What Is Product Planning?

The product planning unit is based on the product as a calculation unit for allocating production tasks when preparing a production operation plan.

Product planning unit

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Product planning units are based on products

The characteristic of the product planning unit is that when the operation plan is issued, only the product name, specifications, model and planned input products, the number of products produced and the corresponding time are uniformly specified. Progress, and the workshop will arrange according to the product parts division schedule.

The advantage of this kind of planning unit is that the planning work is simple, easy to manage, and the production unit has greater flexibility and initiative. The disadvantage is that the production cycle is long and the work in process takes up a large amount. For example, an automobile manufacturer plans to produce 1 million A-type vehicles at the end of the year. ^[1]