Glossary

Manufacturing Glossary

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A

(API)Application Programming Interface Assembly Line

B

(BOM)Bill of Materials Bottleneck

C

Continuous Improvement Cycle Time Changeover Time Capacity Utilization

D

Downtime Digital Twin

E

(ERP)Enterprise Resource Planning (EOQ)Economic Order Quantity

F

First Pass Yield

H

(HMI)Human-Machine Interface

I

(ISO)International Organization for Standardization (IIoT)Industrial Internet of Things (IoT)Internet of Things

J

(JIT)Just-In-Time

K

(KPI)Key Performance Indicator Kanban Kaizen

L

Lean Manufacturing

M

(MES)Manufacturing Execution System (MRP)Material Requirements Planning (MTTR)Mean Time to Repair (MTBF)Mean Time Between Failures Manufacturing Cell Machine Learning in Manufacturing

O

(OEE)Overall Equipment Effectiveness

P

(PLC)Programmable Logic Controller Production Line Predictive Maintenance Poka-Yoke

Q

(QMS)Quality Management System

R

Real-Time Monitoring

S

(SCADA)Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SPC)Statistical Process Control (SKU)Stock Keeping Unit (SOP)Standard Operating Procedure Scrap Rate Six Sigma

T

(TPM)Total Productive Maintenance Takt Time Throughput

V

Value Stream Mapping

W

(WMS)Warehouse Management System (WIP)Work in Progress Work Cell

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