Production Planning and Control draws on practitioner experiences on the shop floor, covering everything a manufacturing or industrial engineer needs to know on the topic. It provides basic knowledge on production functions that are essential for the effective use of PP&C techniques and tools. It is written in an approachable style, thus making it ideal for readers with limited knowledge of production planning. Comprehensive coverage includes quality management, lean management, factory planning, and how they relate to PP&C. End of chapter questions help readers ensure they have grasped the most important concepts.
With its focus on actionable knowledge and broad coverage of essential reference material, this is the ideal PP&C resource to accompany work, research or study.
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Table of Contents
1. Elements of Production Planning and Control 2. Factory Planning 3. Factors for Production 4. Production system 5. The Concept of Productivity 6. Organization for Production Planning and Control 7. Terminology Used In Japanese Management Practices 8. Fundamentals of Statistics for PP&C 9. Correlation and Probability Theory 10. Forecasting 11. Trend Analysis in Forecasting 12. Decision Theory 13. Types of Production Situations 14. Break-even Analysis 15. Cost of Production 16. Plant Location 17. Plant Layout 18. Systematic Layout Planning 19. Product and Process Planning 20. Capacity Planning 21. Aggregate Planning 22. Routing, Scheduling and Loading 23. Master Production Schedules 24. Sequencing and Line Balancing 25. Dispatching and Expediting 26. Just in Time and Kanban 27. Systems, Procedures and Formats in PP&C 28. Theory of Constraints 29. Scientific Inventory Control 30. Material Requirement Planning (MRP-I) 31. Manufacturing Resource Planning MRP-II 32. Critical Path Method 33. CIPMS- Computer Integrated Production Management System 34. Industry 4.0 35. Internet Of Things
