{"id":9319,"date":"2026-03-16T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leansolutions.kz\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:48:02","slug":"planning-problem-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leansolutions.kz\/en\/planning-problem-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MYTH OF THE PLANNING PROBLEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Name of Chaos is Always a Planning Problem&#8230;<br\/>Production Planning \u27a1\ufe0f Material Planning \u27a1\ufe0f Purchasing<\/p>\n\n<p>In TPS (Toyota Production System), chaos is not a lack of planning, but the loss or confusion of process ownership. When these three departments are not clearly separated, what emerges is: A systematic failure disguised as a planning problem. <\/p>\n\n<p>In many factories, these three functions are intertwined, and the flow has become a complete mess. Consequently, there is a situation that swallows up experienced team leaders and engineers striving for improvement: <\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 Excess inventory<br\/>\ud83d\udea8 A high number of critical-urgent materials<br\/>\ud83d\udea8 Frequent production losses<br\/>\ud83d\udea8 Half-finished products (WIP build-up)<br\/>\ud83d\udea8 Constantly delayed customer deadlines<br\/>\ud83d\udea8 Everyone is right, everyone is unhappy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p>So, what should be done? Who should do what to make it better? <br\/>The core divisions of labor work best when separated as follows:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2699\ufe0f Production Planning and Control<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Master Production Schedule (MPS)<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Daily Production Schedule (DPS)<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Capacity planning<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Bottleneck management<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Production schedule changes<br\/>\ud83d\udd39 Quoting customer delivery dates<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce6 Material Planning and Control<br\/>\ud83d\udd38 Running MRP<br\/>\ud83d\udd38 Determining safety stocks<br\/>\ud83d\udd38 Calculating supply Kanban levels<br\/>\ud83d\udd38 Tracking critical and missing parts<\/p>\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d Purchasing (Procurement)<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Supplier selection<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Price negotiation<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Contracts<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Delivery performance<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Supplier capacity<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Alternative suppliers<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Quality agreements<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Logistics agreements<br\/>\u25aa\ufe0f Issuing POs (Purchase Orders)<\/p>\n\n<p>If authority gets mixed up, the flow breaks down. If the flow breaks down, profit disappears. <br\/>Proper organization is more valuable than a good ERP. <\/p>\n\n<p>Purchasing does not plan! Planning does not negotiate money! <\/p>\n\n<p>If you could have come with me to hundreds of manufacturing companies across different sectors, you would see how similar this situation is, regardless of how different the products and production technologies are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Name of Chaos is Always a Planning Problem&#8230;Production Planning \u27a1\ufe0f Material Planning \u27a1\ufe0f Purchasing In TPS (Toyota Production System), chaos is not a lack of planning, but the loss or confusion of process ownership. When these three departments are not clearly separated, what emerges is: A systematic failure disguised as a planning problem. 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