Production planning in process industries

• Purpose of this paperThe purpose is to map the production planning process in process industries and analyze how it is related to their specific planning conditions and available literature. Further on the research aim at detecting similarities and differences in production planning at tactical level.Design/methodology/approachThe research methodology has an embedded multi-case design with focus on planning processes involving several entities within the companies. Information sources are documentation and interviews.FindingsProcess industries with different structures and conditions plan production differently. For instance a difference has been found between how material dominated companies plan compared to capacity dominated ones.Research limitations/implicationsFocus in this research has been on production planning at tactical level and therefore the strategic and operational level has mainly been left out of the study.What is original/value of paperThe research gives insights in production planning processes for process industries and presents ideas on why the different production planning processes are designed as they are according some specific conditions.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Transportteknik och logistik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Transport Systems and Logistics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Process industries

production planning

Tactical planning

Supply chain planning

Multiple case study

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