PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 11

PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL

Chapter 11 Production/Operations Planning and Control

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.

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Classification of Production Planning and Control Functions

i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. The functions of PPC can be classified under the following : Materials Methods Machines and Equipments Routing Estimating Loading and Scheduling Scheduling vii. Dispatching viii. Expediting or Progressing ix. Inspection x. Evaluating or Controlling
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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.

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Production Planning System

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Elements of Production Control

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Control of Planning Control of Materials Control of Tooling Control of Manufacturing Capacity Control of Activities Control of Quantity Control of Material Handling Control of Due Dates Control of Information

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Factors Determining Production Control Procedures Factors determining production control procedures are; i. Nature of production, ii. Complexity of production, and iii. Magnitude of operations.

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Production Planning/Operations Planning and Control 3 stages of PPC functions are: i. Planning, ii. Operations, iii.Control

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Role of Production Planning and Control in Operations Management

The Production/Operations Management Cycle

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Importance of Production Planning and Control Department

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Scope of Production Planning and Control

PPC encompasses Materials Methods Machines and Equipments Manpower Routing Estimating Loading and Scheduling Dispatching Expediting Inspection Evaluating Cost control

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Production Planning And Control Function Is Concerned With Decisionmaking Regarding.

(a) What to produce (b) How to produce (c) Where to produce (d) When to produce (e) Who will produce (f) How much to produce Product planning and development including product design. Process planning, material planning, tool planning etc. Facilities planning, capacity planning and sub-contracting planning. Production scheduling and machine loading Man power planning Planning for quantity, Economic batch size etc.
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Phases in Production Planning and Control Function

3 Phases in PPC function are: (i) Planning phase (ii) Action phase (ii) Control phase

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Main Functions of Production Planning and Control Department

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Levels of Production Planning

Strategic Planning: A process of thinking through the organisations current mission and environment and setting forth a guide for future decisions and results (strategic planning is done by top management to develop long term plans). Tactical planning: Planning over a medium range time horizon by middle level management. Operation Planning done over a short-time span by the junior level management, mainly concerned with the utilisation of facilities.
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Production Planning Functions

1. 2. 3. 4. Estimating Routing Scheduling Loading

Production Control Functions 1. Dispatching 2. Expediting/Followup/Progressing

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Organisation of PPC Department

The major functions of PPC department are (i) Routing (ii) Scheduling (iii) Dispatching and (iv) Progressing. Routing: Defines what work has to be done, where and how it will be done. Scheduling: Assigning work to the facility with the specification of time regarding when to start and when to complete the work.

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Elements of scheduling are: Demand forecast Aggregate scheduling Production plan Master production schedule Priority planning Capacity planning Facility loading Evaluation of work load Sequencing
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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.

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