Vital steps involved in Production Planning are as follows:-

Job or Task Scheduling: Preparation of time and action sheet for each order from order receiving to shipment. The task schedule contains list of tasks to be processed for the production items. Against each tasks planner mentions when to start a task and what is dead line for that task. Responsible person (department) for the job is listed. including scheduled planned cut date (PCD), line loading date etc.

Material Resource Planning (Inventory): Preparation of Material requirement sheet according to sample product and buyer specification sheet. Consumption of material (sheet, assembly raw material etc) is calculated and estimated cost of each material.

Loading production: Planner decides which style to be loaded to the production line and how much quantity to be loaded.

Process selection & planning: Processes needed to complete an order vary from item to item. According to the order (customer) requirement, PPC department selects processes for the orders. Sometimes extra processes are eliminated/added to reduce/optimize cost of production.

Facility location: When a company has multiple factories (facilities) for production, facilities are set for a specific product, planner needs to identify which facility will be most suitable for orders. Sometimes there may be a capacity shortage in a factory, in that case, planner need to decide which facility should be selected.

Estimating quantity and costs of production: Planner estimate daily production (units) according to the work content. With the estimated production figure, production runs and manpower involvement, planner also estimates production cost per piece.

Capacity planning: PPC department plays a major role in order booking. It decides (suggests) how much order should be accepted according to available production capacity. It allocates total capacity or decides how much capacity to be used for an order out of total factory capacity. It regularly updates factory's current capacity (production capacity).

Line planning: Preparing detailed line planning with daily production target for production line. Most cases line planning is made after discussion with the production team and Industrial engineers.

Follow up and execution: Whatever plan is made is executed by PPC department. PPC department keeps close look whether everything is progressing as per the plan. Chasing other department heads on a daily basis, to keep plan on track. They update order wise completed tasks on the Time & action sheet. When it finds something is going to be late it expedites and creates an alarm about the delay.

Production

Maker Making

The maker making is one of the most important tasks in the manufacturing industry. Accurate maker making helps to reduce material wastage which ultimately reduces the cost of making the finished goods.

Material Sheet Spreading

To cut the material Sheet properly sheet is spread in the play form. It is done manually or by using the computerized method.

Cutting

In this stage, the Sheet is layered on a table, layer by layer up to a certain level. Then by means of cutting machine sheets are cut into Item shapes or pattern and separated from the layer. This cutting can be done by manually operated blade cutting machines or by computerized laser beam cutting.

Assembling

Goods/Items are assembled in an assembly line with the Item becoming complete as it progresses down the assembly line. One portion of assembly is done by an operator and completed portion is forwarded to the next operator.

For example, the first operator may assemble main body the item and the next operator may assemble the sides to the body. Quality assurance is performed at the end of the assembly line to ensure that the product has been properly assembled.

Washing

This process is performed when the buyer wants washing or special finishes to the goods.

Finishing

After assembly, we get a complete product item which is treated with steam ironing, painting and several finishing processes are done.

Packing

Each finished item is then folded with tissue or cardboard. Folding varies product to product and also buyer to buyer.

Hang tags, special tag and price tag are attached with plastic Kindle or thread. Folded and tagged items are then packed into the poly bags.

Final Inspection

Quality checks are performed as per company standards or buyer's requirements

Dispatch

After completing all the process, the finsihed goods are now ready for dispatch.

SERVUNTO™ - ERP On Device assists manufacturing houses to carry out multiple processes with ease, particularly when number of simultaneous Buyer Orders increase and when it becomes increasingly difficult in managing the complexity. Few of the functions available in SERVUNTO™ are as follows: -

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