| A | B |
|---|
| applied research | Studies existing products to develop design improvements or new product uses. |
| benchmarks | The best practices among all competitors. |
| continuous process improvement | Increases the quality of work by reducing errors, inefficiencies, and waste. |
| custom manufacturing | Building a specific and unique product to meet the needs of one customer. |
| extraction and cultivation | Products are obtained from nature or grown using natural resources. |
| just-in-time | Goods arrive when needed for production, use, or sale rather than sitting in storage. |
| logistics | Managing the acquisition, movement, and storage of supplies, materials, and finished products in a business. |
| manufacturing | Combines raw materials and processed goods into finished products. |
| mass production | An assembly process that produces a large number of identical products using a continuous, efficient procedure. |
| materials processing | Changes the form of raw materials so they can be consumed or used to manufacture other products |
| operational plan | Identifies how work will be done, who will do it, and what resources will be needed. |
| processing | Changing and improving the form of another product. |
| production process | Changing and improving the form of another product. |
| pure research | Done without a specific product in mind with the goal of discovering new solutions to problems. |
| schedule | Time plans for completing activities. |
| standard | A specific measurement against which an activity or result is judged. |
