Production management is the discipline of planning, analyzing and directing the flow of processes and assets that facilitate the production of goods in a timely, safe and cost-effective manner.
In manufacturing facilities, production managers are tasked with continuously evaluating operations and developing strategies to address any issues with inventory availability, production capacity, build-quality, equipment and labor - with the ultimate goal of enabling all of these elements to work together as efficiently as possible. To make data-backed decisions and accomplish these goals, successful production managers will leverage manufacturing operations management (MOM) software, manufacturing execution systems (MES), and quality management systems (QMS).
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