The Supply Chan Lab » S&OP http://www.thesupplychainlab.com/blog Emerging and Frontier Supply Chains Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:02:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The production plan http://www.thesupplychainlab.com/blog/s-op/the-production-plan/ http://www.thesupplychainlab.com/blog/s-op/the-production-plan/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:03:16 +0000 Tielman Nieuwoudt http://hubiri.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/the-production-plan/ The production plan or master production schedule (MPS) means different things to different departments and individuals:

Sales department- a commitment from the production department to have the required SKUs

Customer- No out of stocks (OOS) and improved availability

Production department- a commitment for the sales department and good equipment utilization

Finance department- low stock holding and improved cash flow

Human resource department- labour efficiency and productivity

Senior management- a commitment from all departments to adhere to the plan

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