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Ramp up

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, ramp up means: To increase production step by step, for example after a new product launch or the start of a new line, until the planned volume is reached.

In Turkish: üretimi kademeli artırmak, seri üretime geçmek, devreye almak

How it is used

Very common in project and launch meetings. You ramp up production, a line or a supplier. The noun is written with a hyphen, 'ramp-up': the ramp-up phase, a ramp-up curve. The opposite is 'ramp down'.

Example sentences

  1. We plan to ramp up to 400 vehicles a day by the end of the second quarter.

  2. The supplier is struggling to ramp up, so we may have shortages in June.

Common collocations

  • ramp up production
  • ramp-up phase
  • ramp up to full capacity
  • ramp-up curve
  • capacityThe maximum amount a machine, line or plant can produce in a given time, for example 1,200 units per shift.
  • production scheduleA plan that shows which products will be made, in what quantity, on which line or machine and when, usually for the coming days or weeks.
  • master production scheduleA plan that states how many of each finished product will be made in each period, usually week by week, and drives material and capacity planning. Shortened to MPS.
  • lead timeThe total time between the start of a process, such as receiving an order, and its end, such as delivering the product to the customer.

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