PLANT

MANAGEMNT
THE ACT OR SKILLS OF CONTROLLING AND
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT A BUSINESS,
DEPARTMENT, SPORTS TEAM ETC.
LEADERSHIP

Ability to lead other people, to meet

a certain expectation or to achieve a
common goal.
Plant Manager
 Plant managers are the people who watch over and organize the daily operations of
manufacturing plants and similar places. Plant managers oversee employees, production
and efficiency, to make sure the plant is running smoothly, quickly, efficiently and
safely.
 Plant managers might oversee an entire location, or just a section of the operation. Plant
managers maintain optimum operation by assigning workers, creating and keeping work
and production schedules, hiring and training new employees, collecting and looking
through data to find places of waste or places of improvement, keep an eye on worker
safety and plant safety, monitor the production equipment to make sure that it stays in
good working order, and repair or replace the equipment when needed.
 Plant managers are the last line of defense for quality control when the item
manufactured leaves the plant. They communicate with other departments or parts of
the plant to make sure everything runs smoothly.
SYSTEM
 Is defined as an integral whole of several parts
 It is translated into:
* Inputs
* Outputs
* Feedback
* Flow
TWO TYPES OF A SYSTEM
1. Simple System
wherein a non – functioning part will be to the
disfunctioning of the total system
2. Complex System
like an organization, a non – functioning will
be to the disadvantage of the organization, but the
organization will continue to function.
A BASIC MANAGEMENT FUNCTION INVOLVING
FORMULATION OF ONE OR MORE DETAILED PLANS TO
ACHIEVE OPTIMUM BALANCE OF NEEDS OR DEMANDS
WITH THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. THE PLANNING
PROCESS (1) IDENTIFIES THE GOALS OR OBJECTIVES TO BE
ACHIEVED, (2) FORMULATES STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE
THEM,
(3) ARRANGES OR CREATES THE MEANS REQUIRED, AND
(4) IMPLEMENTS, DIRECTS, AND MONITORS ALL STEPS IN
THEIR PROPER SEQUENCE.
THREE FORMS OF
PLANNING
1. Short term it is normally operational Medium
term and administrative
2. Long term - are normally strategic in nature
ASPECTS OF PLANNING
1. FORECASTING
A PLANNING TOOL THAT HELPS MANAGEMENT IN
ITS ATTEMPTS TO COPE WITH THE UNCERTAINTY
OF THE FUTURE, RELYING MAINLY ON DATA FROM
THE PAST AND PRESENT AND ANALYSIS OF
TRENDS.
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METHOD THAT ARE COMMON TO ALL
FORECASTING:
 Forecast method generally assume that what happened in the past will
continue to exist in the future
 Forecast are rarely perfect
 Forecast for group of items tend to be more accurate than forecast for
individual items because errors among items in a group usually have a
cancelling effect.
 The accuracy of forecasts decreases as the period covered by the
forecast increases.
2. CAPACITY PLANNING

REFERS TO THE CEILING ON THE LOAD THAT AN

OPERATING UNIT CAN MANAGE
Concerns in this process are:

• Measurement of Capacity
• How capacity requirements are determined
• Development and evaluation of capacity
alternatives are sorted out
3. LOCATION PLANNING

REFERS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

MANUFACTURING PLANT
These are concerned with:
 Access to transportation
 Availability of raw materials
 Waste management
 Power sources and availability
 Price of real estate
 Source of local man power and others
 LAYOUT PLANNING

IT REFERS TO PHYSICAL
ARRANGEMENT OF PRODUCTION
FLOW
 Layout Planning is carried out to:
 Avoid inefficient operations
 Avoid accidents
 Accommodate change in the design of products
 Accommodate the introduction of the new products
 Accommodate changes in the volume of output or mix of output
 Accommodate changes in methods or equipment
 Accommodate changes in environmental or legal requirements
 Avoid moral problems
Medium Term Plans

The strategic plan is translated to

operational plans which are
basically program plans
As a result of such, project plans are derived from a
single program plan. These projects might include
formulation of new products as result of
information derived from market study, forecasted
demand, market trends and product trends weather
to be unique and innovative (go for a product that
nobody is producing) or go with the trends.
Direction/ Staffing
STAFFING - THE SELECTION AND TRAINING OF
INDIVIDUALS FOR SPECIFIC JOB FUNCTIONS, AND
CHARGING THEM WITH THE ASSOCIATED
RESPONSIBILITIES.
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Decision Making
 The thought process of selecting a logical choice from the available
options.
When trying to make a good decision, a person must weight the positives
and negatives of each option, and consider all the alternatives. For
effective decision making, a person must be able to forecast the outcome
of each option as well, and based on all these items, determine which
option is the best for that particular situation.

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Decision Making Starts With:
 Objective Identification – establish and determine basic objectives, purpose and goals
 External Audit – appraise opportunities and treats arising from its environment
 Internal Audit – appraise the strength and weaknesses of the situation
 Review of Opportunities – identify all possible options open to the manager
 Comparison of Strategic Option – evaluate all option and make the final decision (the
most difficult part of the process.
 Implementation, Evaluation and Control – decisions are then, implemented, monitored
and evaluated. Decision should adjust to the changing circumstances of the
organization.