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Production Planning and Control is a crucial process in the manufacturing industry that ensures that resources for production are ready whenever required. To know more, read here! <br>
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8 Crucial Functionalities of Production Management Module in ERP
Introduction Production planning is the process of establishing production capacity and identifying the number of raw materials and Bill of Materials required for order fulfillment. On the other hand, Production control monitors operations, evaluates performance and ensures reporting and real-time visibility across the production process.
Benefits of Production Planning and Control: • It allows manufacturers to hold the necessary inventory and reduces unwanted inventory costs • Production Planning and Control leads to optimized machines capacity and efficient working by the employees • It shows when to purchase raw materials for fulfilling production orders for timely delivery of goods • With PPC, manufacturers can ensure production optimization, prompt deliveries, minimal resource wastage, and improved customer satisfaction
Steps in Production Planning and Control: Planning Routing Scheduling Loading Dispatching Follow-up
Steps of Production Planning and Control Explained • Planning: This is the initial step that determines what item will be produced, how and by whom. Also, it includes a plan for labor, work centers, equipment, and raw material needs. • Routing: This step includes the path through which raw materials will flow on the shop floor. The transformation of raw materials into finished goods happens with the help of a routing sequence.
Steps of Production Planning and Control Explained • Scheduling: It lays focus on when the operation will start and get completed. Scheduling emphasizes managing the time element. • Loading: This step emphasizes the amount of work loaded against machines and workers on the factory floor.
Steps of Production Planning and Control Explained • Dispatching: After routing and scheduling directions, dispatching ensures all items are placed for the employees so that they can do their jobs easily. • Follow-up: This step locates faults or defects, loopholes, and bottlenecks in the entire production process. And measures the actual production performance and compares it with the expected performance.
Conclusion Production Planning and Control is a crucial process in the manufacturing industry that ensures that resources for production are ready whenever required. OptiProERP with SAP Business One is an end-to-end Enterprise Resource Planning solution that provides a complete view of plant floor data, inventory demand, resource capacity, and other aspects of production. OptiProERP offers manufacturing modules such as Production, Supply Chain Planning, Purchase, Sales, Accounts, and more. Feel free to contactus.