Task: Describe the following characteristics to be included in the plant management process:

– Medium- and short-term demand forecasting techniques (moving average, etc.)
– Manufacturing planning process (S&OP, etc.)
– Medium- and short-term capacity planning alternatives (master scheduling, MRP, etc.)
– Production activity/shop floor control
– Inventory policies (order quantity/replenishment frequency, etc.)
– Plant/equipment maintenance
– Workforce skill/training requirements
– Techniques to improve operations (TQM, Six sigma, JIT/Kanban, lean/agile, TOC, etc.)
– Metrics to measure plant performance
– Cost
– Quality
– Productivity/efficiency/utilization
– Safety/security
– Other metrics.