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Production Planning and Control

Production planning and control (PPC) involves planning various production activities and ensuring they happen as planned. The major functions of PPC are: pre-planning, routing, scheduling, despatching, and controlling. Pre-planning includes forecasting demand, product design, cost estimation, and determining resource needs. Routing decides the process flow and sequence of operations. Scheduling determines production timelines and rates using tools like Gantt charts. Despatching issues documents like work orders to departments to start production. Controlling monitors the manufacturing process and takes corrective actions if needed.

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Production Planning and Control

Production planning and control (PPC) involves planning various production activities and ensuring they happen as planned. The major functions of PPC are: pre-planning, routing, scheduling, despatching, and controlling. Pre-planning includes forecasting demand, product design, cost estimation, and determining resource needs. Routing decides the process flow and sequence of operations. Scheduling determines production timelines and rates using tools like Gantt charts. Despatching issues documents like work orders to departments to start production. Controlling monitors the manufacturing process and takes corrective actions if needed.

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4.

0 INTRODUCTION - PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL

Products are produced by the transformation of raw material info


finished goods. This is called production.
Planning is the process of taking decision about the future course
of action.

Production planning decides in advance how best the production


could be carried out.

Control activity makes sure that things happen as per the plan.
So production planning and control function involves the
of various production activities and
planning
the programme.
making them happen as per
to
4.1 MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF PPC
Major functions of PPC are:
i. Pre-plarnning.
i. Routing
ii. Scheduling
iv. Despatching.
V. Controlling.
4.1.1 Pre-planning
Planning is taking decision about the future course of action. Pre-
planning is the function carried out prior to production planning.
Pre-planning includes the following activities.
1. Forecasting: Finding out the demand for the product to be
manufactured. The product may be an existing one or a new one.

2. Product designing
3. Estimating the cost of production
4. Product planning
5. Process planning
6. Determining the requirement of men, machines, materials and
tools.
4.1.2 Routing
Routing deciding the path of movement of material during the
is
the sequence of operations to be
process of production. Routing gives
done on the job. It also gives how and where the work should be done.
Route sheet is used for this purpose. Routing helps in scheduling
production.
4.1.3 Scheduling

Scheduling is deciding the time of manufacturing. It also gives the


rate of production. The main aim of scheduling is to get the required
output without delay. Gantt charts are used for scheduling. The
following are the three types of scheduling.
1. Master scheduling
2. Part scheduling
3. Machine load scheduling
4.1.4 Despatching
In despatching, orders and issued to the variou_
instructions are
documents are
departments for starting the production. The following
issued to different departments.
1. job order or work order or shop order
2. Material issue order
3. Tool order
4. Move order
5. Final delivery notification
4.1.5 Controlling or follow
up
Controlling is making the production activities to take place
according to the plan. The process of the manufacturing activities are
checked continuously. If there is any delay or shortfall in production.
Corrective action is taken. The different types of production control
are.

1. Material control
2. Labour control
3. Cost control

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