1. PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL

2.  Production/Operations Planning and Control: Planning, direction and co-ordination of the firm’s facilities to achieve the predetermined production objectives in the most economical manner.

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

4.  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.

5. Production Planning System

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

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

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

9. The Production/Operations Management Cycle Role of Production Planning and Control in Operations Management

10. Importance of Production Planning and Control Department

11. 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

12. Production Planning And Control Function Is Concerned With Decision- making Regarding. (a) What to produce Product planning and development including product design. (b) How to produceProcess planning, material planning, tool planning etc. (c)Where to produceFacilities planning, capacity planning and sub-contracting planning. (d)When to produceProduction scheduling and machine loading (e)Who will produceMan power planning (f) How much to producePlanning for quantity, Economic batch size etc.

13. Phases in Production Planning and Control Function  3 Phases in PPC function are: (i) Planning phase (ii) Action phase (ii) Control phase

14. Main Functions of Production Planning and Control Department

15. Levels of Production Planning  Strategic Planning: A process of thinking through the organisation’s 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.

16. Production Planning Functions 1.Estimating 2.Routing 3.Scheduling 4.Loading Production Control Functions 1.Dispatching 2.Expediting/Followup/Progressing

17. 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.

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

19.  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.