What is a manufacturing system?

the transformation of material into something useful and portable. Manufacturing System: A manufacturing system is a set of machines, transportation elements, computers, storage buffers, people, and other items that are used together for manufacturing. These items are resources. Alternate terms:

What is a manufacturing operations management system?

In manufacturing operations management, an MES serves as a bridge between the planning and control systems of an enterprise, such as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, and the actual manufacturing operations. The primary purpose of an MES is to track and document the transformation of raw materials into finished products in real time.

What is a manufacturing system analysis course?

(Image by Dr. Stanley Gershwin.) This course provides ways to analyze manufacturing systems in terms of material flow and storage, information flow, capacities, and times and durations of events. Fundamental topics include probability, inventory and queuing models, optimization, and linear and dynamic systems.