World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Glossary

Important definitions and terminologies used in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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A

Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Agility in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Agility Metrics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Analyze in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Andon Board in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Andon System in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Assembly Line Balancing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Asset Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Audit in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Autonomous Maintenance (AM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Autonomous Production Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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B

Balanced Scorecard in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Batch Production in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Benchmarking in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Best Practice in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Bottleneck Analysis in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Breakdown Maintenance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Built-In Quality in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Business Challenges in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Business Intelligence (BI) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Business Strategy in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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C

Capacity Planning in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Capacity Utilization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Cellular Manufacturing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Central Limit Theorem in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Change Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Competitiveness in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Continuous Flow in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Continuous Improvement (CI) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Control Chart in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Cost Deployment in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Cross Functional Team in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Cross-Functional Teams in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Cycle Time Reduction in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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D

Daily Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Data Analytics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Data Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Demand Flow Technology (DFT) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Demand Planning in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Deming’s Approach in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Design for Manufacturability (DFM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Design of Experiments (DOE) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Digital Manufacturing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Digital Twin in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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E

Employee Empowerment in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Employee Involvement in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Energy Efficiency in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Engineering Change Order (ECO) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Equipment Efficiency in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Equipment Maintenance Plan (EMP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Error Cost in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Error-Proofing Devices in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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F

Facility Layout in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Factory Physics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Failure Analysis in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Feedback Mechanisms in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Finite Capacity Planning (FCP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Five S (5S) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Flow Manufacturing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Frequency Distributions in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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G

Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Gemba Walk in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Global Competitiveness in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Globalization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Green Manufacturing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Group Incentive Plan in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Group Technology in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Gunn’s Model in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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H

Halls Framework in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Heijunka in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

High-Mix/Low-Volume Production in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

High-Performance Work Teams in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Human Capital Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Human Factors Engineering in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Human Resource in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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I

In-Machine Quality Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Innovation in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Innovation Culture in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Innovation Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Inspection and Testing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Inventory Accuracy in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Inventory Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Inventory Optimization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

ISO 9001 in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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J

Jidoka in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Jishuken in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Job Instruction Training (JIT) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Job Shop Production in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Just-In-Time (JIT) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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K

Kaikaku in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Kaizen in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Kanban in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Kanban Card System in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Knowledge Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Knowledge Transfer in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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L

Lead Time Reduction in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Lean Manufacturing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Lean Six Sigma in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Line Balancing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Line Efficiency in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Line Stoppage in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Logistics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Logistics Network Optimization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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M

Machine Learning in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Maintenance Prevention in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Make-to-Order (MTO) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Excellence in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Execution Planning (MEP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Intelligence in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Strategies in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Manufacturing Strategy in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Maskells Model in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Mass Customization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Material Flow in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Material Processing and Handling in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Measures of Association in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Measures of Shape in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Measures of Spread in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Mudas or Waste in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Multi-Skilling in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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N

Net Present Value (NPV) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

New Product Development (NPD) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Non-Conformance Cost in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Non-Conformance Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Non-Value-Added Activity in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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O

One-Piece Flow in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Operations Research in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Outsourcing in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Outsourcing Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Overall Production Effectiveness (OPE) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Overall Production Efficiency (OPE) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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P

Performance Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Performance Metrics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Plant Maintenance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Predictive Maintenance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Preventive Maintenance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Process Capability in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Process FMEA in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Process Mapping in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Product Configuration Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Product Design in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Production Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Production Planning in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Pull Production in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Pull System in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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Q

Quality Assurance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality Assurance System in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality by Design in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality Circles in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality Inspection in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quality Management System (QMS) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Quick Changeover in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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R

Rapid Prototyping in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Real-Time Process Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Reengineering in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Resource Planning in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Reverse Logistics in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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S

Safety in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Schonbergers Framework in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Service Level Agreement (SLA) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Setup Time Reduction in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Shingo’s Approach in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Six Big Losses in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Six Sigma in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Standard Work in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Standardization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Statistical Process Control in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Statistical Process Control (SPC) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Supply Chain Management (SCM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Supply Chain Optimization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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T

Technical Support in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Productive Maintenance in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Quality Control (TQC) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Quality Control Circle (TQCC) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Total Quality Management (TQM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Toyota Production System in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Toyota Production System (TPS) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Toyota Way in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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U

Uninterrupted Flow in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Unit Production Cost in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Unplanned Downtime in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Upstream and Downstream in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Utilization Rate in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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V

Value Analysis in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Value Chain Analysis in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Value Engineering in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Value Stream Mapping in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Vendor Assessment in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Virtual Factory in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Visual Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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W

Waste Elimination in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Waste Reduction in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Waterfall Model in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Work in Process (WIP) in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Work Standardization in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Work Study in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Workforce Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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X

X-Bar Chart in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

X-Chart in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

X-Matrix in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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Y

Yield Improvement in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Yield Management in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Yield Ratio in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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Z

Zero Breakdown in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Zero Defects in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

Zero Inventory in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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OTHERS

5S in World Class Manufacturing (WCM)

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