See also: Index of production articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to production:
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History of production
- Main article: History of production
General production concepts
Manufacturing and manufacturing systems
- Manufacturing
- Factory
- Craft production
- English system of manufacturing
- American system of manufacturing
- Mass production
- Batch production
- Job production
- Just In Time manufacturing
- Toyota Production System
- Lean production
- Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
- Mass customization
Theories of production
Productivity
- Productivity
- Benchmarking
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Changeover
- Cost accounting
- Experience curve effects (learning curve effects)
- Lot size and run length
- Operations research
- Scheduling and queuing theory
- Throughput accounting
- Time and motion study
Production engineering
Production technology
- Assembly line
- Industrial robot
- Computer-aided manufacturing
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Production equipment control
- Computer numerically controlled
- Distributed Control System
- Fieldbus control system
- PLCs / PLD
- Conveyor belt
- Advanced Planning & Scheduling
- Scheduling (production processes)
- SCADA
Machinery
- Woodworking machinery
- Metalworking machinery
- Textile machinery
- Equipment manufacturer
Process improvement
- Systems analysis
- Quality
- Certification Processes and Awards
- ISO 9000
- Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (US)
- Canada Awards for Excellence (National Quality Institute) (Canada)
- Deming Prize (Japan)
- Joseph M. Juran Medal (US)
- Japan Quality Control Medal (Japan)
The economics of production
- Production theory basics
- Production, costs, and pricing
- Production function
- Production possibility frontier
Logistics
- Procurement or purchasing
- Inventory
Product design
- Rapid prototyping
- Computer-aided design (CAD)
- New product development
- Research and development
- Toolkits for user innovation
Industries
- Agriculturally-based manufacturing
- Chemicals
- Cosmetics
- Petrochemicals
- Pharmaceuticals (See animation below)
- Electronics
- Glass
- Metals Taxonomy of manufacturing processes
- Ferrous
- Non-ferrous
- Aluminium cans
- Wire and Cable
- Ferrous and Non-ferrous
- Plastics
- Quarry-based manufacturing
Persons influential in the field of production
Production scholars
See also
- List of accounting topics
- List of automation protocols
- List of basic agriculture topics
- List of basic manufacturing topics
- List of economics topics
- List of engineering topics
- List of environmental issues
- List of information technology management topics
- List of management topics
- List of sustainable agriculture topics
- List of Theory of Constraints topics
References
External links
Find more about Production on Wikipedia's sister projects:
- Automation.com Directory of manufacturing topics
- CheResources Directory of engineering and design software
- IT Toolbox Directory of supply chain technology
- EngNet Directory of manufacturing automation and process control
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