Task: Describe the following characteristics to be included in the plant management process:
- Medium- and short-term demand forecasting techniques (moving average, etc.)
- Manufacturing planning process (S&OP, etc.)
- Medium- and short-term capacity planning alternatives (master scheduling, MRP, etc.)
- Production activity/shop floor control
- Inventory policies (order quantity/replenishment frequency, etc.)
- Plant/equipment maintenance
- Workforce skill/training requirements
- Techniques to improve operations (TQM, Six sigma, JIT/Kanban, lean/agile, TOC, etc.)
- Metrics to measure plant performance
- Cost
- Quality
- Productivity/efficiency/utilization
- Safety/security
- Other metrics.