Production Planning Scheduling and Control

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