C.G.

PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: MANAGEMENT - II

FUNCTION OF PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

BY SOHAM. S .INTWALA AUTOMOBILE (SEM-V) ENR.NO: 100530102065

Introduction:
o Function of production department is depend upon

size of the firm: Small firm Medium firm Large firm

Functions of production department:

Materials

Methods
Machine & equipments Estimating

Loading & scheduling

Routing Despatching

Expedition & follow up

Inspection Evaluation

1.MATERIALS:
Selection of materials for the product

,production manager must have knowledge of materials and their properties, so that can he can select appropriates material for his product.

2.Methods:
Finding the best suitable method for the process, to

search for the method to suit the available resources. Identifying the sequence of process are some of the activities of production management.

3.Machine & equipments:

Selection of suitable machinery for the process

desired, designing the maintenance policy and design of layout of machines are taken care of by the production management department.

4.ESTIMATING:
To fix up the production targets and delivery dates

and to keep the production cost at minimum.

5.Loading & scheduling:

Production management department has to draw

the time table for various production activities, specifying when to start and when to finish the process required .

6.Routing:
This is most important function of PMD .

It consist of fixing the flow lines for various raw

material, components etc. from the store to the packing of finished product.

7.Despatching:
The PMD has to prepare various documents for the

each & every component of the product. These documents are to be released from PMD to give green signal for starting the production. Activity of releasing the document is know as Dispatching.

8.Expediting & follow up:

Once the documents are dispatched the

management wants to know whether the activities are being carried out as per the plan or not. This will help the management to evaluate the plan.

9.Inspection:
This activity during production, a separate quality

control department does the quality inspection ,which is not under the control of production management. If the inspection is given to the production management then there is chance of qualifying the defective product also.

10.Evaluation:
The production department must evaluate itself

and its contribution in fulfilling the corporate objectives & the department objectives.

Reference:
http://www.newagepublishers.com/samplechapter/00 0975.pdf

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