Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
<ul><li>Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.</li><li>Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.</li><li>Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.</li><li>Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.</li><li>Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.</li><li>Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.</li><li>Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.</li><li>Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.</li><li>Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.</li><li>Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.</li><li>Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.</li><li>Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs.</li><li>Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.</li></ul>