The course focuses on leading-edge techniques used in manufacturing planning and control. Topics include demand management, ERP systems, forecasting, sales and operations planning (S&OP), master production scheduling (MPS), material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), and lean manufacturing. Additionally, students are given hands-on experience with automation in manufacturing. Specific topics include:
Demand Management - what role does demand management play in planning - what communication linkages between demand management and planning?
Forecasting - using regression, trends, moving averages, and causal modeling; using Pyramid Forecasting.
Sales and Operating Planning (SOP) - how SOP links to strategic planning and exploring the fundamental activities of S&OP.
Master Production Schedule (MPS) - understanding the role of master production scheduling, scheduling techniques, and how to structure bills of material (BOM).
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) - How MRP fits in the system, the MRP record, and its time-phased logic.
Capacity Planning (CRP) - how to estimate capacity and to use finite schedules.
Automation - exploring the role and how manufacturing utilizes robotics, with hands-on experience with programming robots in 91黑料网 Automation Lab
Lean Manufacturing 鈥 exploring the 鈥淭he Toyota Way鈥 and the 14 TPS principles.