Practical Production Control: A Survival Guide for Planners and Schedulers

Practical Production Control: A Survival Guide for Planners and Schedulers Book Description

Practical Production Control: A Survival Guide for Planners and Schedulers While other books describe production control from an idealistic perspective, this book explains the real work of successful production control. The reader will learn: how the scheduling task can be decomposed and organized; how the production control department can be structured; how to hire and train schedulers; and how software tools can be used to augment the scheduler's skill. Suggestions for setting reasonable expectations for their use and a how to avoid implementation problems are provided. Readers will discover what production control involves beyond MRP-II, Gantt Charts, and other mechanical tools. Numerous assessment tools are also provided and much more.

Features

* Provides assessment tools for determining the extent of a scheduling problem, its stability, and how well scheduling is being performed
* Offers methodologies for setting reasonable expectations for scheduling systems use and ways to avoid implementation problems
* Demystifies and explains Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and other scheduling systems
* Clarifies what production control involves beyond MRP-II, Gantt charts, and other mechanical tools
* Provides a list of key messages for quick review by the busy professional at the beginning of each chapter
* WAV features free downloadable supplements designed to help you assess your production control operations with tips for making improvements - available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com/wav
Contents

1. Introduction and Reality Check
2 . Production Control Concepts and Associated Systems
3. Objectives and Roles
4 . The Functions of Production Control
5. The Tasks of Production Control
6. The Hiring and Training of Schedulers and Planners
7. Information Used in Production Control
8. MRP and Capacity Analysis
9 . Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems
10. Acquiring a Planning and Scheduling Tool
11. Determining Tool Success
12 . Scheduling Tool Failures
13 . Excel and Visual Basic Tools
14. Consultants
15. Uncertainty in Production Control
16. Managing Bottlenecks
17. Naughty Things Others Do
18. Self-Inflicted Wounds
19. Productions Control at Different Points in a Firm's Cycle
20. Finale
References and Suggested Reading
Index

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