In MPS, inputs are used to draw a master production schedule and the inputs used are – orders from customers, production plan from aggregate planning, forecast, resources that are available, inventory levels and the capacity constraints. While drawing a MPS, quantities of individual items must be equal to the aggregate quantities from the production plan and also the total requirements for a product must be allocated overtime in a very good manner.

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Objectives of Master Production Schedule (MPS)
1. Keeping the inventories at the desired level by making perfect use of the resources that are available with the company.

2. Setting up due dates for the availability of the end items and also providing the required information regarding resources and also the materials – which act as the supporting pillars of the aggregate planning.

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A Master Production Schedule is a Schedule of the completions of the end items and these completions are very much planned in nature. Master production schedule acts as a very distinct and important linkage between the planning processes. With the help of this schedule, one can know the requirements for the individual end items by date and quantity. In companies, MPS are generally produced in order to know the number of each product that is to be made over some planning horizon. This schedule forms a very unique part of the company’s sales program which deals with the planned response to the demands of the market.

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Production planning is an activity that is performed before the actual production process takes place. It involves determining the schedule of production, sequence of operations, economic batch quantities, and also the dispatching priorities for sequencing of jobs.

Production control is mainly involved in implementing production schedules and is the corollary to short-term production planning or scheduling. Production control includes initiating production, dispatching items, progressing and then finally reporting back to production planning. In general terms, production planning means planning of the work to be done later and production control refers to working out or the implementation of the plan.
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Plant layout is a mechanism which involves knowledge of the space requirements for the facilities and also involves their proper arrangement so that continuous and steady movement of the production cycle takes place.

Moore, a very well known name in the business world, explained plant layout as,” The plan of or the act of planning, an optimum arrangement of facilities, including personnel, operating equipment, storage space, materials handling equipment and all other supporting services along with the design of the best structure to accommodate these facilities”.
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