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A day in the life of a production planner
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The role of a production planner is to:

* create and maintain the short-term production schedule for the next few days
* create and maintain the production plan for the mid short-term
* review and anticipate material and capacity bottlenecks
* prioritize demands and production orders

Here are some activities a production planner will perform in frepple:

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   :maxdepth: 2

   update-machine-breakdown
   reassign-resource
   identify-expedite
   prioritize-sales-order
   define-operator-shifts
   review-late-orders
   identify-bottleneck-resources
   unconstrained-requirements
   check-impact-of-rush-orders
   optimize-plan-in-gantt-chart
   review-critical-items