Will “Progress Clerk” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Contact suppliers to verify shipment details.

• Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.

• Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.

• Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.

• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.

• Calculate figures, such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.

• Compile and prepare documentation related to production sequences, transportation, personnel schedules, or purchase, maintenance, or repair orders.

• Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.

• Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, or customer information, so that status reports can be completed.

• Provide documentation and information to account for delays, difficulties, or changes to cost estimates.

• Maintain files, such as maintenance records, bills of lading, or cost reports.

• Record production data, including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, or quality control measures.

• Examine documents, materials, or products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.

• Plan production commitments or timetables for business units, specific programs, or jobs, using sales forecasts.

• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.

• Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.

• Establish and prepare product construction directions and locations and information on required tools, materials, equipment, numbers of workers needed, and cost projections.