Concepción de un procedimiento para la planificación y control de la producción haciendo uso de herramientas matemáticas

Manufacturing companies require radical changes to achieve the required quantity and quality of their products and respond to market needs quickly. This issue is essential for a correct selection of the planning and control of production. The practical application of a specific tool depends on the classification of their productive system. Currently, to authors knowledge, there is no procedure that allows the selection of a suitable planning tool to be applied in a certain manufacturing company. The proposed procedure allows the companies to identify and to select the mathematical tool that it is best adjusted to its necessities, propitiating a bigger focus to the client, an increase of the level of management of the production, an increase of the level of management of the company, and a more efficient utilization of the resources.