Manufacturing planner vs production controller

Differences between manufacturing planner and production controller duties and responsibilities

Manufacturing planner example responsibilities.

• Manage the kanban system for the entire plant, consisting of rubber, nylon, and metal compounds.
• Manage inventory levels for commodities of raw materials.
• Monitor WIP ensuring products are complete in order to meet require customer due dates.
• Reduce WIP costs and negative inventory by eliminating errors in BOMs and material transactions.
• Update BOM for existing test plans, and create and populate BOM for new (production) planning.
• Document all BOM requirements such as raw material, hardware and any other supplies necessary to produce the product.
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Production controller example responsibilities.

• Manage multiple windows to access accurate inventory, P.O numbers and job numbers.
• Schedule production and manage inventory of raw materials and finish products using the MRP inventory control system.
• Manage production order releases base on space, capacity, man power and indenture BOM build schemes.
• Provide management with visibility of material shortages, backlogs, manage WIP variances and other potential schedule conflicts.
• Manage warehouse and shipping departments, responsible for outsourcing secondary machining of materials, purchasing MRO supplies and logistics.
• Flight line expediter ensures maintenance accomplishment and sortie production by managing, controlling and directing allocate resources and personnel.
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