivariate analysis in Manufacturing Technology Management

N

• New Product Development (NPD) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Non-destructive testing (NDT) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• NPD Process in Manufacturing Technology Management

O

• Occupational safety and health (OSH) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Off-The-Shelf in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Operations management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Operations research in Manufacturing Technology Management
• OPEX (Operational Excellence) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Outsourcing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metric in Manufacturing Technology Management

P

• Parent Item in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Pattern in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Performance measurement in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Performance metrics in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Plant capacity in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Plant maintenance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Plant safety in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Point Of Use (POU) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Poka-yoke in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Predictive Maintenance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Preventive maintenance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Process capability in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Process Control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Process Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Process mapping in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Product Data Management (PDM) System in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Product Development Cycle in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Product lifecycle management (PLM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Product Record in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production capacity in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production costs in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production efficiency in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production line balancing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production Management System in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production planning and scheduling in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production Process Optimization (Optimization) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Production rate in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Productivity in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) – A control device with an embedded computer processor that uses logic programmed software to provide electrical or digital control to machines and processes. A PLC can replace many physical relays and hard in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Protocols in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Prototype in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Pull production in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Push production in Manufacturing Technology Management

Q

• Quality assurance in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Quality control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Quality function deployment (QFD) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Quality management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Quality Management System (QMS) in Manufacturing Technology Management

R

• Rapid prototyping in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Real in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Redline in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Return Material Authorization (RMA) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Revision Control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Revision in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Right-Sizing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Robotics in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Root cause analysis in Manufacturing Technology Management

S

• Sensor in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Shop floor control in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Single-Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Six big losses in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Six Sigma in Manufacturing Technology Management
• SM Applications (SM Apps) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Smart Factory in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Smart Manufacturing (SM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Smart Manufacturing in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Standard operating procedures (SOPs) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Statistical process control (SPC) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Statistical quality control (SQC) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Supply Chain in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Supply chain management in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Supply Chain Resiliency in Manufacturing Technology Management

T

• Takt Time in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Time and motion study in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Total productive maintenance (TPM) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Total quality management (TQM) in Manufacturing Technology Management

V

• Value Chain in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Value stream mapping in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Vendor management inventory (VMI) in Manufacturing Technology Management

W

• Waste reduction in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Work In Progress (WIP) in Manufacturing Technology Management
• Workstation design in Manufacturing Technology Management

Others

• 3D printing in Manufacturing Technology Management