Dr. PP Tambe

Dr. MS Kulkarni

Abstract

Competitiveness is an important issue for manufacturing industries in the present global scenario. An efficient planning of the production system will result in reducing the operational costs, which in turn have a positive influence on the business performance. The objective of this paper is to present the need for integrated operations planning in the present competitive scenario. The important issues of the production shop Floor Functions maintenance, quality control, inventory, production planning & scheduling, and the need for their integration have been discussed. The integrated approaches for these functions are presented along with the cost benefit. It is shown that the combined policy for the manufacturing decisions results in cost saving as compared to the independent planning, which further demands for the collaborative planning, as it can create coordination among the different manufacturing functions and smooth running of the organization.

Keywords- Integrated approach, operations planning, Maintenance, Quality, Scheduling