Practical Production Control: A Survival Guide for Planners and Schedulers

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J. Ross Publishing, Aug 15, 2004 - Business & Economics - 288 pages
While other books describe production control from an idealistic perspective, this book explains the real work of successful production control. The reader will learn: how the scheduling task can be decomposed and organized; how the production control department can be structured; how to hire and train schedulers; and how software tools can be used to augment the scheduler’s skill. Suggestions for setting reasonable expectations for their use and a how to avoid implementation problems are provided. Readers will discover what production control involves beyond MRP-II, Gantt Charts, and other mechanical tools. Numerous assessment tools are also provided and much more.
 

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Contents

A Day in the Life of Jake
4
Information Systems
18
Production Control in Practice
29
Minimal Production Control
44
The Tasks of Production Control
57
Changes to Tasks
70
Performance Evaluation
85
Information Used in Production Control
89
Classes of Success
151
Towards A1
158
Supply Chain Management Projects
171
Summary
185
Taking Control
199
Nine Aspects of Bottleneck Management
208
Supporting Actors
224
Summary
240

Summary
102
Implementing APS for SCM
115
Turnkey OfftheShelf Solutions
135
Summary
253
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About the author (2004)

 Kenneth N. McKay is a professor in the Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo. He holds an MSc and PhD in management science from Waterloo and has conducted interdisciplinary research on the scheduling problem in real factories since the mid 1980s. Professor McKay has also been involved in the development of commercial software tools for planning and scheduling since 1986.

Vincent C. S. Wiers holds a MSc. and a PhD. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. After years of working as a supply chain management consultant specializing in implementing Advanced Planning and Scheduling systems, he started his own consultanting company in 2003.

Bibliographic information

TitlePractical Production Control: A Survival Guide for Planners and Schedulers
J Ross Publishing Series
AuthorsKenneth N. McKay, Vincent C. S. Wiers
Editionillustrated
PublisherJ. Ross Publishing, 2004
ISBN1932159304, 9781932159301
Length288 pages
Subjects › 

Business & Economics / General
Business & Economics / Logistics & Supply Chain
Business & Economics / Management
Business & Economics / Management Science
Business & Economics / Production & Operations Management
  
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