Aggregate Production Planning

Aggregate production planning is for which term capacity planning?

• Long

• Medium

• Short

Refers to the idea of focusing on overall capacity, rather than individual products or services

• Aggregation

• Product

• Labor

• Time

Medium Range Planning

• 1-5 years

• 0-2 months

• 2-18 months

What do you understood in todays Aggregate Production Planning Session?

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the balance of unused units carried forward from the previous period.

• Inventory levels

• Production rates

• Work force levels

Common objectives of production planning is ?

• Profits

• Customer Satisfaction

–Production rates or work force levels are adjusted to match demand requirements over planning horizon

Mathematical Techniques

• Linear Decision Rule

• Vary work force levels

Trial-and-Error Method

• Parametric Prod. Planning

• Level work force, use overtime and subcontracting

For service companies, aggregate planning results in staffing plans that call for changing the number of employees or subcontracting.

• Aggregate Production Planning Strategies

• Aggregate Production Planning Techniques

• Aggregate Production Planning

• Aggregate Planning in Services