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Production Planner
What Does a Production Planner Do?
The primary responsibility of the production planner is to organize production according to demand and quality standards.
They are responsible for production planning, capacity planning, and scheduling of production following customers’ requirements and requests issued by the sales team or for Make to Stock (MTS) purposes.
Hiring a production planner in an organization helps to guarantee that goods will be produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner.
Production planners find employment in manufacturing or production companies, studio, etc.
The production planner job description entails scheduling product lines to meet changing monthly forecasts while managing inventory levels and schedules.
It also involves reviewing and acting upon order release and exception messages generated, as well as coordinating Bills of Materials in an MRP environment.
Production planners are also responsible for creating weekly production timetable for assigned brands, utilizing tools and systems such as SNP2, JDE, and MPS, and MRP while taking into consideration inventory available and customer service goals/targets.
They are responsible for coordinating production workflow for one or multiple products, as well as planning and prioritizing operations in a manner that guarantees maximum performance with reduced delays.
They are also responsible for ascertaining manpower, equipment, and raw materials needed to cover production demand, and assigning workers and other staff to particular production operations; and scheduling shift according to production needs.
The production planner work description also involves designing weekly manufacturing plan to meet target load objectives and satisfying the organization’s inventory goals.
They also furnish the sales team with lead-time information to enable them appropriately handle customers’ enquiries.
A vital qualification to have to work a production planner is to possess extensive manufacturing experience.
However, experience alone is not enough. Employers also seek individuals with at least an Associate degree in a technical field.
Individuals interested in the production planner career must also have strong project management skills and relevant computer skills to perform their job successfully.
Dorchester (/ˈdɔːrtʃɛstər/ DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. The civil parish includes the small town of Poundbury and the suburb of Fordington.
The area around the town was first settled in prehistoric times. The Romans established a garrison there after defeating the Durotriges tribe, calling the settlement that grew up nearby Durnovaria; they built an aqueduct to supply water and an amphitheatre on an ancient British earthwork. After the departure of the Romans, the town diminished in significance, but during the medieval period became an important commercial and political centre. It was the site of the "Bloody Assizes" presided over by Judge Jeffreys after the Monmouth Rebellion, and later the trial of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
In the 2011 census, the population of Dorchester was 19,060, with further people coming from surrounding areas to work in the town which has six industrial estates. The Brewery Square redevelopment project is taking place in phases, with other development projects planned. The town has a land-based college, Kingston Maurward College, The Thomas Hardye School, three middle schools and thirteen first schools. The Dorset County Hospital offers an accident and emergency service, and the town is served by two railway stations. Through vehicular traffic is routed round the town by means of a bypass. The town has a football club and a rugby union club, several museums and the biannual Dorchester Festival. It is twinned with three towns in Europe. As well as having many listed buildings, a number of notable people have been associated with the town. It was for many years the home and inspiration of the author Thomas Hardy, whose novel The Mayor of Casterbridge uses a fictionalised version of Dorchester as its setting.
