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A management approach focused on improving quality across all organizational processes through continuous feedback and refinement. Benefits include increased customer satisfaction, reduced defects, and enhanced company reputation.

A production strategy that strives to improve a business's ROI by reducing in-process inventory and associated carrying costs. Benefits include reduced waste, lower storage costs, and a more efficient production process.

Related to JIT, it's an approach to production that emphasizes waste reduction without sacrificing productivity. Benefits include increased efficiency, lower production costs, and better use of resources.

A set of techniques and tools for process improvement that seeks to improve quality by identifying and removing the causes of defects. Benefits include improved quality control, reduced variation, and enhanced performance.

The practice of enhancing all or parts of the supply chain to maximize efficiency and productivity. Benefits include cost savings, reduced cycle times, and improved customer satisfaction.

Determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changes in demand. Benefits include optimized resource usage, reduced bottlenecks, and improved responsiveness to market changes.

The supervision of non-capitalized assets and stock items. Benefits include improved cash flow, reduced holding costs, and a balance between supply and demand.

A holistic approach to equipment maintenance that strives to achieve perfect production. Benefits include increased machine availability, improved safety, and enhanced employee morale.

A long-term approach to work that systematically seeks to achieve small, incremental changes in processes in order to improve efficiency and quality. Benefits include a culture of continual improvement, reduced costs, and employee engagement.

The radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in productivity, cycle times and quality. Benefits include breakthrough improvements, cost reduction, and better alignment with customer needs.

Comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other industries. Benefits include identification of areas for improvement, strategic planning, and performance enhancement.

A method of quality control that uses statistical methods to monitor and control a process. Benefits include early detection of problems, reduced production variability, and improved product quality.

The process of estimating the future demand for a company's products or services. Benefits include better stock management, optimized production schedules, and improved budgeting.

The discipline of planning, organizing, securing, managing, leading, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals. Benefits include better alignment of projects with business strategy, improved resource allocation, and enhanced project tracking.

The proactive task of identifying, analyzing, and improving upon existing business processes within an organization for optimization. Benefits include reduced costs, streamlined operations, and improved process quality.

Training team members to perform multiple roles within the organization. Benefits include more versatile employees, improved team collaboration, and operational flexibility.

A long-range plan for the production component of an organization. Benefits include alignment with business strategy, competitive edge in the marketplace, and a clear roadmap for operations.

A strategy for managing an organization's relationships and interactions with current and potential customers. Benefits include improved customer service, deeper customer relationships, and increased sales.

Integrated management of main business processes, often in real-time and mediated by software and technology. Benefits include a unified data source, improved information flow, and enhanced decision-making capabilities.

An institutional process that maximizes performance levels and competency for an organization. Benefits include reduced labor costs, optimized employee schedules, and improved workforce utilization.

A system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues. Benefits include a cleaner work environment, improved efficiency, and reduced errors.

A group of workers who meet regularly to discuss and solve problems affecting the quality of their work. Benefits include employee empowerment, localized problem-solving, and improved work conditions.

A systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might fail and to assess the relative impact of different failures. Benefits include risk mitigation, enhanced reliability, and improved quality.

Measures the percentage of potential output that is actually realized. It is calculated using the formula

Identifying and managing bottlenecks within an organization to improve process efficiency. Benefits include faster throughput, increased productivity, and enhanced process flows.

Integrating social and environmental concerns into business operations. Benefits include enhanced brand image, increased customer loyalty, and the potential for operational savings.

Implementing environmental-friendly practices within operational management. Benefits include reduced ecological footprint, cost savings through waste reduction, and positive public image.

The forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact. Benefits include reduced unexpected losses, better planning, and improved stakeholder confidence.

Being able to quickly adapt operational processes to new conditions or changes in the market. Benefits include a competitive advantage, increased responsiveness to customer demands, and improved business resilience.

An approach that views the organization as a complex system made up of interrelated parts. Benefits include a holistic understanding of operational processes, better problem-solving, and improved decision-making.

A lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from the beginning of the specific process until it reaches the customer. Benefits include clearer vision of the process flow, identification of waste, and a roadmap for improvement.

The gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity by identifying the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. It is calculated by multiplying availability, performance, and quality rates. Benefits include targeted improvements, reduced waste, and increased equipment productivity.

Contracting out of a business process to another party. Benefits include cost savings, access to expertise, and the ability to focus on core business functions.

Systems that can be used to produce a range of products with a rapid changeover to respond to market demand. Benefits include increased responsiveness to market changes, higher system utilization, and reduced production costs.

The lifetime costs of acquisition, operation, and ownership of a business asset. Evaluating TCO helps in making more informed purchasing decisions. Benefits include a comprehensive view of costs, better budgeting, and informed decision-making.

An approach to supply chain management that formalizes the way information is gathered and used so that an organization can leverage its consolidated purchasing power to find the best possible values in the marketplace. Benefits include reduced costs, improved supplier relationships, and enhanced product quality.

The process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from inception, through engineering design and manufacturing, to service and disposal. Benefits include streamlined product development, reduced time to market, and better collaboration across departments.

A method to transform user demands into design quality, to deploy the functions forming quality, and to deploy methods for achieving the design quality into subsystems and component parts. Benefits include high customer satisfaction, reduced development time, and fewer errors in design.