Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.

“Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.” is a core task performed by Industrial Production Managers. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#8 most important). About 78% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Develop technical specifications for products or operations. in Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
• Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. · importance 4.0
• Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations. · importance 4.0
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. · importance 4.0
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. · importance 3.9
• Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances. · importance 3.9
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems. · importance 3.8
• Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records. · importance 3.7
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. · importance 3.6
• Negotiate materials prices with suppliers. · importance 3.5
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. · importance 3.5
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. · importance 3.4
• Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs. · importance 3.3
• Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
• Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.

See all tasks on the Industrial Production Managers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-41}
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