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What is Production planning and control? Functions, Importance #productionplanning

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Main ideas / lessons

1) What production planning and control (PPC) is

  • Production: transforming raw materials into finished goods.
  • Production planning: looks ahead and anticipates problems, deciding in advance the best way to carry out production.
  • Production control: ensures the programmed production is continuously maintained (i.e., keeps actual production aligned with the plan).

2) Importance of production planning and control

PPC is beneficial for:

  • Improving organization for regular, timely delivery
  • Better supply and communication for raw material procurement
  • Reducing inventory investment
  • Reducing production costs through proper estimation and increasing efficiency
  • Smoothing product flow without interruptions
  • Ensuring proper quality and quantity of:
    • equipment
    • raw materials
    • and other required inputs during production time

Functions of a production planning and control system (detailed)

The video lists multiple functions; key ones explained are:

1) Forecasting

  • Definition: predicting future data using past data by analyzing trends.
  • Purpose:
    • Decide how many units to produce in a specific time period
    • Avoid extra storage cost
    • Reduce the chance of producing outdated products
  • Notes on sales forecasting:
    • Should be accurate, easy to understand, and economical
  • Role in product development:
    • Helps with product development and product design planning before manufacturing new or improved products

2) Product design (as part of development before manufacturing)

  • Product design should occur before starting manufacturing a new product or improving an existing one.
  • Product design team roles:
    • designers
    • engineers
    • draftsmen
  • Two aspects:
    • Form design: shape and external form
    • Functional design: how it works

3) Process planning

  • Definition: creating detailed plans for how to manufacture a product.
  • Determines the most economical way to perform:
    • a particular operation
    • or a sequence of operations required to complete production

4) Routing

  • Definition: lays out the flow of work in the plant.
  • Specifies:
    • what work must be done
    • how it must be done
    • when it must be done
  • Describes the path and sequence of operations from raw material to finished product

5) Material control

  • Managerial activities that ensure adequate quality and quantity of materials for uninterrupted production.
  • Objective: minimize material cost
  • Includes:
    • inventory control
    • cost of production planning of materials
    • materials purchase procedures
    • transportation

6) Control (tool control / tool management)

  • Determines tool requirements
  • Handles:
    • procurement of new tools
    • controlling tools once they are produced/available
  • Goal: ensure the right tool is available at production time
  • Consequence of poor tool planning:
    • lost time
    • possible delays and increased cost

7) Loading

  • Definition: the study of the relationship between load and capacity of the work place.
  • Meaning: assignment of work to labor and machinery without specifying when the work must be done.

8) Scheduling

  • Definition: determines when jobs are done and their sequence.
  • Focuses on:
    • job orders
    • machines
  • Decides:
    • which order goes to which machine department
    • which operator handles it

Speakers / sources featured

  • Unspecified speaker/creator: The narrator/host introducing and explaining PPC (no name provided).

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