PRODUCTION PLANNING AND

CONTROL
Glenda B. Minguito

Production System

is a system whose function is to convert a set

of inputs into a set of desired outputs.
Input

Conversion
process

Control

Output

Characteristics

Production is an organized activity, so every

production system has an objective.
The system transforms the various inputs to useful
outputs.
It does not operate in isolation from the other
organization system.
There exists a feedback about the activities, which is
essential to control and improve

Examples: Auto Assembly

Labor
Energy
Robots
Auto parts

Welding
Manual Assembly
Painting

Supervisors
Plant Managers
Labor cost
Production quantities

Automobiles

Examples: Hospital
Patients
Staff
Beds
Drugs
Equipment

Operations
Administration
Status
monitoring

Chief of staff
Head nurse
Response to medications
Surgical complications

Healthy
individuals
Lab results

Examples: Post Office

Labor
Equipment
Trucks

Transporting
letters and
packages

Postmasters
Ave. delivery times
Parcels damaged

Mail delivery

Production System
Man
Materials
Machines
Information
Capital

Product Design
Process Planning
Production
Control
Maintenance

Inventory
Quality
Cost

Product
Service

Types of Production System

Volume

Continuous
Production
Job or unit
production
Intermittent
Production

Product Variety

Types of Production System

Continuous production
refers to the production of standardized products with
a standard set of process and operation sequence in
anticipation of demand.
Job or unit production
It involves production as per customer's specification
each batch or order consists of a small lot of identical
products and is different from other batches.
Intermittent production
the goods are produced partly for inventory and partly
for customer's orders.

Principle

First Plan Your Work and

then Work on Your Plan

Production Planning and Control

the process of planning the production in

advance, setting the exact route of each item,
fixing the starting and finishing dates for each
item, to give production orders to shops and
to follow up the progress of products
according to orders.

Objectives:

Systematic planning of production activities to achieve the

highest efficiency in production of goods/services.
To organize the production facilities like machines, men,
etc., to achieve stated production objectives with respect
to quantity and quality time and cost.
Optimum scheduling of resources.
Coordinate with other departments relating to
production to achieve regular balanced and uninterrupted
production flow.
To conform to delivery commitments.
Materials planning and control.
To be able to make adjustments due to changes in
demand and rush orders.

Process Design
Flow Diagram
Forecast
Demand

Planning
Resources
Process
Planning
Scheduling
Estimating

Control

Product Design

Planning

Pre-Planning

Functions
Dispatching
Inspection
Expediting
Evaluating

Groupwork

Create a production system for any of the following:

Furniture
Television
Clothing
Toys
Packaging material
What type of production system would you
recommend? Provide 3 reasons.