ABSTRACT
In a traditional factory, other titles for this role are production manager and plant superintendent; in a cellularized or focused factory setting, it may be value stream manager or unit manager. The manufacturing manager is the person who is responsible for all of the direct labor associates in the plant, their supervisors, and indirect support people. He basically owns responsibility for the shop floor. Typically the person in this role, by position, is considered the number two person in the plant management structure. There are, of course, lots of exceptions based on the strength, leadership, and upward mobility of an up-and-coming staff membermaterials or engineering management are the most common.
