Steps in Production planning and control

   Steps in production planning & control

The production planning & control department has thus to initiate the following steps.

1. Routing i.e. determination of the manufacturing path.
2. Scheduling i.e. establishing time for starting & finishing each operation or job.
3. Despatching i.e. issue of orders.
4. Follow-up i.e. ensuring that work proceeds according to plans & there is no variation. This means to ensure smooth flow of work.