Operations planning and control (08)

Question 1

SUMMARY

Answer 1

In summary, the following is covered in this topic:
1. All business need to plan and control its operations to fulfil customer demand.
2. Operations planning and control decisions need to be coordinated with other
departments in a business.
3. The activities of planning and control are loading, sequencing, scheduling and
monitoring and control.
4. Loading allocates the amount of work to each part of the operation. It can be
finite or infinite.
5. Sequencing decides the order in which tasks are assigned within the operation.
6. Scheduling determines the detailed timetable of activities, as well as when
activities begin and end.
7. Monitoring and control activities include assessing the operation, re-planning if
necessary, and intervening in order to impose new plans
8. Both supply and demand have great impact on operations planning and control.