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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

  • Manufacturing

Tasks

What tasks do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks perform?

  • Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.

  • Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.

  • Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.

  • Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.


Knowledge

What do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks need to know?

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.


Skills

What skills do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks need?

  • Reading Comprehension

    Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others to convey information effectively.

  • Active Listening

    Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.



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