Topic-5 Production Planning and control principles

Question 1

What is aggregate planning?

Answer 1

Plan production over long-term (6 to 18 Months) so business objectives of company are met
Output of this is the master production schedule

Question 2

What is production scheduling?

Answer 2

Medium term activity that seeks to allocate production resources in the most efficient way to meet delivery dates, using MPS as the input

Question 3

What is production activity control?

Answer 3

Short term task of executing the production plans, monitoring progress and dealing with problems

Question 4

What are the constraints on production scheduling?

Answer 4

Meet delivery dates
Minimise the job lead times
Reduce the overall length of the required production period
Balance the workload of various resources
Ensure a uniform rate of productivity