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Overview

  • Explain the characteristics of a formal manufacturing system in a commercial environment
  • Explain the unique requirements for MRPII systems in manufacturing
  • Describe the characteristics of "reactive" material planning systems
  • Discuss the benefits of successful MRPII
  • Describe the principal elements of a closed-loop MRPII system

Production Planning and Integration

  • Describe the Production Planning Process
  • Describe Business Planning
  • Describe Production Planning and the Production Plan
  • Define the Master Production Schedule
  • List the criteria for Master Scheduling an item
  • Describe the process of Master Scheduling

Operations Planning Overview

  • Bills of Material
  • Work Centers and Routings
  • Inventory Records
  • Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
  • Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

Bill of Material

  • Describe the bill of material's new role
  • Explain various bill of material terms
  • Describe the unique requirements of Configuration Management
  • Discuss different types and formats of Bills of Material
  • Explain how Bills of Material are used in a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul environment
  • Describe the "company" bill of material and explain why it must be highly accurate

Configuration Management

  • Define Configuration Management
  • Discuss the uses in Design and Development
  • Discuss the purpose and importance of Part Numbers
  • Describe the role of different departments in Configuration Management
  • Discuss various management issues and summary

Inventory Management

  • Discuss the role of the inventory record in a formal scheduling system such as MRP
  • Discuss the effects (both system and physical) of inaccurate inventory records
  • Describe the purpose of Cycle Counting
  • Define the ABC Classification System; describe how it can be used to control inventory

Material Requirements Planning

  • Define Material Requirements Planning
  • Discuss three primary inputs to MRP
  • Discuss the concept of time-phasing in the MRP process
  • Discuss various types of demand
  • Discuss the role of lead times in the MRP calculation: describe the causes and effects of lead time inflation
  • Describe the netting process and the generation of planned orders
  • Describe the common lot sizing (order policy and modifier) rules and their effect on the planned order

Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

  • Define Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) and describe how it relates to priority planning (MRP)
  • Describe how the Load Profile and Load Detail reports are used to identify capacity problems in the priority plan generated by MRP
  • Distinguish between Planned Capacity and Actual Load
  • Describe what steps can be taken to ensure that shop capacity is efficiently utilized

Shop Floor Control (SFC)

  • Define Shop Floor Control
  • Discuss the operation back scheduling process
  • Describe the order release process
  • Explain how the dispatch list is used to prioritize work centers
  • Describe how shop floor data is collected
  • Discuss order status tracking and exception reporting
  • Explain the relationship of SFC to CRP
  • Discuss performance measurement as it relates to SFC

Cost Management

  • Explain the purpose of Cost Management
  • Discuss the Accounting Process
  • Describe the Production Flow
  • Discuss Pitfalls in the Costing Process
  • Explain Costing Policies required in a Manufacturing environment
  • Describe Cost elements and the Roll-up Process
  • Discuss the Accounting Phase
  • Explain Key System Costing and Reporting Issues

MRPII Implementation Considerations

  • Explain the difficulty of implementing MRPII
  • Discuss the major areas of risk
  • Describe the keys to risk management
  • Discuss the measures of successful implementation
  • Discuss lessons learned

Cultural Change Management

  • Explain and apply the concepts of shared leadership to the process of improving your business environment
  • Discuss how the implementation of new business systems is the backbone for identifying and executing improvements
  • Identify systems, procedures or processes and the appropriate process improvement methods
  • Explain the importance of effective team building and the mechanics of establishing teams
  • Describe the tools for effective Team Meetings
  • Explain the management-of-change process and its role

5DAY CLASS - 4 CEU

Course Schedule

Day One

  • 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. MRP Overview, Production Planning and Integration
  • 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Production Planning and Integration

Day Two

  • 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Operations Planning, Bills of Material
  • 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Bills of Material, Configuration Management

Day Three

  • 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Configuration Management, Inventory Management
  • 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Material Requirements Planning (MRP I)

Day Four

  • 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Material Requirements Planning (MRP I)
  • 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), Execution and Feedback - Shop Floor Control (SFC)

Day Five

  • 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Execution & Feedback - Shop Floor Control (SFC), Cost Management
  • 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Cost Management, Implementation Considerations, Cultural Change Management

(Breaks - 10 to 15 minutes at appropriate points.) Schedule subject to adjustment based on progress

To inquire about pricing, please contact us at 205-968-3050, or send us an email at registrar@entegreat.com.

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