Outline of production

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to production: Production – act of creating 'use' value or 'utility' that can satisfy a want or need. The act may or may not include factors of production other than labor. Any effort directed toward the realization of a desired product or service is a "productive" effort and the performance of such act is production. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to production:

Types Industry – production of an economic good or service within an economy. Industry is divided into four sectors, or types of production; they are:

Primary sector Primary sector – this involves the extraction of resources directly from the Earth, this includes agricultural and resource extraction industries. In these industries, the product (that is, the focus of production) is a natural resource. Agriculture (outline) – cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Animal husbandry – agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. Farming – cultivating land for the purpose of agricultural production. Aquaculture – the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other aquatic organisms. Forestry (outline) – creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Resource extraction – Fishing – activity of catching or harvesting fish and other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Logging – harvesting timber, including cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Mining (outline) – extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Extraction of petroleum – process by which usable petroleum (oil) is extracted and removed from the earth. Extraction of natural gas – Natural gas is commercially extracted from oil fields and natural gas fields. Water industry – provides drinking water to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy.

Secondary sector Secondary sector – involves the processing of raw materials from primary industries, and includes the industries that produce a finished, tangible product. Construction – process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure, including buildings, roads, dams, etc. Manufacturing – process which involves tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. Ranges from handicraft to high tech industrial production.

Tertiary sector Tertiary sector – This group is involved in the provision of services. They include teachers, managers and other service providers.

Quaternary sector Quaternary sector – the part of the economy that produces knowledge-based services. Information industry – Information generation and sharing – Information technology – Consulting services – Education – Research and development – Financial planning services –

Goals Product Service

Productivity Productivity Benchmarking Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Cost accounting Experience curve effects / Vocational education Operations research Scheduling and queuing theory Throughput accounting Time and motion study

History History of industry Industrial Revolution History of manufacturing

Theories of production Taylorism Fordism Theory of constraints Toyotism (Lean manufacturing)

Economics Factors of production Production theory basics Outline of industrial organization Production function Production possibility frontier

Manufacturing Manufacturing Artificiality Factory English system of manufacturing American system of manufacturing Scale of production Craft production Mass production Batch production Job production Just In Time manufacturing Toyota Production System Lean production Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) Mass customization

Product engineering Product engineering Industrial and manufacturing engineering Reverse engineering Value engineering

Product design Rapid prototyping Computer-aided design (CAD) New product development Research and development Toolkits for user innovation

Production technology Industrial robot Computer-aided manufacturing Computer Integrated Manufacturing Production equipment control Computer numerically controlled Distributed Control System Fieldbus control system PLCs / PLD Advanced Planning & Scheduling Scheduling (production processes) SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) Packaging and labeling

Machinery Machinery Production line Assembly line Conveyor belt Woodworking machinery Metalworking machinery Textile machinery Equipment manufacturer

Machine set-up Changeover Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) Sequence-dependent setup (mathematical)

Lot size and run length Economic Lot Scheduling Problem Dynamic lot size model Economic order quantity Economic production quantity Economic batch quantity

Service provision Service economy Service system Service design

Logistics Logistics Supply chain Supply chain management Procurement or purchasing Inventory Inventory management Reorder point Just In Time

Process improvement Systems analysis Process modeling Process optimization Quality Quality control Six Sigma Total Quality Management Certification Processes and Awards ISO 9000 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (US) Canada Awards for Excellence (National Quality Institute) (Canada) Deming Prize (Japan) Joseph M. Juran Medal (US) Japan Quality Control Medal (Japan)

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