RESOURCE PLANNING & CONTROL

After the nature of an operation’s resources has been, at least approximately, determined, the activities that create its services and products must be managed on an ongoing basis. This is resource planning and control. It is concerned with what activities happen in operations, when they happen, where they happen and what resources are going to be involved. It ensures that materials or information or customers flow smoothly through processes, operations and supply networks, and that value-adding resources are managed efficiently and to avoid unnecessary delay. This is the activity of resource planning and control. It is a subject with many technical issues.