Production Planning and Control (PPC)
Production Control
Production
control looks to utilize different type of control techniques to achieve
optimum performance out of the production system as to achieve overall
production planning targets.
Therefore,
objectives of production control are as
follows:
§ Regulate inventory management
§ Organize the production schedules
§ Optimum utilization of resources and
production process
The advantages of robust production
control are as follows:
§ Ensure a smooth flow of all production
processes
§ Ensure production cost savings thereby
improving the bottom line
§ Control wastage of resources
§ It maintains standard of quality through
the production life cycle.
Production
control cannot be same across all the organization.
Production control is dependent upon the
following factors:
§ Nature of production (job oriented,
service oriented, etc.)
§ Nature of operation
§ Size of operation
Production
planning and control are essential for customer delight and overall success of
an organization.
Definition
of Production Control:
There is lot of disagreement between
different experts of management regarding the meaning of production control.
The term itself appears to be quite confusing and misleading. In literary sense
control means action to check/regulate.
In the opinion
of Mary Gushing Niles, “Control is
maintaining a balance in activities towards a goal or set of goals evolved
during production planning.” Planning only outlines some course of action
whereas control is an execution process involving standardisation, evaluation
and corrective functions.
According to
Fayol, “Control consists in verifying
whether everything occurs in conformity with the adopted plan and established
principles. The objective of control is to point out weaknesses and shortcomings,
if any, in order to rectify them and prevent recurrence. It operates on
everything viz. material, equipment, men, operations etc. For control to be
effective, it must be applied within reasonable time and be followed-up
sanctions.”
Thus, production
control is some scientific procedure to regulate an orderly flow of material
and co-ordinate various production operations to accomplish the objective of
producing desired item. In right quantity of desired quality at the required
time by the best and the cheapest method i.e., to attain highest efficiency in
production.
Alternately,
production control is the function of management which plans, directs and
controls the material supply and processing activities of an enterprise; so
that specified products are produced by specified methods to meet an approved
sales programme. It ensures that the activities are carried in such a way that
the available labour and capital are used in the best possible way.
Objectives
of Production Control:
The success of
an enterprise greatly depends on the performance of its production control
department.
The production
control department generally has to perform the following functions:
(i) Provision
of raw material, equipment, machines and labour.
(ii) To
organise production schedule in conformity with the demand forecast.
(iii) The
resources are used in the best possible manner in such a way that the cost of
production is minimised and delivery date is maintained.
(iv)
Determination of economic production runs with a view to reduce setup costs.
(v) Proper
co-ordination of the operations of various sections/departments responsible for
production.
(vi) To ensure
regular and timely supply of raw material at the desired place and of
prescribed quality and quantity to avoid delays in production.
(vii) To
perform inspection of semi-finished and finished goods and use quality control
techniques to ascertain that the produced items are of required specifications.
(viii) It is
also responsible for product design and development.
Thus, the
fundamental objective of production control is to regulate and control the
various operations of production process in such a way that orderly flow of
material is ensured at different stages of the production and the items are
produced of right quality in right quantity at the right time with minimum
efforts and cost.
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