REENGINEERING THE PRODUCTION PLANNING PROCESS IN THE FOOD-INDUSTRY

This paper addresses managerial process reengineering and in particula r the reengineering of the production planning process. The reengineer ed process highlights planning options to avoid the process imbalance and loss of production potential that can follow innovation in a facil ity that is fully committed to JIT production. The study was motivated by production problems following product innovation within the food i ndustry but the reengineering conclusions and procedures are applicabl e to all similarly structured industries. An example based on data fro m a snack food manufacturing company illustrates the reengineered proc edure for a plant that is typical of the food processing industry.