Manufacturing Management

ManufacturingManagement is the branch of management concerned with topics of interest mostly to ... wait for it ...manufacturing managers. Topics include but are not limited to:

• ProcessImprovement (QualityControl, TheoryOfConstraints),

• Scheduling (MaterialRequirementsPlanning?, ClosedLoopMRP, MaterialResourcePlanning?),

• InventoryManagement? (EconomicOrderQuantity?, MaterialRequirementsPlanning?, JustInTime),

• MaintenanceManagement?, and related

• QuantitativeMethods? (OperationsResearch?, ManagementScience?, LinearProgramming, ForecastingMethods?, StatisticalSimulation?)

. --GeorgeBrower