Lean Manufacturing and Process Optimization

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Glossary

operational dashboard

An operational dashboard is a real-time, role-based display of key production and quality metrics used to monitor and manage day-to-day manufacturing operations.

WIP tracking

WIP tracking is the monitoring and recording of work-in-progress status, quantity, and location as materials move through manufacturing operations.

production visibility

Production visibility commonly refers to how clearly and timely an organization can see what is happening in its manufacturing and related operations.

Legacy KPIs

Legacy KPIs are older performance indicators that persist in use after processes, systems, or business priorities have changed.

Statistical Process Control

Statistical Process Control is the use of statistical methods to monitor, analyze, and control a process over time.

Design of Experiments

A structured approach to planning and running tests so process inputs are varied systematically and their effects on outputs can be measured.

Manufacturing operations management

Manufacturing operations management (MOM) is the coordinated planning, execution, control, and analysis of day-to-day production activities within a plant.

System-Level Control

System-level control refers to coordinating and managing the behavior of an entire production or automation system, not just individual devices.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a metric that quantifies how effectively manufacturing equipment is used for productive output.

continuous process

A manufacturing or industrial process that runs without planned interruptions, with material flowing continuously rather than in discrete batches.

loss model

A structured definition of how production losses are categorized, quantified, and linked to data sources when calculating KPIs like OEE.

leading indicators

Metrics that provide early, predictive signals of future performance, quality, safety, or risk in manufacturing operations.

Overall Asset Effectiveness (OAE)

Overall Asset Effectiveness (OAE) measures how effectively an asset is used over total calendar time, including planned and unplanned downtime.

DMAIC

DMAIC is a structured, data-driven Six Sigma method for improving existing processes through five phases: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control.

process capability

Process capability is a statistical measure of how well a process can produce output within specified limits, given its inherent variation.

control charts

Control charts are statistical process control tools that track variation over time to distinguish common-cause from special-cause variation.

work in process

Work in process refers to partially completed products or lots that are currently being manufactured but are not yet finished goods.

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