1. Manufacturing Production Planning
Scheduling
Producing
Controlling

2. Production Planning Scheduling production Manufacturing production
Controlling production activities

3. Scheduling Production
Before production begins the manager must know what product is being produced and how many.
This information is gained through production planning and control personnel

4. Scheduling Production – 4 Main Tasks
Routing: deciding where the work is to be done
Scheduling: deciding when the work is to be started and completed
Dispatching: issuing work orders to start actual production
Expediting: seeing that the work is progressing on schedule

5. Routing Production
Routing depends on the type of manufacturing being used.
Continuous manufacturing routes are built into the factory layout.
The product moves along fixed paths from station to station
Intermittent and custom manufacturing plants group the equipment by function.

6. Routing Production
The path of materials through the manufacturing facility are shown on a flow diagram.

7. Routing Production
A line production routing sheet is used by managers to monitor total production schedules.
It includes:
A description of the operation
The product rate in pieces per hour
The number of operators and machines needed
The cost of producing the product in standard units

8. Scheduling Production
The line production routing sheet is used to help schedule.
The goal is to use 100% of the manufacturing plant.
Schedules are based on:
Sales forecasts by day, week, and month for each product
Inventory levels for both raw materials and finished products
Manufacturing capacity to be schedules in terms of the number of products that can be produced per hour or day
Schedules determine the parts or products that should be manufactured each day the plant operates

9. Scheduling Production
Production schedules most also consider lead time, including the time it takes to:
Order and receive materials and parts that must be purchased
Make parts from materials
Assemble parts into products
Package products for delivery

10. Dispatching and Expediting
Dispatching involves releasing daily or weekly schedules
Expediting involves keeping the product on schedule with daily product reports
If the schedule is broken, corrective action might include:
Overtime
Retraining workers
Changing operations to improve efficiency
Holding a motivational meeting

11. 1. Which of the answer choices below is not one of the main tasks of production planning?
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Scheduling production
Manufacturing the products
Controlling the product
Designing the product

12. 2. Which answer choice below defines routing?
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Seeing the that work is progressing on schedule
Deciding when the work is to be started and completed
Deciding where the work is to be done
Issuing work orders to start actual production

13. 3. Which answer choice below defines scheduling?
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Seeing the that work is progressing on schedule
Deciding when the work is to be started and completed
Deciding where the work is to be done
Issuing work orders to start actual production

14. 4. Which answer choice below defines dispatching?
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Seeing the that work is progressing on schedule
Deciding when the work is to be started and completed
Deciding where the work is to be done
Issuing work orders to start actual production

15. 5. Which answer choice below defines expediting?
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Seeing the that work is progressing on schedule
Deciding when the work is to be started and completed
Deciding where the work is to be done
Issuing work orders to start actual production

16. 6. What is the picture below?
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A quality control diagram
A flow diagram
A production routing chart
None of the above

17. Manufacturing Production
After scheduling, the products must be produced. They run through 2 types of production:
Pilot production – Manufactures test the new production lines before placing the product in full production
Corrections for problems might include: product designs, tooling designs, production methods, plant layouts, and material handling system
Full Scale production – this is where the efficient manufacturing takes place

18. Manufacturing Production
When changes are made to the flow process, it is done on a flow process chart.

19. Controlling Production Activities
There are 3 major categories of information for controlling production:
Production data – this is a report that lists the number of products schedules to be built, the number of products started, the number of products scraped, and the number of products completed.
Inspection data - comes from 3 types of inspection: material, in-work, and finished product inspection. Inspectors check materials as they move through the process
Payroll data – this is the pay to the employees for the completed work.

20. 7. Ways to improve production are by correcting
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Product and tooling designs
Production methods and plant layouts
Material handling systems
All of the above

21. 8. Which of the following is not a major category for controlling production?
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Production data
Product sales
Inspection data
Pay roll data