What is production department | Production department Role & responsibilities

R. K Verma

5/12/2023

There are so many operations which performed during manufacturing process. These operations are very critical as that gives the raw material into real product shape. There are few common operations which are followed mostly during production of product are explained below :

  • Turining

  • Grinding

  • Milling

  • Boring

  • Reaming

  • Painting

  • Assembly

  • Packing

  • Threading

  • etc.... 

Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities

Production department is the backbone of any organization as this department responsible for producing items which are required by customer.In other words we can say production department is the bread and butter of the company. In this article we will learn what is production department. What are the roles and responsibilities of production department. Topic covered are :

  1.  What is Production.

  2.  What is Production department all about.

  3.  What are different operations related to production.

  4.  Roles and responsibilities of production department.

  5.  How these role and rsponsibilities can be fullfilled.

Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities

Production

Production is the process to manufacture goods under different operations by taking reference of anything. In manufacturing industry, different parts, products are manufacured by applying different operations by taking the reference of drawings. Production is generally a conversion i.e raw material is converted to finished good product.

Production Department 

The department which takes care all the activities of converting raw material to finished good product is known as production department. It is responsible for producing the product as per customer requirement or specifications. The ideas which are drafted on paper  or in design form handover to production department and it convert that idea into real product by means of different operations. Now let us understand what is operations by following example :

Example-1 : In above image, we have a beautiful house constructed. This is the finished product. Now to prepare this finished product there is need of raw material i.e Sand, Cement, Water and many more items. So, convert these raw material into finished product we need to follow some steps like first of all Base will be ready then walls will be ready then floor and the sequence is going on. So, these different stages or steps are called operations by means of which raw material is converted to finsihed product.

Example-2 : Second image shows nut & bolt. As explained in above example, to manufacture this nut & bolt there is need of raw material which will be in form of bar, rod, pipe etc. So, to convert this raw material into finished product i.e nut and bolt, there is requirement of different operations like Turining, Facing, Reaming , Chamfering, Threading etc.

Different production Operations

Role and Responsibilities - What

As we discussed above, production department produces real product by means of different operations, So to accomplish this, there are following role and responsibilities of production department which collectively give the best result.

  • Responsible for manufacture right product as per drawings or customer requirements.

  • Role of production department is to deliver product on time as committed to customer.

  • Responsible for producing quality product.

  • It is also responsible to increase productivity by maintain quality.  

Role and Responsibilities - How

As discussed above about production department's role and responsibilities. Now there are some factors on which effectiveness of these role and responsibilities depends.

  • Availability of latest machines & Equipments.

  • Availability of latest machining tools.

  • Qualified engineers/manpower

  • Skilled labour

  • Standard operating procedures

  • 5S implementation

Production department, Role and responsibilities
Production department, Role and responsibilities