Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Maintain files, such as maintenance records, bills of lading, or cost reports.80
• Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.75
• Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, or customer information, so that status reports can be completed.75

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.60
• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.55
• Contact suppliers to verify shipment details.55

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.30
• Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.30
• Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.35

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 56 puts Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 6 of 17 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 8 augmentable, and 3 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $59,650median wage
• 390,160employed
• 34,100annual openings
• -1.8%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 34
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 44
• Procurement Clerks 56
• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 43
• Bill and Account Collectors 57
• Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 55

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Will AI replace Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 56 mean for a Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks?

It means that, weighted across the 17 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 56 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Maintain files, such as maintenance records, bills of lading, or cost reports; Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments; Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, or customer information, so that status reports can be completed. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays; Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes; Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.