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Production Management Functions

1. Choosing Product and It’s Design

With the help of production management, a firm is able to select the right product and its design. It is essential for businesses to choose the appropriate product and its proper design in order to be successful and survive in the competitive market. Also, various research campaigns are performed under this to know the desires and needs of customers. This helps in making decisions on selecting the right type of product. Once the product is finalized, the next step is to select the most appropriate design of the product so that customers must get the maximum value of the product at a minimum cost.

2. Choosing the Process of Production

Another function of production management is related to selecting the appropriate production process. This includes deciding upon machines, technology type, a system of material handling, etc.

3. Selection of Correct Production Capacity

This includes choosing the production capacity according to the product demand as problems may arise in case of excess or less capacity. For this, the production manager plans the production capacity as per the short-term and long-term demand for the production.

4. Choosing Right Location for Production Facilities

Production management ensures the smooth functioning of production by selecting a proper location to set up production facilities. This is considered as a decision of long-term capital investment because businesses may get affected by this in the future. Production management examines the setup area in a proper way before fixing different facilities and plants related to production. Different geographical and other related factors are considered into it so that the availability of sufficient manpower, raw materials, and different infrastructure facilities can be ensured.

5. Production Planning and Control

A predetermined process that includes planning, managing, and controlling the allocation of machinery, raw material, and manpower for the purpose of gaining maximum efficiency level is known as Production Planning and control.