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Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks

Also called: Production Scheduler, Planner, Production Planner, Production Manager

Where in the military? In the military: see titles from the Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy.

What they do:
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
On the job, you would:
  • Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
  • Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
  • Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.

Knowledge

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Business
  • customer service
  • management
Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills
  • reading work related information
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal
  • read and understand what is written
  • communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Independence
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
  • eLading Bill of Lading Software
  • LSA Visual Easy Lean
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Exact Software Macola ES
  • PRONTO Xi
Analytical or scientific software
  • KAPES software
  • Micro Estimating FabPlan

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
high school diploma or
associate's degree
usually needed

Get started on your career:

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Job Outlook

Below Average Outlook
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Salary
$43,100
per year, on average
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Green
This work is part of the green economy.

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