Development of Production Planning and Control (Ppc) System of Job Order Companies in Ethiopia A Case Study on Akaki Spare Parts and Hand Tools Share Company (Aspsc)
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kitaw, Daniel (PhD)) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bawoke, Mezgebu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-06T06:11:36Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T06:29:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-06T06:11:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T06:29:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Planning system of any profit oriented company determines its survival. Whether a company is service giving or production type, the first thing expected from it is setting its objective properly. The process of setting objectives and their courses of action is planning. Manufacturing companies plan their production and formulate mechanisms of production controlling to be profitable and survive in the market. Production planning and control (PPC) is the process of deciding what to produce in advance, setting exact route of each item, fixing the starting and finishing date for each item, and following up the progress of products according to the order. PPC of job order companies is more complicated than that of non-job order companies. In this thesis work, PPC systems of some selected Ethiopian job order companies are analyzed. The PPC system of Akaki Spare Parts and Hand Tools Share Company, it problems and possible solution to the problems have been discussed in detail. Finally flowchart type of model which helps minimize the PPC related problems of ASPSC is developed. The model is developed after performing the following activities. 1. Visiting ASPSC and collecting all necessary data from it. 2. Visiting job order companies found in and outside Addis Ababa. 3. Visiting major customers of ASPSC. Data which are obtained from job order companies are used to compare the PPC system of ASPSC with other job order companies. Data which are collected from major customers are used as feedbacks to identify shortcomings of the PPC system of the company. Key words: PPC, Job Order Company, Forecasting, Aggregate Production Planning, Material Requirement Planning. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/6792 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | PPC; Job Order Company; Forecasting; Aggregate Production Planning; Material Requirement Planning | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of Production Planning and Control (Ppc) System of Job Order Companies in Ethiopia A Case Study on Akaki Spare Parts and Hand Tools Share Company (Aspsc) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |