production management?
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Industrial production managers plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities required to produce millions of goods every year in the United States. They make sure that production proceeds smoothly and stays within budget. Depending on the size of the manufacturing plant, industrial production managers may oversee the entire plant or just one area.\n\nOne of the main responsibilities of the industrial production manager is to oversee the production process, reducing costs wherever possible and making sure products are produced on time and are of good quality. They do this by analyzing the plant’s personnel and capital resources to select the best way of meeting the production goals. Industrial production managers may determine which machines will be used, whether new machines need to be purchased, whether overtime or extra shifts are necessary, and what the sequence of production will be. They monitor the production run to make sure that it stays on schedule and correct any problems that may arise.\n\nPart of an industrial production manager’s job is to come up with ways to make the production process more efficient. In recent years, traditional mass assembly lines have given way to “lean” production techniques, which gives managers more flexibility. In a traditional assembly line, each worker is responsible for only a small portion of the assembly, repeating that task on every product. Lean production employs teams to build and assemble products in stations or cells, so rather than specializing in a specific task, workers are capable of performing all jobs within a team. Without the constraints of the traditional assembly line, industrial production managers can more easily change production levels and staffing on different product lines to minimize inventory levels and more quickly react to changing customer demands.\n\nIndustrial production managers also monitor product standards and implement quality control programs. They make sure the finished product meets a certain level of quality, and if not, they try to find out what the problem is and find a solution. While traditional quality control programs reacted only to problems that reached a certain significant level, newer management techniques and programs, such as ISO 9000, Total Quality Management (TQM), or Six Sigma, emphasize continuous quality improvement. If the problem relates to the quality of work performed in the plant, the manager may implement better training programs or reorganize the manufacturing process, often based upon the suggestions of employee teams. If the cause is substandard materials or parts from outside suppliers, the industrial production manager may work with the supplier to improve their quality.\n\nIndustrial production managers work closely with the other managers of the firm to implement the company’s policies and goals. They also must work with the financial departments in order to come up with a budget and spending plan. In particular, though, production managers work most closely with the heads of sales, procurement, and logistics. Sales managers relay the client’s needs and the price the client is willing to pay to the production department, which must then fulfill the order. The logistics, or distribution department, handles the delivery of the goods, which often needs to be coordinated with the production department. The procurement department orders the supplies that the production department needs to make its products. It is also responsible for making sure that the inventories of supplies are maintained at their optimal levels in order for production to proceed without interruption. A breakdown in communications between the production manager and the procurement department can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules. Just-in-time production techniques have reduced inventory levels, making constant communication among the manager, suppliers, and procurement departments even more important.\n\n
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It would help to have more info to answer the question with. However, think about a big "PR" type event. It doesn't have to be practical, it just has to be something that gets the cameras there.\n\nA new soap? Set up showers in the mall and see who can sing best in the shower. \n\nTake whatever your product is and think about using it in a wacky way. An electric dog polisher. A fur lined sink. \n\nEventually, bring yourself back to earth with something you can actually pull off. \n\nDon't forget to have fun. \n\nRex
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- Know the system. Each agency will have different ways of doing things. It is really easy to screw things up in production.\n\n- Need good contacts. Reaelly!! It's obvious, but sometimes it's really not the case. \n\n- Build a good rep with the suppliers. Suppliers that "trust" you will always offer better service and attention... no matter what it says on their websites.\n\n- Really try to understand the WHYS - Ask lots of questions - especially from Client Service and Creatives.You are the one who will interface with the guys who will supply/execute the wonderful ideas that the agency comes up with. \n\n- Need interpersonal/logistical skills and must be a good organizer/facilitator.   \n\n- Here is one extra - find a good mentor.
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I think the phrase you really want is "Total Quality Management" not leadership.  You may also want to look at "Sigma 6" and "Just in time inventory" as google searches if you're looking for that sort of information.
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It depends on what you want to optimize.\n\nIf you want time to production optimized, assign weights based on the activities ability to delay the timeline.\n\nIf you want cost to be optimized, weight based on time and cost functions.
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by any chance you talking about producing drugs??
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A material manager can do one or both of two typical things.  One is to work in a factory and make sure processing materials are moving from area to area in a smooth manner to make a finished product.  The other thing they can do is make sure purchased products get to various manufacturing facilities on time so they can be used to make products.  They also manage raw material and work in process inventory levels to keep them low but not so low that production is interupted.
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Can it be done given the time constraints (you need it by when)?\n\nCan it be done given the resource budget (people/equipment/money)?\n\nCan it be done in a way that meets performance and other quality requirements(glitchy bugs, performance, resource consumption, etc)?\n\n(I can also think of a 4th feasiblity tenet -- Is the problem solveable by current (or anticipated) technology?)\n\nWe have a saying in the software industry, you can have it quickly, you can have it bug free, or you can have all of your desired features.  Pick two.
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I may be misunderstanding your question but all industries require management - what specifically are you interested in?
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I assume you are talking about strategic planning? If so and are an enterprise sized firm there are ton's of resources- try the OGSM (Objectives Goals Strategies and Meausres) approach from EMM Group. E-mail someone there to ask about it- they are very accomplished at using the process.
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My advice to you is don't. If you don't have a production facility, the legal resources to sign groups and pockets deep enough to float your enterprise without profits for at least 3 years, forget it. It doesn't sound like you have done a lot of organizing, either.\n\nYou might want to manage some artists instead. It takes a lot fewer resources, is nowhere near as complicated, and you might make a few bucks.
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Production, Marketing, Strategy/Research and Development, Human Resources, Public Relations/Networking, Management.
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manufacturing\nwarehouse worker\nconstruction
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First: find out the possible buyers for the material you are going to produce;\n\nSecond: build/organize your transportation system (take the cans home/take the compacted cans to buyers);\n\nThird: buy the machines necessary to your business, but only after checking if it will be possible to pay them with the profits you will make from the compacted cans...\n\nAnd...GOOD LUCK!
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hire some people call it a management company\n\nwhat \n\n\nyour answer was so general... wasn't even a complete sentence
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Learn about project managment. It helps with all of the other parts of IT i.e. Business analysis, process mapping etc. It will also help you move in to management if you so wish. Wish I had learned about it sooner. Good luck.
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Producer? Developer? Computer Engineering?!\nI don't think there's anything else for it..\n\nFingerz.