Manufacturing process management (MPM) is a collection of technologies and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured. MPM differs from ERP/MRP which is used to plan the ordering of materials and other resources, set manufacturing schedules, and compile cost data. A cornerstone of MPM is the central repository for the integration of all these tools and activities aids in the exploration of alternative

production line A production line is a set of sequential operations established in a factory where components are assembled to make a finished article or where materials are put through a refining process to produce an end-product that is suitable for onward ...

scenarios; making

assembly line An assembly line, often called ''progressive assembly'', is a manufacturing process where the unfinished product moves in a direct line from workstation to workstation, with parts added in sequence until the final product is completed. By mechan ...

s more efficient with the aim of reduced lead time to product launch, shorter product times and reduced work in progress (WIP) inventories as well as allowing rapid response to product or product changes. * Production process planning ** Manufacturing concept planning ** Factory layout planning and analysis *** work flow simulation. *** walk-path assembly planning *** plant design optimization ** Mixed model line balancing. ** Workloads on multiple stations. ** Process simulation tools e.g. die press lines, manufacturing lines ** Ergonomic simulation and assessment of production assembly tasks ** Resource planning *

Computer-aided manufacturing Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most ...

(CAM) ** Numerical control CNC ** Direct numerical control (DNC) ** Tooling/equipment/fixtures development ** Tooling and

Robot A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...

work-cell setup and offline programming (OLP) * Generation of shop floor work instructions * Time and cost estimates ** ABC – Manufacturing activity-based costing ** Outline of industrial organization * Quality computer-aided quality assurance (CAQ) **

Failure mode and effects analysis Failure is the social concept of not meeting a desirable or intended Goal, objective, and is usually viewed as the opposite of success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system ...

(FMEA) **

Statistical process control Statistical process control (SPC) or statistical quality control (SQC) is the application of statistics, statistical methods to monitor and control the quality of a production process. This helps to ensure that the process operates efficiently, ...

(SPC) ** Computer aided inspection with coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) ** Tolerance stack-up analysis using PMI models. * Success measurements ** Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), * Communication with other systems **

Enterprise resource planning Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of business management software—typically a suit ...

(ERP) ** Manufacturing operations management (MOM) ** Product data management (PDM) ** SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) real time process monitoring and control ** Human–machine interface (HMI) (or ''man-machine interface'' (MMI)) ** Distributed control system (DCS)

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