Production Planning

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This paper explains that manufacturing is a very complex operation with numerous components and with many individuals working together to ensure that the end-product meets the required quality control and time schedule. The author points out that engineering plays a central position within the production organization. The paper relates that the most widely used production planning and control systems in the U.S. are variations of MRP, or Material Requirements Planning, and MRPII, or Manufacturing Resource Planning.

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"Production planning occurs in several steps. The first is to identify the end goals that are necessary to achieve and to establish an inventory strategy for quoting delivery of parts required. The production plan provides the primary communication link between management and manufacturing and becomes the basis for focusing the manufacturing resources in a way that will achieve the objectives of the company. The next several steps break down the production process into the required tasks and determine when each one has to start. At times, one task can be completed with any of several different resources equipment and/or employees. In this case, the assignment of tasks to resources can occur at planning or execution time. If a number of tasks need to be accomplished at the same time with the same resources, the plan should provide workers with a means to know which comes first."

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