ManufacturingManagement is the branch of management concerned with topics of interest mostly to ... wait for it ...manufacturing managers. Topics include but are not limited to: 

*ProcessImprovement (QualityControl, TheoryOfConstraints), 

*Scheduling (MaterialRequirementsPlanning, ClosedLoopMRP, MaterialResourcePlanning),

*InventoryManagement (EconomicOrderQuantity, MaterialRequirementsPlanning, JustInTime),

*MaintenanceManagement, and related

*QuantitativeMethods (OperationsResearch, ManagementScience, LinearProgramming, ForecastingMethods,  StatisticalSimulation) 

. --GeorgeBrower