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The management and coordination of manufacturing processes to ensure efficiency, quality, and timely output.
The overall management of production activities in a factory or plant.
The standard term for production control, covering planning, scheduling, and quality management.
生産管理の効率化が急務だ。
Improving production control efficiency is urgent.
Process control, focusing on the management of individual production steps.
工程管理を徹底して不良品を減らす。
We reduce defects by thorough process control.
The specific activity of planning production volumes and timelines.
Production planning, often used in the context of creating schedules and allocating resources.
生産計画に基づいて部品を発注する。
We order parts based on the production plan.
Production schedule management, emphasizing the timeline aspect.
生産スケジュール管理をクラウドで共有している。
We share production schedule management via the cloud.
Ensuring products meet standards during manufacturing.
Quality control, a key part of production control, often abbreviated as QC.
品質管理部門が製品をチェックする。
The quality control department checks the products.
Managing raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods in production.
Inventory control, closely linked to production control to avoid shortages or excess.
在庫管理を適切に行い、生産を止めない。
We manage inventory properly to avoid stopping production.
Materials management, focusing on raw materials and supplies.
資材管理システムを導入した。
We introduced a materials management system.
生産管理 (production control) is the broader term covering all aspects of managing production, while 工程管理 (process control) specifically refers to controlling each step of the manufacturing process.
生産管理には工程管理も含まれる。
Production control includes process control.