Planning system of any profit oriented company determines its survival. Whether arncompany is service giving or production type, the first thing expected from it is settingrnits objective properly. The process of setting objectives and their courses of action isrnplanning.rnManufacturing companies plan their production and formulate mechanisms ofrnproduction controlling to be profitable and survive in the market. Production planningrnand control (PPC) is the process of deciding what to produce in advance, setting exactrnroute of each item, fixing the starting and finishing date for each item, and following uprnthe progress of products according to the order. PPC of job order companies is morerncomplicated than that of non-job order companies.rnIn this thesis work, PPC systems of some selected Ethiopian job order companies arernanalyzed. The PPC system of Akaki Spare Parts and Hand Tools Share Company, itrnproblems and possible solution to the problems have been discussed in detail.rnFinally flowchart type of model which helps minimize the PPC related problems ofrnASPSC is developed. The model is developed after performing the following activities.rn1. Visiting ASPSC and collecting all necessary data from it.rn2. Visiting job order companies found in and outside Addis Ababa.rn3. Visiting major customers of ASPSC.rnData which are obtained from job order companies are used to compare the PPC systemrnof ASPSC with other job order companies. Data which are collected from majorrncustomers are used as feedbacks to identify shortcomings of the PPC system of therncompany.rnKey words: PPC, Job Order Company, Forecasting, Aggregate ProductionrnPlanning, Material Requirement Planning.