Operation Planning and Scheduling
Planning and scheduling of operation are important to
meet deadlines, maximize profits and protect the quality of products at The
Liquidator Group Inc. The components follow in the Operations Planning and
Scheduling System of the company are routing, scheduling, dispatching, and
follow up.
Routing is the route to be followed
during each step of the manufacturing process. To ensure quality products, The Liquidator
routing consist in followed the process from transforming components and raw
material into a final product. Then products are delivered from the warehouse
to the store, and from the store to the customer location. Depending the product
and its availability on store, sometimes it goes directly from the warehouse to
the customer location.
Scheduling at The Liquidator Inc.
is the process of arranging, controlling, and optimizing workload in the production
process. Scheduling is done based on customers availability and preference. Scheduling
delivering, help to optimizing production, and capacity planning to reduce
bottlenecks, and customers dissatisfaction.
Dispatching determines the
priority to set the best order to ensure that customers get the right product
at the right time and no damages. Before a product leaves the warehouse, the dispatcher
needs to give resolution to production problems, and ensure the products leave
the manufacture in excellent conditions. For the Liquidators, it is a very important step
of the process because the goal is to delivery product on time meeting the
highest standards of quality. Products with excellent quality without damages
reduce costs and creates happy customers.
After the dispatching function is
completed, scheduling to manufacture and deliver products is set, a Follow-up must
be completed. Follow-up consists in check and analyze that the production and
delivering was carried according to plan. If something went wrong, it ensures proper
coordination of production activities and plans to take corrective actions and
improve the production system.
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