Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks
Master Scheduler, Planner, Production Assistant, Production Scheduler
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:
- Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
- Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
- Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Business
- management
- customer service
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
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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
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
- Independence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Bill of lading software
- LSA Visual Easy Lean
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- SAP
Data base user interface and query software
- FileMaker Pro
- Structured query language SQL
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high school diploma/GED or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$46,760
per year, on average
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