Production Planning, Scheduling and Control

Program Overview

In today’s competitive global and business environment, it is essential to have a thorough knowledge and understanding of production planning and scheduling so as to reduce the overall manufacturing costs and thus improve productivity. Production planning and scheduling are concerned with the volume and timing of outputs, the utilization of operations capacity, forecasting and developing material requirement plans, managing inventory, and managing for world-class competition, just-in-time manufacturing, and managing for quality.

Program Objectives

Upon actively participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the roles of production planning, scheduling, and control, and its objectives and functions.
• Exercise and enhance your forecasting skills by applying proven methods.
• Understand the benefits of aggregate planning and identify the suitable aggregate planning methods for your production plan.
• Understand the principles of demand and capacity management, and Master Production Scheduling mechanism.
• Identify the process of creating accurate and feasible Master Scheduling for Production (MPS).
• Learn the benefits, principles, and mechanisms of Material Requirement Planning (MRP).
• Elevate material planning linkage to operational effectiveness.
• Utilize reports, evaluation tools, and techniques for the analysis of production problems.
• Acquire various production planning and control tools.
• Improve your production efficiency, save time, cost, and inventory.
• Extend your professional skills and add value to your career.

Administrative Details

Methodology

• Hands-on exercises
• Group discussions
• Case studies
• Interactive storytelling
• Commentary on other companies/industries

Who should attend

Executives, Managers, and above.