Typical work activities of production manager

Depending on the size of the organization the functions of production manager are:

• to draw up a production schedule;

• to work out the needed resources;

• to estimate how long a job will take, to estimate the cost of it, and to set the quality standards;

• to monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed. At the pre-production stage the production manager has responsibility for the

selection and design of equipment, the plant layout and materials handling, and production planning (including demand forecasting, production scheduling and the ordering of material).

During the production stage the responsibilities of the production manager include production control (the sequencing of jobs, updating time schedules, etc), stock control, quality control and the maintenance and replacement of production equipment. Production managers are also concerned with product design and purchasing.

In a small firm production manager makes many of the decisions itself, but in a larger organization there are planners, controllers, production engineers and production supervisors who assist him. In a very large firm senior production manager plays a more strategic role estimating future capacity, coordinating the work of planners and supervisors and working with buyers, sales and engineering staff.

In progressive firms the production manager's role is tending to be more closely integrated with other functions, such as marketing and finance.

Ex. 7.Answer some questions on the Text:

1. W h a t is the a i m of production management?

2. What is production manager responsible for?

3. What kinds of production systems there exist?

4. What are typical work activities of production manager?

5. What are the responsibilities of a production manager at the pre-production stage?

Ex. 8. Match the beginning of the sentence with the ending of it.

Beginning	Ending
In manufacturing production manager is responsible for	the nature of the production system: jobbing production; mass production; process production; and batch production
The scope of the job of production manager depends on	product design and purchasing
In progressive firms the production manager's role is	coordinating the work of planners and supervisors and working with buyers, sales and engineering staff
Production managers are also concerned with	tending to be more closely integrated with other functions, such as marketing and finance
In a very large firm senior production manager plays a more strategic role estimating future capacity,	product and process design, planning and control issues involving capacity and quality, and organization and supervision of the workforce

 

Grammar focus.

The Present Perfect

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма
... + have/has + III	Have/has... + III?	... have/has not + III
I have (=I've) played. Я сыграл. (уже или ранее)	Have I played? Я сыграл?	I have not (=I haven't) played. Я не сыграл.
He She It	has played =(...'s played)	Has	he she it	played?	He She It	has not played =(hasn't played)
We You They	have played =(...'ve played)	Have	we you they	played?	We You They	have not played =(haven't played)

 

Present Perfect употребляется для выражения действия или состояния уже завершившегося к моменту речи, если результат свершившегося имеет значение в настоящий момент.

Present Perfect часто употребляется со словами, выражающими незаконченный период времени: today, this, week (month, year), а также с наречиями ever, never, just, которые ставятся перед смысловым глаголом.

N.B: Наречие already ставится перед смысловым глаголом в утвердительных предложениях, yet - в конце вопросительных или отрицательных предложений.

Наречия lately, recently, once и сочетания up to now, many times ставятся, как правило, в конце предложений.

Present Perfect употребляется также для выражения действия, начавшегося в предшествующий период, но еще не закончившегося. В этом случае глагол в форме Perfect переводится на русский язык, как правило, глаголом в настоящем времени, обозначающим незаконченный отрезок времени, - обстоятельства с предлогом for (for ages) или since (since morning).

Ex.1. Open the brackets and put the verbs in Present Perfect.

1. John (write) his name.

2. I (draw) a picture.

3. Tom (blow out) the light.

4. The cat (drink) its milk.

5. The tree (fall) across the road.

6. John (give) his bicycle.

8. We (eat) our dinner.

9. The train just (go).

10. I just (tell) the answer.