The book “Production Planning and Control” covers the syllabus of the subjects Operations Management, Production Management, Principals of Management by different universities. The book is also useful for the students of management courses and other engineering services exams.

Efforts have been made to present the subject-matter in concise, compact and simple language. The theoretical concepts have been supported by large number of numerical illustrations to provide clarity.

Although extreme care has been taken to remove all the mistakes and misprints. The authors shall feel highly obliged if the errors are pointed out by the readers. The suggestions will be gratefully appreciated by the authors for enhancing the utility of this book. We are highly thankful to the publishers for taking keen interest in bringing out this edition well in time.