4896 Create and Maintain Telecommunications Production Schedules

Guidance Information

None.

Outcomes and performance criteria

Outcome 1

Create production schedules.

Performance criteria

1.1Production requirements are identified from customer orders and in-house forecasts.

Rangeproducts, volumes, quantities, delivery dates.

1.2Draft production schedule is determined from identified production requirements, raw material stock levels, lead times, and manufacturing capacity.

Rangeincludes material requirements, completion dates, and delivery response times; labour, materials, machinery, time.

1.3Draft production schedule is agreed with relevant authorised personnel prior to development of master production schedule.

Rangemanagement, head of production, sales and marketing, other relevant parties affected by production schedule.

1.4Requisitions for identified material requirements are received by authorised purchasing personnel by the agreed time.

Rangematerials, code numbers, supplier's references, including supply dates.

1.5Anticipated constraints to production schedule are identified and contingencies are developed, agreed, and implemented when required to optimise production performance.

Rangematerial shortages, outages, raw materials out of specification, resources, power failures, delivery problems.

1.6Master production schedule is current, accurate, complete and available to authorised personnel by the agreed time.

Rangemanagement, production staff.

Outcome 2

Monitor and maintain production schedules.

Performance criteria

2.1Variations to production schedules are identified and causes for variation are recorded in the agreed format.

Rangedelays, disruptions;

causes – material shortages, labour constraints, machinery breakdown, human error, customer requirements or changes to specifications, quantity or delivery.

2.2Contingency plans for identified causes of variations are developed, agreed, and implemented promptly.

2.3Master production schedule is revised and includes supplementary material requirements.

2.4Purchase requisitions for supplementary materials are raised and received by purchasing promptly.

2.5Revised master production schedule is available to authorised personnel promptly.

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