Production Scheduler transfer the planned orders into a detailed scheduled plan which is optimized in terms of minimizing the cleaning and change-over times. The volumes per week per SKUs should not be changed. Communicate deviations in the fixed weekly plan (volume per SKU) towards the MU Supply Planner (non-principal) or the Regional Supply Planner (principal) and coordinate the agreed actions within the factory.

• Handover and align the detailed production plan to the production department.
• Create a detailed day to day production plan from the planned orders provided by the MU Supply Planner (non-principal) or the Regional Supply Planner (principal) on a weekly base. The objective is to create a detailed plan with minimized cleaning and change-over times but the volumes per SKU per week as provided by the MU Supply Planner (non-principal) or the Regional Supply Planner (principal) can’t be changed. Unavoidable deviations should be communicated to the Supply Planner.
• In case of out of stock situations update the scheduled orders in the fixed horizon according to the instruction of by the MU Supply Planner (non-principal) or the Regional Supply Planner (principal).
• Execute the scheduling activities according to the instructions in the weekly planning cycle for the Manufacturing units.
• Follow up with production department on the detailed plan of the current week on a daily base and align the detailed plan for the next planning week with the production department on a at least a weekly base.
• In case of unexpected events like unplanned material shortage, machine breakdowns, quality issues etc inform the MU Supply Planner (non-principal) or the Regional Supply Planner (principal). Follow up with the factory (production, material planner, transport planner, etc) on the agreed actions set by the MU- or Regional Supply Planner.
• Run a daily report on open productions orders with a due date in the past. Coordinate closure of the production order in case productions confirmations are not expected.
• Collect and provide information for the production adherence KPI TOP &TAP. Allocate the right reason code to a deviation and initiate initiatives to improve future performance.
• Set-up master data for new products. Set-up routings and Bill of Materials and provide the settings for the MRP material master data fields. In case of a principal factory the minimum order quantity and the production frequency needs approval from the Regional Supply Planner.
• In case of a principal factory: set-up regular (at least bi-weekly) meetings with production and maintenance department to collect the available hours per workcenter and provide these to the Regional Supply Planner.