"Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk"

1) Arrange for delivery, assembly, and distribution of supplies and parts in order to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.

2) Calculate figures such as required amounts of labor and materials, manufacturing costs, and wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.

 

3) Compile and prepare documentation related to production sequences, transportation, personnel schedules, and purchase, maintenance, and repair orders.

4) Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, and customer information, so that status reports can be completed.

5) Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, and customers to coordinate production and shipping activities, and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.

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6) Contact suppliers to verify shipment details.

7) Examine documents, materials, and products, and monitor work processes, in order to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.

8) Requisition and maintain inventories of materials and supplies necessary to meet production demands.

9) Review documents such as production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements, and material priorities.

10) Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, and engineering.

11) Confer with department supervisors and other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.

 

12) Distribute production schedules and work orders to departments.

13) Establish and prepare product construction directions and locations, and information on required tools, materials, and equipment, numbers of workers needed, and cost projections.

14) Maintain files such as maintenance records, bills of lading, and cost reports.

 

15) Plan production commitments and timetables for business units, specific programs, and/or jobs, using sales forecasts.

16) Provide documentation and information to account for delays, difficulties, and changes to cost estimates.

17) Record production data, including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, and quality control measures.

Job Description for "Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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