NorthStar

Occupations/43-5061.00

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

75%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

44%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

60%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

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

  • Mostly routine

    Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.

  • Mostly routine

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

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
  2. 02Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
  3. 03Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
  4. 04Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
  5. 05Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
  6. 06Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.48
  • Degree of automation1.91
  • Time sitting4.15
  • Originality (ability)2.50
  • Conflict situations3.07
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.83
  • Outdoors / weather1.90
  • Disease exposure1.04
  • Decision freedom4.59

Top abilities

  • Oral Comprehension3.88
  • Information Ordering3.88
  • Problem Sensitivity3.75
  • Oral Expression3.75
  • Written Comprehension3.62
  • Near Vision3.62
  • Written Expression3.50
  • Deductive Reasoning3.50

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.62
  • Active Listening3.50
  • Writing3.12
  • Speaking3.62
  • Mathematics2.62
  • Science1.12
  • Critical Thinking3.38
  • Active Learning2.75
  • Learning Strategies2.38
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

52.0409Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

Schools offering related programs

12 of 20 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$63,2007%91%

1 yr $57,318

2 yr $57,995

Master's · CIP 52.04

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, NC · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$2,900100%31%

1 yr $43,240

2 yr $39,009

Bachelor's · CIP 52.04

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$9,80071%61%

1 yr $38,289

2 yr $32,382

Associate · CIP 52.04

Saint Paul College

St. Paul, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$6,100100%29%

1 yr —

2 yr $25,967

Associate · CIP 52.04

University of Minnesota-Rochester

Rochester, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$14,20072%73%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 52.04

Hamline University

St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$48,20081%71%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$6,000100%31%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 52.04

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Coon Rapids, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$5,800100%33%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 52.04

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$5,900100%28%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Certificate · CIP 52.04

Rochester Community and Technical College

Rochester, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$6,200100%33%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$6,100100%36%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN · Public

Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations

52.0409

$5,900100%31%

1 yr —

2 yr —

Not reported