Production Planning and Control

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. Uses practical examples from the industry to clearly illustrate the concepts presented Provides a basic overview of statistics to accompany the introduction to forecasting Covers the relevance of PP&C to key emerging themes in manufacturing technology, including the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4

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.

The planning and control of the production process represents a fundamental part of modern manufacturing technology. This book provides an essential introduction to the basic principles involved and is specially written for BTEC HNC/D programmes in mechanical and production engineering. The aim is to give the reader a practical and comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the ways in which manufacturing companies are organised; the nature and diversity of engineering products; the organisation of production and the planning and control of production. Production Planning and Control covers the BTEC units Control of Manu639-5 Manufacture U38/188 and Production Planning and Control U38/189.

• Find in-depth information on discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing types• Work with detailed configuration steps and the business processes to tie everything together• Understand the tools you need to optimize your PP processes and how to use themCars. Ice cream. Paint. With this book, you'll understand how to manage products of varying complexity with the main production planning types. Learn how to set up the discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing production types in your SAP ERP system, and then explore a variety of planning methods, optimizing tools, integration options, and more that will help you meet any business requirement.Configuration BasicsLearn what discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing are, and set them up in your SAP ERP system.Production Type WorkflowAfter configuration, understand how to tweak your system to meet your specific business processes and discover which production type works best for your needs.Workflow ToolsGet to know the tools that SAP provides to help manage your planning for demand, sales and operations, material requirements, and more.Optimize our SystemUnderstand the “extras” that SAP gives you. Make the PP component yours by adding notes, signature requirements, and co-products and by-products to your processes.Monitoring and ReportsDon't leave things to chance-set up optimal reporting and the Early Warning System to make sure your processes are running smoothly.Highlights • SAP Demand Management• Long-Term Planning• Material requirements planning• Digital signature• Shift notes and reports• Early Warning System• Document Management System• Integration with SAP ERP components• Forecasting• XSteps• Flexible planning• Process Management

This all-new, extended second edition provides readers with a detailed introduction to the tasks associated with industrial operations as well as highly detailed descriptions of the core processes of SAP PP (mySAP ERP 2005 Release). The various processes of discrete manufacturing are explained clearly in the following contexts: What are the business requirements? How can they be implemented using SAP? Which configuration steps are necessary and what are their effects? With step-by-step instruction and detailed, expert guidance, this book enables you to successfully implement and apply SAP PP in your own company. You'll also benefit from exclusive content devoted to exploring possible scenarios and the vast potential of mySAP SCM (APO) integration. The book is intended for consultants, implementation project teams, and employees involved in production. In addition, numerous real-world examples and a comprehensive glossary make this book a must-have reference. * Industrial Operations Tasks * Production Planning and Control in mySAP ERP * Organizational Structures * Master Data * Sales and Operations Planning * Demand Management * Material Requirements Planning * Long-Term Planning * Production Order Creation * Capacity Requirements Planning * Production Execution * Supply Chain Management and Integration with SAP APO

The definitive guide to manufacturing planning and control--FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED FOR THE CPIM EXAM Improve supply chain effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability with help from this authoritative resource. Completely up-to-date, Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management: APICS/CPIM Certification Edition offers comprehensive preparation for the challenging CPIM exam with hundreds of practice exam questions and detailed case studies. In-depth coverage of manufacturing planning and control (MPC) best practices and the latest research gives you the competitive advantage in today's global manufacturing environment, and helps you to obtain the coveted CPIM designation. Covers the state of the art in manufacturing, including: Manufacturing planning and control Enterprise resource planning Demand management Forecasting Sales and operations planning Master production scheduling Material requirements planning Capacity planning and management Production activity control Advanced scheduling Just-in-time Distribution requirements planning Management of supply chain logistics Order point inventory control methods Strategy and MPC system design

- Case Problems, Example Problems, and Answers are used throughout to reinforce material.- Covers techniques of production with explanations on how and when to use them.- Second color used for emphasis and to enhance understanding of illustrations.

