Production Planning and Control Flashcards
What is aggregate planning?
task of identifying plans to produce products, expressed in specific quantities and dates, to fulfil a series of anticipated product demands and customer orders
What are sales requirements in MPS?
the need to have a wide range of products constantly available to deal with high level of customer demand changes
What are financial requirements in MPS?
limit-lead time between production and sales in order to reduce the financial resources tide in stocks and finished goods
What are production requirements in MPS?
to maintain a constant rhythm of production and manufacturing large lots to reduce production costs and of system set-ups
What are the resources and labour requirements in MPS?
achieve a smooth resources and manpower utilisation profile
How is the MPS usually laid out?
in the form of a list of jobs with associated due dates.
What is the objective of manufacturing scheduling?
efficient allocation of machines and other resources to jobs, and subsequent time phasing of these jobs on specific machines
