Production Planning, Scheduling, and Control Course

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Course Overview

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a system used to avoid situations where parts are missing. It establishes a schedule (priority plan) showing the components required at each level of the assembly and, based on lead times, calculates the time when these components will be needed.

This course will address the principles of production planning and inventory control using the best practices in modern manufacturing theories and practices. Participants will gain greater appreciation to the benefits of positioning their operations and optimise the value from the supply chain. Participants will gain appreciation and develop their own creative solutions in areas such as implementation of company-wide measurement and control systems, addressing inventory reduction challenge without compromising customer satisfaction.

Objective:

This course is designed to teach skills in the planning & control of production for improved sectional & organizational effectiveness. Experiential learning cycles will be used to ensure maximum benefit to participants.

On completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Improve production planning techniques
Improve process schedule
Improve job planning & control
Improve productivity & problem solving techniques

Course Outline

Day One

Introduction to production planning and control

Purpose of production planning, order sequencing, production scheduling and production control
Manufacturing operation process - production philosophy
Advantages of production control
Sources of production control
Characteristics of modern manufacturing management - MRP II process

Frame work of production planning and control

Problems faced by production managers in diverse manufacturing units
Resolving the issues
Strategies for production planning and control

Day Two

Master Production Scheduling (MPS)

Forecasting and demand management
Master production scheduling (MPS) activity
Symptoms of MPS
Aggregate planning
Work exercises

Capacity Requirement Planning

Capacity management and planning
Types of capacity planning
Factors affecting facility and capacity planning

Day Three

Materials Requirement Planning (MRP II)

MRPII overview
Independent and dependent demands
Materials planning process

Inventory Control (IC)

Inventory planning involving management and control
Finished goods inventories control
Calculations on lot order sizing

Day Four

Production Scheduling and Technique

Scheduling objectives
Job scheduling –Forward/Back scheduling
Input/output control
Dispatching rules –FIFS, ODD, SPT. Etc
Critical ratio rule

Theory of constraint (TOC) principles

What is TOC?
Bottleneck and non-bottleneck resources
Generic TOC principles
Drum-buffer-rope (DBR) scheduling

Day Five

Just-In-Time Manufacturing

Principles of JIT
Identify the causes of JIT wastes
JIT manufacturing key activities and its features
JIT implementation and its draw back.
Continuous improvement
The primary causes of inventories
Schedule released and planned areas

Schedule & Fees

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$5,900

Duration: 5 Days

date: 05 - 09 May 2025

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$5,900

Duration: 5 Days

date: 01 - 05 Sep 2025

Industrial Manufacturing and Production

Production Planning, Scheduling and Control

Duration:5 Days

date:01 - 05 Sep 2025

London

$5,900

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