This comprehensive and up-to-date text, now in its Third Edition, describes how the latest techniques in production planning and control are applied to contemporary industrial setups so as to meet the ever-increasing demands in industrial organizations for better quality of services, for faster delivery of products and for adapting to the rapid changes taking place in the industrial scenario. With the demands in the industrial arena increasingly tending to be lumpy, the most effective strategy for planning and controlling production processes cannot be a static, preconceived one. Instead, it is one that is flexible and is capable of adapting to the erratic changes in demand patterns. Evolving such a strategy requires more of practical skill than mere theoretical knowledge of the subject. This book explores the demands of the present-day industrial environment and the techniques for addressing these demands through a number of case studies drawn from Indian industries. The efficacy of various planning strategies, the methods for implementing them, and their suitability for different industries have been clearly explained in relation to these cases. While the essentials of theory have been covered in a simple and straightforward style, the stress is on developing the practical skills required to tackle the unpredictable problems and the unforeseen demands that pose a formidable challenge to modern industries. The book places emphasis as much on the principles of heuristic techniques as on the systematic approach to production planning. This book would serve as a useful textbook to postgraduate students of management as well as undergraduate students of industrial engineering. It will be equally useful to the teaching community and the practicing professionals. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION • Includes a new chapter on ‘Leagile Manufacturing: A Contemporary Manufacturing Syndrome’ (Chapter 11) • Provides several references to explore more in the field KEY FEATURES • Gives solved problems that serve as numerical illustrations of the theoretical concepts. • The Case Studies given focus on the Indian scenario; these will be of great practical value to students and professionals alike. • Offers substantial coverage of the modern heuristic methods, the Kanban system and the ERP techniques.

DESCRIPTION OF BOOK This book explicates the "hands-on," practical approach to production planning and control, covering MRP and MRP II as well. Two case studies are included in Chapter 8 to challenge the reader's creativity of thought (with actual solutions provided towards the end of the chapter). The book will greatly benefit the following personnel: - * All personnel directly or indirectly involved in production management and/or production planning and control will find this a useful practical guide. * All students studying production engineering or management subjects will find this an easy-to- understand guidebook. * All computer personnel involved with computer-aided manufacturing will find this a good reference. ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author has published about 20 books, two of which have been adopted as reference texts and commended by professional bodies. He was also the editor of a book of essays. He has many years of experience in electronics and manufacturing. He has taught many professional, management and technical subjects for years. He has published a number of important papers, including several papers on the solutions to some famous, unsolved problems, in research journals and has served on the faculty of an American research university as a professor. He has received publicity from the press for some intellectual achievement.

An exploration of the technical, social, educational and economic changes which took place in Britain and the US and how these influenced industrial change, from the infancy of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the twentieth-century.

This new text offers an up-to-date look at production systems, the dynamic backbone of modern manufacturing and service. Based upon their experience as teachers, engineers in industry, and consultants, the authors provide a problem-driven approach to planning, controlling, and integrating production in a changing global environment. Topics covered include the evolution of production systems, problem solving, forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory, materials requirements, planning, scheduling, project management, and integrated production planning and control.

Production organisations are now manufacturing a wide variety of products with increasingly shorter life cycles. Managing such organisations is a complicated task. A primary reason for the complexity is the lack of clarity as to how modifications of the components of the production organization affect the performance of the organisation as a whole. What ultimately matters is the bottom line' efficiency and flexibility of the overall production organisation. This book focuses on how changes to the production components affect the organisation as a whole. Solutions are outlined based on concepts from Information Science and Systems Theory; knowledge of manufacturing as an application domain; and experience with the design of computerised factory control systems. More specifically, it describes the development of a reference model, which represents an idealised production organisation, defining the global tasks of its components as well as the relations between the components and the whole. A systems view of a production organisation is given, encompassing all aspects of production and management.

Whether you're studying for the APICS certification examination or looking for ways to improve your existing manufacturing process, Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems, Fourth Edition, is the resource to turn to.