PRODUCTION PLANNER 31 PRODUCTION PLANNER 32 resources and labour. Production planners use this skill daily when deciding the production order of products. • Time management – This skill goes handin-hand with the previous skill. Being able to effectively manage your time requires you to plan and control your time. It takes experience and skill to know how long something will take to complete. Production planners use this skill to carry out their production schedules. • Organization skills – Defined as making use of your time, energy and resources in an effective manner. Unorganized production planners lead to unorganized production facilities. experience as a worker within the company and work their way up. This gives them insight into how things work in a manufacturing plant. Keep in mind, though, that having an advanced knowledge of MS Excel is a must for this job. 4. Production Planning Requires a High Amount of Collaboration Production planning is a highly collaborative job which involves communicating with many different departments. For example, planners work with marketing or business when estimating how much product is needed for a promotion. These professionals work closely with plant managers to determine production orders. Those that they collaborate with vary, depending on the size of the company. 5. Production Planners Strive to Make Good Production Plans Companies constantly focus on simplifying business processes. Over time, they gain more experience and listen to the needs of production workers, allowing them to simplify and group processes. Here are some key factors that good production planners consider when scheduling: • Customer demands – estimating the future potential scales of a product • Inventory – how much raw ingredients they have in a building • Human resources and equipment – how many people are available to work and the amount of equipment in a facility 6. Production Planners Prepare Production Reports Manufacturers use production reports to keep track of essential information used in manufacturing. These reports include: • The product being produced • The target amount • How much labour was used to create it • How much down time there was These reports generate manufacturing metrics such as: • On-time delivery to commit – The percentage of time that manufacturing delivers a completed product on the schedule that was committed to customers. • Time to make changeovers – Measures the speed or time it takes to switch a manufacturing line or plant from making one product over to making a different product. These metrics are powerful tools because they help businesses determine where they are doing well and where to make improvements. Production planners prepare reports that include all this information for upper management and suggest ways to improve efficiency. 7. Production Planners Troubleshoot Problems that nobody expects can arise in manufacturing. Even if these problems are solved, there is time spent between the time a problem was identified and when it was solved. This means that the time in between is wasted, which poorly impacts production schedules. Production planners must be prepared for problems to occur. One way they combat wasted time is by creating revised production schedules in the event of problems such as design changes, labour or material shortages and backlogs. They devise alternative schedules by collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering teams. 8. Production Planners Prioritize, Manage Their Time and Stay Organized Being a production planner requires a wide range of skills. However, there are a few which are more essential than others. These skills include: • Prioritization – Not all tasks are of equal importance. Prioritizing tasks means looking at the big picture and determining what tasks require immediate attention. Effective prioritization makes the very best use of Whether you’ve landed an internship or a part-time job for the summer, it’s important to make the most out of your experience as it can affect your future career endeavors. The following tips outline how to get the most out of your experience: 1. Be professional. Just because your job is only for a short period of time, it doesn’t mean you should only give it half the effort. Make sure you dress for success, practice good hygiene and show up to work on time - even on Monday mornings. 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