The document discusses production planning and control (PPC) and material management. It outlines the objectives of PPC as optimizing capacity utilization, inventory control, production time efficiency, and quality. The key steps of the PPC process are planning, routing, scheduling, loading, production control, dispatching, follow up, inspection, and corrective measures. Material management aims to coordinate material planning, purchasing, storage, and inventory control. Its objectives are to maximize resource use and provide good customer service at low cost.