A guest lecture was conducted in the virtual mode for 21 II MBA students of the  Batch 2020 -2022 by Ms.Divya Karthik, Head – Production Planning, Elgi Equipment’s Limited, Coimbatore on Current Practices in Production Planning and Control for a Manufacturing Industry on December 04, 2021. The guest highlighted the importance of the PPC function in an organization.  The guest began her address with an introduction to Elgi Equipments and its operations.  She explained the functions of PPC – Routing and Scheduling and highlighted the types of Demand forecasting, planning and strategy models, performance metrics, ERP and how they are being followed at Elgi. The guest then gave insights about Aggregate planning, MPS and MRP that are being followed and the challenges faced in the day-to-day activities particularly during Covid. Practical examples of the above concepts provided in-depth learning to the students. This guest lecture provided insights to the students on the basics, applications and current PPC practices in the manufacturing industry. The program was coordinated by Dr.Kannan V, Professor- Operations