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Manufacturing Terminology Explained (Wiki Links):
5 S
5 Whys
7 Wastes aka Muda
Agile Manufacturing
Andon
Balanced Scorecards
Batch Production
Benchmarking
Best Practice
BPM (Business Process Mapping)
BPR
(Business Process Reengineering)
BTO (Build to Order aka Make to Order)
BI (Business Intelligence)
CAM (Compute Aided Manufacturing)
Capacity Planning
Cellular Manufacturing
Change Management
CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)
CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
Concurrent Engineering
Continuous Improvement aka Kaizen
Continuous production (Continuous Flow)
Cost Accounting aka Standard Costs
Costs Fixed
Costs Variable
CPM (Critical Path Method)
Cross Functional Teams
Deming 14 Points
DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
EAP (Enterprise Asset Management)
EOQ (Economic Order Quantity)
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
Error Proofing aka Poke-Yoke
FIFO (First In First Out)
FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analysis)
Hoshin Kanri aka Policy Deployment
Inventory
Inventory Turns aka Days of Stock
JIT (Just In Time)
Job Production
Kaizen aka Continuous Improvement
Kanban (Pull Production)
KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
Lead Time
Lean
Logistics Management
Management Effectiviness
Mass Customization
Mass Production
MBO (Management by Objectivies)
Metrics
MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
Muda aka 7 Wastes
NPD (New Product Development aka NPI)
NPI (New Product Introduction aka NPD)
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiviness)
PCDA (Plan Do Check Act)
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
Poke-Yoke aka Error Proofing
Policy Deployment aka Hoshin Kanri
Production Costs & Pricing
Production Theory
Pull Production aka kanban
QFD (Quality Function Deployment)
Quick Changeovers aka SMED
Reverse Auction
Safety Stock (Buffer Stock)
Six Sigma
SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die AKA Quick Changeovers)
Spaghetti Chart
SPC (Statistical Process Control)
Standard Costs aka Cost Accounting
Supply Chain Management
Takt Time
TOC (Theory of Constraints)
TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
TPS (Toyoto Production System)
TQM (Total Quality Management)
Value Engineering
VSM (Value Stream Mapping)
WBS (Work Breakdown Struture)
SOIP (Sales Operations & Inventory Planning