Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks coordinate and advance the flow of work and materials within or between an establishment's departments according to a production schedule.
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- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Manufacturing
What do they typically do
- Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to evaluate progress and discuss needed changes
- Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments
- Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformity to standards and specifications
- Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to speed up the flow of materials and to meet production schedules
- Talk with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays
- Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies needed for meeting production demands
- Collaborate with production team to change schedules when necessary due to labor and material changes, shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions
- Review documents like production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables to determine personnel or material requirements or material priorities
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.8%
Job Openings 1,198
Industry/Employer
Aerospace Product & Parts Manufacturing
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Apparel Knitting Mills
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
Beverage Manufacturing
Building Equipment Contractors
Building Finishing Contractors
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Colleges and Universities
Commercial & Service Industry Machinery
Commercial Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Commercial Machinery Repair/Maintenance
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Electronic Instrument Manufacturing
Employment Services
Fabric Mills
Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
Individual and Family Services
Investigation and Security Services
Machine Shops and Threaded Products
Machinery & Supply Merchant Wholesalers
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Mfg
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle/Part Merchant Wholesalers
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Nonresidential Building Construction
Other Electrical Equipment & Components
Other Food Manufacturing
Other Furniture Related Product Mfg
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Other Support Services
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Power Generation and Supply
Printing and Related Support Activities
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Remediation and Other Waste Services
Residential Building Construction
Rubber Product Manufacturing
Semiconductor and Electronic Components
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers
Support Activities for Air Transport
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric
Turbine and Power Transmission Equipment
Veneer and Engineered Wood Products
Warehousing and Storage
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
NC Workforce Credentials
Private Training Programs
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