Answer to Question #216648 in Mechanical Engineering for aaa

Question

Describe your role and activities as Production

Planning and Control Engineer is various industries as:

• Food and beverage

• Retail sector

• Healthcare

• RMG Sector

Answer 1

Objectives of Production Planning and Control

Regulation of inventory management. Optimum utilization of production process and resources. Organization of the production schedules, typically with the help of dynamic production scheduling software.

Food and beverage :

• Bottleneck productivity recognition constraining capacity of production.
• Consumer consumption hindering large quantities of storage.
• Scheduled maintenance.
• Various dispatches a day; meeting customer conveyance periods.
• Cleaning of resources; hindering the ability to smoothly produce goods.
• Reusable asset availability that interrupts production.

Retail sector :

Plan production control activities to improve runtime while maintaining high quality, timely delivery, and cost-effectiveness.

Work with materials department in material planning and analysis to reduce inventory level.

Plan, schedule, and monitor material movement in the production cycle to ensure continuous operations.

Track material shortages and provide immediate resolution.

Assist purchasing unit in coordinating and planning supplier deliveries.

Identify new suppliers and manage existing suppliers to meet production needs.

Healthcare and RMG Sector

It is used to establish a target and check the deviations by comparing some performance measures. Decides the nature and magnitude of different input factors to produce the output.

Coordinates different resources of the production system in the most effective and economic manner and coordinates among different departments.

Elimination of bottleneck

Utilization of inventory in an optimal way

Smooth flow of material

To produce in right quantity and quality at the right time