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Enterprise resource planning terminology

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enterprise resource planning
corporate task of optimizing the existing resources in a company
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Kanban ( meaning signboard) is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing (also called just-in-time manufacturing, abbreviated JIT). Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency. The system takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory. Kanban is also known as the Toyota nameplate system in the automotive industry.
material requirements planning
production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system
materials management
material management supply chain
Manufacturing resource planning
Process of production planning and control
Master production schedule
type of production schedule
workspace
Workspace is a term used in various branches of engineering and economic development.
scheduling
the process of arranging, controlling and optimizing work and workloads in a production process or manufacturing process; is used to allocate plant and machinery resources, plan human resources, plan production processes and purchase materials
CONWIP
Constant work in process or CONWIP are pull-oriented production control systems. Such systems can be classified as pull and push systems (Spearman et al. 1990). In a push system, the production order is scheduled, and the material is pushed into the production line. In a pull system, the start of each product assembly process is triggered by the completion of another at the end of production line. This pull-variant is known for its ease of implementation.
SAP GUI
component of SAP systems