Production Scheduler (Job Role)

Individual responsible for creating and maintaining the enterprise production schedule. The Production Scheduler requires a deep understanding of the products, the manufacturing processes, and the resource capabilities and constraints. Developing efficient production schedules means balancing conflicting objectives such as carrying inventory, changeover minimization, and long production runs. Production scheduling also considers on time metrics and avoids schedule unease caused by frequent schedule changes.

Role Hierarchy

The Production Scheduler job role directly and indirectly inherits these roles.

• Production Scheduler

  • Production Schedule Management

  • Production Scheduling Administration

  • Production Scheduling Data Management

Duties

This table lists the duties assigned directly and indirectly to the Production Scheduler job role.

Duty Role	Description
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules
Production Scheduling Administration	Administers and configures production scheduling process
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules

Privileges

This table lists privileges granted to duties of the Production Scheduler job role.

Granted Role	Granted Role Description	Privilege
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Edit Production Schedule
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Edit Production Schedule Options
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Import Work Orders
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Manage Item Catalog
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Release Production Schedule
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	Run Production Schedule
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	View Maintenance Work Orders
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	View Production Schedule
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	View Production Schedule Options
Production Schedule Management	Manages, analyzes, runs and releases production schedules	View Work Orders
Production Scheduling Administration	Administers and configures production scheduling process	Administer Planning Security
Production Scheduling Administration	Administers and configures production scheduling process	Edit Planning Profile Options
Production Scheduling Administration	Administers and configures production scheduling process	Load Planning Reference Data
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Edit Production Scheduling Attributes
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Edit Production Scheduling Changeover Rules
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Edit Production Scheduling Organizations
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Edit Production Scheduling Resource Groups
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Edit Production Scheduling Resource Relationships
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Get Manufacturing Plant Set Up Data by Service
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	Refresh Production Scheduling Organizations
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Inventory Organizations List of Values by Web Service
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Production Scheduling Attributes
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Production Scheduling Changeover Rules
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Production Scheduling Organizations
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Production Scheduling Resource Groups
Production Scheduling Data Management	Administers the data required to run production schedules	View Production Scheduling Resource Relationships