PRODUCTION PLANNING EXCELLENCE
Manufacturing organisation’s need to achieve production planning excellence is critical for success. There is a need to move away from fire-fighting and expediting parts required for the next operation. This will optimise the production process leading to recognition from your industry.
It is in this space where senior leadership teams need to be engaged with how the production processes will occur and insure that what is in place will achieve what is required to meet customer demand.
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND THE INVENTORY STRATEGY
A number of leadership teams of manufacturing companies have not invested sufficient time, systems, and training in this critical area of their business.
In many instances the systems have been in place for some time, yet not many members of staff have much experience in using the system optimally.
Together with a lack of experience in the planning teams there is also the occurence of misalignment between production and the planning team. This is often caused through conflicting KPIs being targeted by the different parties.
The sales team are totally focused on meeting whatever the customer wants, the production team is often focused on running their machines as optimally as possible to report impressive OEE scores. Procurement need to make input cost savings so would prefer to buy in larger lot sizes than what is required, HR are trying to limit the number of heads where possible, while the production planning team want a stable demand profile with sufficient capacity to which they can plan to with confidence.
ENSURING THE SCHEDULE IS MANAGED
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Metrics to focus on
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