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production control
production control[prə′dək·shən kən‚trōl] (industrial engineering) The procedure for planning, routing, scheduling, dispatching, and expediting the flow of materials, parts, subassemblies, and assemblies within a plant, from the raw state to the finished product, in an orderly and efficient manner. production control
production control or process control the coordination and monitoring of production programmes and targets. Production control involves a number of activities, in particular: - minimizing operational variations from production schedules, PROGRESS CHASING and dealing with problems so as to avoid losing output;
- controlling manufacturing costs by monitoring the use of materials and labour inputs and taking action to avoid wastage where necessary (see COST CONTROL);
- controlling product quality by inspection to detect defective products and taking action to remedy deficiencies (see QUALITY CONTROL);
- controlling MACHINE UTILIZATION by monitoring machine usage and avoiding idle time or machine down-time. See also PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION SCHEDULING, OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, POKE YOKE.
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