Production, Planning and Control PPC Production, Planning, Control and Issuance PPCI
Well Planned is half done
Production Planning and Control Basic function Data management Main function of production planning Planning of production program Planning of Product Quantity and material Scheduling and Capacity planning Main function of production control Starting and monitoring of production General Flexibility
Planning Types of Planning Forward Backward
Forward Planning End date not decided Customer is asking when goods will be delivered It is easy to manage things
Backward Planning Delivery date is given Quantity finalized Quality parameters are set Sampling is over
In Garment Industry In most of the cases Backward Planning Problems: Have to meet the dates Have to fill the gaps Have to catch the ship or flight Have to manage the raw material Have to manage special machines (peaching, Jacquard, Striper etc )
Execution and Planning Execution depends upon best planning Normally its significance is ignored People are not well trained about production problems, like, planning of carton of same size for same garment but of different GSM Procuring of production time is not considered well
In most of the cases people involve in planning are not technically strong Always there is a communication gap between production people and PPC dept Both depts have their own problems and pressures
Best Planning Characteristics Have approval from production people Have developed with the collaboration of production, purchase and accounts people Keeping all minor details in mind Must be fit with other production programs Must be realistic Should have a cushion for emergencies and delays
Functions of Production Planning and Control (PPC) Department in Apparel Manufacturing
P P C P roduction planning and Control department is one of the important department for the apparel manufacturing company. In the context of the apparel manufacturing primary roles of the Production Planning and Control (PPC) department has been listed below. Each functions has been explained briefly just overview about the task.
1. Job or Task Scheduling Preparation of time and action calendar for each order from order receiving to shipment. The job schedule contains list of tasks to be processed for the styles. Against each tasks planner mentions when to start a task and what is dead line for that task. Name of responsible person (department) for the job is being listed. For example, scheduling planned cut date (PCD), line loading date etc.
2. Material Resource Planning (Inventory): Preparation of Material requirement sheet according to sample product and buyer specification sheet. Consumption of material (fabric, thread, button, and twill tape) is calculated and estimated cost of each material.etc.
3. Loading production: Planner defines which style to be loaded to the production line and how much quantity to be loaded. 4. Process selection & planning: Processes needed to complete an order vary style to style. According to the order (customer) requirement PPC department select processes for the orders. Sometime extra processes are eliminated to reduce cost of production.
5. Facility location: Where a company has multiple factories (facilities) for production and factories are set for specific product, planner need to identify which facility will be most suitable for new orders. Sometimes there may be a capacity shortage in a factory, in that case planner need to decide which facility will selected for that orders.
6. Estimating quantity and costs of production: Planner estimate daily production (units) according to the styles work content. With the estimated production figure, production runs and manpower involvement planner also estimate production cost per pieces.
7. Capacity planning: PPC department plays a major role during order booking. They decide (suggest) how much order they should accept according to their production capacity. Allocating of total capacity or deciding how much capacity to be used for an order out of total factory capacity. Regularly updating factories current capacity (production capacity).
8. Line planning: Preparing detailed line planning with daily production target for the production line. Most cases line planning is made after discussing with production team and Industrial engineers.
9. Follow up and execution: Whatever plan is made is executed by PPC department. PPC department keeps close look whether everything is progressing according the plan. Communication with other department heads on daily basis to keep plan on track. They update order wise completed tasks on the Time & action Calendar. When they found something is going to be late they accelerate and create an alarm about the delay.