Production planning

corporate task of optimizing the existing resources in a company

mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues

production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system

measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized compared to its full potential, during the periods when it is scheduled to run

limitation point of a production process

Process of production planning and control

monetary value assigned to currently unknowable or difficult-to-calculate costs

integrated business management process

type of production schedule

manufacturing management process by which raw materials and production capacity are optimally allocated to meet demand

Step in the production cycle

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

Shturmovshchina (, storming) was a common Soviet work practice of frantic and overtime work at the end of a planning period in order to fulfill the planned production target. The practice usually gave rise to products of poor quality at the end of a planning cycle.

process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products