Manufacturing operations management (MOM) is the coordinated set of activities, processes, and systems used to plan, execute, monitor, control, and analyze production within a manufacturing facility.
In practice, MOM links plant-floor processes and equipment with higher-level business systems. It defines how production orders are received from enterprise systems, transformed into detailed work instructions and schedules, executed on machines and lines, and tracked for performance and compliance.
Typical MOM scope includes:
- Production operations: sequencing and dispatching work orders, managing workflows, and tracking order status.
- Quality operations: enforcing inspection plans, capturing test results, and managing nonconformances and deviations.
- Maintenance-related operations: coordinating production with maintenance activities and capturing runtime, downtime, and equipment condition data.
- Inventory and material operations: managing material consumption, WIP, genealogy, and traceability on the shop floor.
- Performance analysis: collecting and structuring production data for metrics such as throughput, yield, and utilization.
MOM is often implemented through systems such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), and related plant applications. In the ISA‑95 context, MOM primarily spans Levels 3 and parts of Levels 2 and 4, defining how plant operations interact with business planning and logistics functions.