Mod 6
Mod 6
Production/Operations Planning and Control: Planning, direction and co-ordination of the firms facilities to achieve the predetermined production objectives in the most economical manner.
Production Planning/Operations Planning Production /Operations Planning: Organisation of an over-all manufacturing/operating system to produce a product. Factors Determining Production Planning Procedures i. Volume of Production ii. Nature of Production Processes iii. Nature of Operations Production Planning System Production Planning System consists of two inter related subsystems: (i) Product planning system (ii) Process planning system.
Factors Determining Production Control Procedures Factors determining production control procedures are; i. Nature of production, ii. Complexity of production, and iii. Magnitude of operations.
Production Planning/Operations Planning and Control 3 stages of PPC functions are: i. Planning, ii. Operations, iii.Control
Elements of scheduling are: Demand forecast Aggregate scheduling Production plan Master production schedule Priority planning Capacity planning Facility loading Evaluation of work load Sequencing
Production and Operations Management By K. Aswathappa & K. Shridhara Bhat
Dispatching: An implementation function which is concerned with getting the work started on the shop floors. Two kinds of dispatching function are
i. Centralised dispatching and ii. Decentralised dispatching.
Progressing: Ensuring that the work is carried out as per the plan.