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Follow Up

The document discusses follow up in production planning and control (PPC). It defines follow up as checking production progress systematically to ensure items are produced according to schedule. Follow up measures actual output against plans and analyzes performance, identifying issues to apply corrective actions. Its main functions are coordinating production variables to show progress and providing feedback. Types of follow up include materials, work-in-progress, and assembly/erection. Follow up reports actual production and compares it to plans to measure variability and report variances for corrective actions.

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Follow Up

The document discusses follow up in production planning and control (PPC). It defines follow up as checking production progress systematically to ensure items are produced according to schedule. Follow up measures actual output against plans and analyzes performance, identifying issues to apply corrective actions. Its main functions are coordinating production variables to show progress and providing feedback. Types of follow up include materials, work-in-progress, and assembly/erection. Follow up reports actual production and compares it to plans to measure variability and report variances for corrective actions.

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FOLLOW UP

IN PPC
After reading this you will learn about:-
1. Meaning,
2. Functions and
3. Purpose of follow up.
MEANING OF FOLLOW UP:
 After the dispatching function is completed, processing
of various operations has been authorized to begin in
time as planned by scheduling department; the follow up
is to check the progress of the order undertaken as it is
being produced from the first operation until the order is
converted into final product. Thus it regulates the
progress of material and parts through the production
processes.
 Follow up is checking the manufacturing activities systematically
so that production may be carried out according to plan. It is the
measurement of output against plan, analysis of the performance
for shortcomings if any and following up the management in
order to apply corrective action to prevent excessive shortfall.
 Thus Progress Reporting is the function by which one can give an
early warning when the actual production deviates from planned
production thus making it possible to apply corrective action.
EXPEDITORS ARE USED:
a. To help to eliminate particular
difficulties which are throwing
production off the schedule.
b. To speed up the processing of
certain orders.
IN SHORT THE PURPOSE OF ACTIVE FUNCTIONS
OF DISPATCHING AND EXPEDITING ARE:
 (i) To release the production orders at the appropriate
time and provide the flow of necessary information.
 (ii) To record the flow of materials and tools and make
adjustment if needed.
 (iii) To record progress of production activities and make
necessary adjustments.
 (iv) To compare and record amount of work in process
with schedule.
 (v) To record the amount of faulty work and rejections,
issue orders for the production of replacements.
 (vi) To record the machine and manpower idleness and
investigate the reasons for it.
(VII) TO RECORD THE BREAKDOWNS, HELD UP OR
STOPPAGE OF PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES AND CLASSIFY
THEM ACCORDING TO:

 (a) Lack of instructions and blue prints etc.


 (b) Lack of input materials and components.

 (c) Work held up due to stoppage at previous workstations.

 (d) Equipment break down.

 (e) Non availability of manpower.


FUNCTIONS AND PURPOSE OF
FOLLOW UP:
 Its main function is to bring up together all the variables
of production activities and thus to show progress or
boost production. It is the duty of follow up people to see
whether the production is being performed according to
the schedule and to provide feedback on the production
data.
TYPES OF FOLLOW UP

 (i) Follow Up for Materials:


 (ii) Follow Up of Work in Progress:

 (iii) Follow Up for Assembly and Erection:


(I) FOLLOW UP FOR MATERIALS:
 Logically it is the duty of the purchase department to
ensure that the requisitioned material should reach the
requisitioner on or before the date of delivery to meet the
production schedule promises.
 But in case of very important orders which must be met
in time, the follow up section of the production control
department, takes steps for collection of the materials. In
such cases follow up is accomplished by filing one copy
of the requisition slip in a daily follow up file according
to the due date the material is to be received.
(II) FOLLOW UP OF WORK IN
PROGRESS:
 In case of serialized production, it consists of check on
the required materials for specific process and recording
the production output of the production deptt. to see
whether it is in accordance with schedule. In this case
follow up is very simple and can be trusted to daily
production records as shown in Fig. 7.21.
(III) FOLLOW UP FOR ASSEMBLY AND
ERECTION:
 In such situations one follow up man is given the entire
responsibility. The various parts and components being
manufactured at various work stations may be
temporarily stored at those very places so that the follow
up man shall release them when the rest of the component
parts forming the assembly are ready for final assembly
purposes.
 In case of very complex and large equipment/products,
the work of installation erection and servicing is done at
purchaser’s place. The requirement will be that the follow
up man should be well acquainted with the engineering
details, trouble shooting and servicing of the
equipment/machine at the consumer’s plant.
FOLLOW UP OR PROGRESS REPORTING
CAN DO FOLLOWING TASKS:
 (i) Recording of actual production.
 (ii) Compare the actual production with the planned
production.
 (iii) Can measure the production variability.

 (iv) Can report the excessive variance to the production


planning department for corrective action.
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