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Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) Application programme/­Application software Article Backward scheduling Basic needs Batch size Bill of Materials Characteristic Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Consequence analysis Consumption control Contract manufacturing Control room Delivery time Demand management Detailed planning Discrete manufacturing Dwell time Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Extended workbench FEKOR Finished goods Go Graphical control centre In-house-manufactured part Interfaces Inventory costs Inventory management Item class Lead time Machine cost rate Management Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Mass production Materials Management Multi-stage manufacturing Order limit Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Planning board Prefabricated components Preliminary planning Prepare Product classification Product group management Production aids Production control Production Control Production Control Centre Production control system Production Data Acquisition (PDA) Production method Production optimisation Production order Production order Production planning Production planning Production Planning and Control (PPS) Purchase Order Purchase requisition Reduction in set-up costs Refilling process Replacement time Replenishment order Safety stock Sequence of preparation Sequence planning Set up Set-up time optimisation (set-up optimisation) Set-up time reduction Simulation Single-stage production Staff planning Staffing requirements planning Stock management Stock order Stock range Supply Chain Management (SCM) Traceability Warehouse management system Work plan