Facility location refers to the specific spot where, in consideration of the entire business, the total cost of production and delivering goods to all consumers is minimized.

Product design can be defined as “the translation of intellectual wisdom, requirements of the entrepreneurs, needs of the consumers, etc., into a specific product”.

Capacity planning specifies the production capacity required by an organization to meet changing product demands. It is a long-term strategic decision that establishes a company’s overall level of resources.

Productivity is one of the primary performance criteria for evaluating a production system. It is a function of the production, input, and output relationship. Productivity improvement occurs when a given output is achieved with less information.

A production system is a set of interrelated components or subsystems that receive inputs from the environment and transform them into desirable outputs (products or services).