Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance,
supply
Supply may refer to:
*The amount of a resource
Resource refers to all the materials available in our environment which help us to satisfy our needs and wants. Resources can broadly be classified upon their availability — they are classified in ...
and
distributionDistribution may refer to:
Mathematics
*Distribution (mathematics)
Distributions, also known as Schwartz distributions or generalized functions, are objects that generalize the classical notion of functions in mathematical analysis. Distr ...
,
health
Health, according to the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations
United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each ...

, and
safety
Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected from harm
Harm is a moral
A moral (from Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European language ...

, emergency response,
human resources
Human resources is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization
An organization, or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, - ...

,
security
Security is freedom from, or resilience against, potential
Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. The term is used in a wide variety of fields, from physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its El ...

,
information technology and other
al support
organization
An organization, or organisation (Commonwealth English
The use of the English language
English is a of the , originally spoken by the inhabitants of . It is named after the , one of the ancient that migrated from , a peninsu ...

s.
Personnel that make up "operations" are
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operators
Operator may refer to:
Mathematics
* A symbol indicating a mathematical operation
* Logical operator or logical connective in mathematical logic
* Operator (mathematics), mapping that acts on elements of a space to produce elements of another sp ...
*
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of enginee ...

s
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technician
A technician is a worker in a field of technology who is proficient in the relevant skill and technique, with a relatively practical understanding of the theoretical principles.
Specialisation
The term technician covers many different specialisa ...

s
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management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization
An organization, or organisation (Commonwealth English
The use of the English language
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language first spok ...

This is mainly in a
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or Production (economics), production of goods with the help of equipment, Work (human activity), labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector ...
setting.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures.
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