Planning and Steering Production

Question 1

Program Planning

Answer 1

• Primary demand for finished products;

Questions:

• Volume of finished goods
• Delivery times
• Volume of final storage

Kinds of program planning:

• Order-driven program planning;
• Prognosis-driven program planning;

Question 2

Quantitative Planning

Answer 2

• Secondary demand
• Unfinished goods and materials
• Stockage production and procurement
• Own production and sourced goods

Kinda of quantitative planning :

• Order-driven quantitative planning;
• Prognosis-driven quantitative planning

Question 3

Schedule and Capacities Planning

Answer 3

• Execution of production orders
• Demand of capacities
• Assigning capacities to work processes

Kind of lead time schedule:

• Forward-planning;
• Backward-planning;

Question 4

Production Control

Answer 4

• Availability check of operating resources
• Assignment of production orders
• Release production orders
• Supervise progress of production
• Measures of adaptation

Kinda od production:

• Central control (Bring system)
• De-central control (Kanban)