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 * ''This article is about the discipline "production control" within the aviation industry.

Production control (PC) is a departmental function that works in support of manufacturing operations. Its main focus is as near-side supply chain function. PC releases work orders, which enables materials to flow from a warehouse to manufacturing shop floor. These releases are done according to a manufacturing plan or production schedule. PCs deal with planned material requirements and unplanned material requirements. Unplanned material requirements occur when a part is broken, lost, fails a test, or is removed to serve a more urgent need elsewhere.

The staff of this department are production controllers, often called "PCs". There is usually one or more PC supervisors. Above those supervisors, organizationally, are one or more managers who are in a supply chain, materials or planning role, or even a Supply Chain director.

Adjacent supply chain roles
Roles adjacent include PC have various names but all serve certain essential supply & planning functions. In smaller organizations, these staff duties may overlap with PC duties. In larger organizations, they are all separate and sometimes subdivided further by product line ("type model"/ "platform", site-specific).

Such adjacent roles are often called:

white collar

 * Production planner
 * Material planner
 * Master scheduler
 * Purchasing & procurement
 * Supplier/ vendor quality assurance

blue collar

 * material controller
 * picker (warehouse)
 * inventory control (warehouse)