The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and techniques needed to perform all the essential tasks in a production environment. The course includes important concepts such as forecasting demand, capacity planning, determining requirements and scheduling. Participants in this interactive course will learn all the critical processes, formulas and calculations required to manage production systems effectively.

This course relies on the use of individual and group exercises aimed at helping participants learn all production planning activities. The course also features the use of a number of case studies followed by discussions. In addition, this course incorporates pre and post testing.

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

·         Construct a framework for production planning and demonstrate how it fits within the supply chain context

·         Create forecasts for the expected demand on an aggregate level and use them as a basis for all future planning and scheduling

·         Estimate and control the capacity requirements and the optimum utilization of the resources

·         Assemble and manage sales and operations plans and develop chase and level production strategies using time phased grids

·         Identify optimum inventory level, lead time, re-ordering point  and production quantities

·         Develop a detailed master production plan that shows the timing and the quantity of planned production and establish material requirements planning system based on the master plan

·         Develop performance measurement indicators for a production system

Professionals involved in any production or operation facility and interested to learn about all the important aspects of a production environment including planning, scheduling, forecasting and production management.

·         Forecasting demand

·         Strategy planning

·         Decision making

·         Planning and scheduling

·         Inventory management

·         Production management

·         Material requirements planning

·         Performance measurement