Production Control

Abstract

Production control is that technique employed in manufacturing whereby the production facilities of a plant are coordinated through the advanced planning, routing, scheduling, dispatching, and follow-up of each individual product in the course of its manufacture from operation to operation, from production center to production center, and from department to department. Advanced planning, or predetermination, is the starting point of a complete production control program and involves deciding in advance of operations,what, when, and how work is to be done. By means of effective advanced planning difficulties may be foreseen and necessary steps taken to eliminate these difficulties before delays occur. The control of production involves the preparation and maintenance of records and progress reports for both past and current operations in order that through their comparisons coordination, follow-up, and corrective action may be accomplished. [From Introduction]