Assignment

Topic: Production Control Aids

Subject: Project Planning And Technical
Analysis

Submitted By
Darshini M.N.
2nd year M.com
J.S.S. College for women
Kollegal

Submitted TO
Bhramara
mba
Departmen
t of commerce
 J.S.S.
college for women
kollegal

Production Control Aids

 Introduction:
Production controls involves the organization of an overall
manufacturing system to produce a product the various
activities involved in production control are designing the
product determining the equipment and capacity
requirements, designing the material handling system and
specifying certain production quantity quality levels.

 Meaning:
Production control is the process of planning production in
advance of operation establishing the exact route of each
individual item, part or assembly setting starting and finishing
dates for each important item or assembly and finished
product.

Methods and procedure employed in handling materials, parts

assemblies and subassemblies from their raw or initial stage
to the finished products stage in an organized and efficient
manner it also includes activities such as planning, scheduling,
routing, dispatching, storing, etc.

Factors determining production control procedures

 Nature of production:
The manufacturing firms are classified as intermittent
conditions or composite production firms, depending on the
length of processing time without set up changes.

In case of continuous flow of process operation. For exp, found

in petrochemical, soap and synthetic fiber industries routing
are standardized, quality control is highly developed &
planning for raw materials, finished goods inventory levels and
market is extremely important.

In case of intermittent, multi operation production, found in

case of manufacture of hand tools, toys, automobile Sparta etc
a great variety of material is used in many ways and for many
purposes.

Complexity of operation:
The complexity of production control function increases with
the increase in the variety of operations.

Factors affecting the complexity of production control

• Number of ultimate parts in the end product

• Number of different operations on each part

• Variations in production rates of machines used in the

process

• Delivery to which customer’s order with specific

delivery dates occur

Magnitude of Operation:
The size of operation that is time taken to complete an
operation and the distance travelled by the parts from
operation to operation are important in establishing proper
production control procedures.
 Elements of Production Control:

 Control of Planning :
Assure receipt of latest forecast data from sales and
production planning bill of material data from product
engineering and routing information from process engineering.

 Control of materials:
Control of inventory and providing for issue of materials to the
shop and movement of materials within the shop.

 Control of tooling:
Check on the availability of tooling and provide for issue of
tools to shop departments from tool cribs.

 Control of manufacturing capacity:

Determine the availability of equipment and labour capacities
and issues realistic production schedules and provide a means
of recording completed production.

 Control of activities:
Release order and information at assigned times.

 Control of quantity:
Follow-up of progress of production in order to ensure that the
required quantities are processed at each production step and
to ensure that corrective action is initiated where work fails to
pass each stage of inspection.
 Control of material handling:
Release orders for movement of work to ensure availability of
materials required in each stage of the operation.

 Control of due dates:

Check on the relation of actual and planned schedules and
determine the cause of delays or stoppages that interfere
with weekly schedules of work assigned to each machine or
work centre.

 Control of information:
Distribute timely information and reports showing deviations
from plans so that corrective action can be taken and provide
data on production performance measurements for future
planning.

 Objectives:
• To deliver quality goods in required quantities to the
customer in the required delivery schedule.

• To ensure maximum utilization of all resources.

• To maintain flexibility in manufacturing operations.

• To ensure effective cost reduction.

• To produce effective results for least total cost.

• To ensure production of quality products.

 Advantages:
 • Reduces production costs through orderly scheduling of
work activities, high utilization of men and machines,
standardization of operations and reduction in wastages.

•Ensures a better control of materials and contributes to

efficient buying.

•Co-ordinates the operations of several departments.

•Ensures better service to customers by delivering quality

goods within the delivery dates.

 How to make production control effective?

• A complete knowledge of the products to be
manufactured. This knowledge is more important in
product manufacturing to customer’s orders.

• Knowledge of materials required their stock position

and the rate and quantity of the consumption of materials.

• Knowledge of availability of labour and their productive

capacities.

• A separate production control department which is

manned by efficient, qualified and experienced staff.

Product control functions:

 Dispatching:
Dispatching is defined as setting production activities in
motion through the release of orders and instructions in
accordance with the previously planned time schedules and
routings. Dispatching also provides a means for comparing
actual progress with planned production progress.

• Providing for movement of raw materials from stores to

the first operation and from one operation to the next
operation till all the operations are carried out.

• Collecting tools, jigs and fixtures from tool stores and

issuing them to the user department of worker.

• Obtaining inspection schedules and issuing them to the

inspection section.

• Issue of drawings, specifications, route cards, material

requisitions and tool requisitions to the user department.

 Expediting/follow up/processing:
Expediting or processing ensures that the work is carried out
as per the plan and delivery schedules are met.

Processing includes activities such as status reporting,

attending to bottle necks or holdups in production controlling
variations or deviations from planned performance levels,
following up monitoring progress of work through all stages of
production.

Conclusion:
Production control is very important in the production process
it helps to reduce the wastage of raw materials and it ensures
maximum utilization of all resources. It reduces the cost of
production