Role of Production Planning and Control in Operation Management
Operations are at the centre of the diagram in figure given below because they are the dynamic doing elements of the production process. As the figure shows, planning and control never cease in the production area. There are a variedly of production operations management responsibilities such as:
- Production design,
- Process design and Job design,
- Equipment selection and replacement ,
- Labor skill and training programs,
- Inputs material selection involving raw materials and sub contracting,
- Plant layout and selection,
- Scheduling steps of the plan,
- Implementing and controlling the schedule,
- Operating the production system.