Scheduling (production processes) — Scheduling is an important tool for manufacturing and engineering, where it can have a major impact on the productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the production time and costs, by telling a… … Wikipedia
Production schedule — This article is about production scheduling in the context of movie or theatrical production. Please see scheduling production processes for production scheduling in the context of manufacturing plans.The production schedule is a project plan of… … Wikipedia
production management — or operations management Planning, implementation, and control of industrial production processes to ensure smooth and efficient operation. Production management techniques are used in both manufacturing and service industries. Production… … Universalium
Scheduling — is the process of deciding how to commit resources between a variety of possible tasks. Time can be specified (scheduling a flight to leave at 8:00) or floating as part of a sequence of events.Scheduling may refer to: * I/O scheduling, the order… … Wikipedia
scheduling — UK US /ˈʃedjuːlɪŋ/ US /ˈskedʒuːlɪŋ/ noun [U] ► TRANSPORT, PRODUCTION, COMMERCE the job or activity of planning the times at which particular tasks will be done or events will happen: »production/work/crew scheduling a scheduling conflict/problem … Financial and business terms
Production leveling — Production leveling, also known as production smoothing or – by its Japanese original term – heijunka (平準化?),[1] is a technique for reducing the muda waste and vital to the development of production efficiency in the Toyota Production System and… … Wikipedia
Production board — A traditional production board or production strip board is a filmmaking term for a cardboard or wooden chart holding colour coded strips of paper, each containing information about a scene in the script. The strips can then be rearranged and… … Wikipedia
production system — ▪ industrial engineering Introduction any of the methods used in industry to create goods and services from various resources. Underlying principles All production systems, when viewed at the most abstract level, might be said to be… … Universalium
Production Planning and Scheduling — Die Produktionsplanung und steuerung (PPS) ist ein Grenzgebiet zwischen Betriebswirtschaftslehre (insbes. Fertigungswirtschaft), Maschinenbau, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und insbesondere der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Sie beschäftigt sich mit der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Production management — Theatrical production management is a sub division of stagecraft. The production management team (consisting of a production manager and any number of assistants) is responsible for realizing the visions of the producer and the director or… … Wikipedia
Production strip — A traditional production board is a cardboard or wooden chart holding colour coded strips of paper, each containing information about a scene in the script. A modern version will probably be printed using computer software.The colour coded… … Wikipedia
