The contents of Production Management

Production management include production plan and production control. The production plan can be divided into basic plan and detail plan. The basic plan is from the sales plan, and the sales plan is from the business direction and demand forecast. If the business direction or demand forecast change, the production plan(products, amounts and due date) will change.

Now, the production plan should be strengthened and production control pressure can reduce some. Production plan need to search the most effective way. The production activity is from sales activity, the gathering of sales information is most important, and base on it, the effective production plan can be made. With the information technology development, it is possible to gather and analyze the information in a short time.