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Effective Production Planning, Scheduling and Control

Introduction to Materials and Operations Management

Effective Production Planning, Scheduling and Control
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

27-31 Jan 2025
Dubai
$5,950
28 Jul-01 Aug 2025
London
$5,950
03-07 Nov 2025
Dubai
$5,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

Training Overview

Training Overview

This Effective Production Planning, Scheduling and Control training course equips delegates with essential theories and techniques for managing production within integrated supply chains. Participants will gain insights into how their planning decisions affect supply and customer relationships, highlighting the importance of understanding the broader impacts of operational choices.

This training course will feature:

  • An overview of supply chains
  • Strategies for balancing supply and demand
  • Planning techniques at various organizational levels
  • Integration of planning processes
  • Monitoring and execution of plans for effective production control

What are the goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:  

  • Understand the planning process
  • Contribute to sales and operations planning
  • Calculate master product schedules
  • Explode bills of materials to a material requirements plan
  • Evaluate expedite de-expedite recommendations

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course will benefit those who have a primary function in developing, maintaining and executing production plans. The growing importance of supply chain management emphasises the need for effective plans

This Coventry Academy training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Master schedulers
  • Production planners
  • Production managers
  • Vendor schedulers
  • Inventory managers

Learning Methods

This Coventry Academy training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes instructor led presentations, delegate exercises, group discussions.

The Course Content

Day One: Introduction to Production Planning
  • Supply chain management overview
  • Manufacturing role in supply chains
  • Manufacturing environments
  • Why plan
  • Evolution of planning
  • Strategic planning
Day Two: Balancing Demand to Supply
  • Understanding demand
  • Forecasting
  • Planning horizons
  • Master planning
  • Available to promise
Day Three: Detailed Planning to Support Production
  • Material requirements planning
  • Bills of materials
  • Lead time offsets
  • Exploding the bill of materials
  • Capacity planning
Day Four: Inventory Management
  • Aggregate inventory management
  • Valuing inventory
  • Lot sizes
  • Reorder points
  • Periodic review
Day Five: Executing the Plan
  • Production activity control
  • Dispatch rules
  • Monitoring the plan
  • Expediting
  • Theory of constraints