Fundamentals of Production Planning and Control

Description

Intended for courses in Production, Planning and Control, or Inventory Management/Control.

This exciting new text takes a concise, practical, survey approach.  It surveys the fundamental principles of planning and control to give students the breadth of knowledge they need without excessive depth and detail.  This excellent resource is written by an established authority on supply chain management and production and inventory control.

 

1. Overview of Planning and Control

Manufacturing versus Service Operations. Customer Influence in Design. Process Categories. Order Winners and Order Qualifiers. BUsiness Environment Issues. Process Analysis and Informaiton Flows. General Information Flows. Book Structure.

2. Forecasting Fundamentals

Fundamental Principles of Forecasting. Major Categories of Forecasts. Forecast Errors.

3. Sales and Operations Planning

Purpose of Sales and Operations Planning.  General Design of Sales and Operations Planning.  Approaches to Sales and Operations Planning. Strategies for S & OP. Discussion: A Simple Example. Qualitative Issues. Some Business Environment Issues.

4. The Master Schedule

Background and Links to the SOP. Master Schedule Horizon. Time Fences. Sources of Demand. Basic Methodology. Impact of Product Environment. Available-to-Promise Logic. Planning Options in and ATO Environment. The Two-Level Master Schedule. Some Notes on the Master Scheduling Responsibility. Demand Management Overview. Elements of Demand Management.

5. Inventory Management

Basic Concepts of Inventory. Categories of Inventory. The Basic Inventory Lot Sizing Model-Economic Order Quantity (EOQ). Basic Independent Demand Inventory Reorder Models. Inventory Control.

6. Material Requirements Planning

Background and Fundamental Concepts. Bills of Material. The MRP “Explosion”. Other MRP Issues. Potential MRP Challenges. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Business Environmental Issues.

7. Capacity Management

Capacity Definitions. Rough-cut Capacity Planning.  Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP). Input/Output Control. Capacity Measures. General Approach the Capacity Management.

8. Production Activity Control

General PAC Information and Data. Prioritizing Work. Scheduling. Loading. Corrective Actions.

9. Lean Production and JIT

Fundamental Concepts. Some Impacts on Capacity. The Pull System. Kanban. Using the Kanban System for Process Improvement. Master Scheduling and Lean Production. Are MRP and JIT Compatible?

10. Theory of Contraints and Drum-Buffer-Rope

Fundamental Principles of the Theory of Constraints. Understanding and Managing the Constraint. Improving the Process using TOC Principles. Impacts on Operations Strategy. General Types of Constraint Causes. Logistics and Theory of Constraints.  Scheduling and the Theory of Constraints.  Mutiple Time Buffers. Control Points and Batches.  Major Steps in Using Drum-Buffer-Rope.

11. “Partnering” Activities- Purchasing and Distribution

Purchasing Information Issues. Purchasing Responsibility for Material Procurement. Distribution Requirement Planning.  Using BOD. DRP in a Lean Production “Pull” Environment.

12. System Integration and Implementation

General System Design and Selection. “Push”, “Pull”, or Somewhere in Between. General Implementation Approaches.

Intended for courses in Production, Planning and Control, or Inventory Management/Control.

This exciting new text takes a concise, practical, survey approach.  It surveys the fundamental principles of planning and control to give students the breadth of knowledge they need without excessive depth and detail.  This excellent resource is written by an established authority on supply chain management and production and inventory control.

• Concepts progress in level of difficulty. Concepts unfold in a logical manner, starting with the basics and incrementally progressing in level of difficulty to build student confidence.

• Business Environment context. Showcases when and why certain techniques are used in business.

• Unique Inventory Management Chapter. Focuses on the traditional models and includes inventory functions and inventory control.

• Coverage of Lean Production and the Theory of Constraints. Presented in a more conceptually oriented fashion versus a heavy tools approach thus simplifying the concepts for students.

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