Production Planning and Control Professional Table of Content


Table of Content
 


Module 1. Production Planning & Control — Fundamentals

  • Production Planning
  • Production Control
  • Process Analysis and Tools
  • Production Systems
  • Push vs. Pull Systems
  • PPC Cycle
  • PPC Functions
  • Factors Affecting PPC
  • PPC Procedure
  • PPC Type
  • Bottleneck / Constraint Identification
  • Measurement of Effectiveness

Module 2. Forecasting

  • Introduction to Forecasting
  • Qualitative Forecasting Methods (Delphi, Market Research, Sales Force Composite)
  • Forecasting Models
  • Weighted Moving Average
  • Causal Forecasting Models
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Multiple Regression Analysis
  • Seasonality and Trend Decomposition
  • Other Forecasting Methods
  • Forecast Error
  • Forecast Evaluations
  • Forecast Management

Module 3. Sales and Operations Planning

  • Sales and Operations Planning Basics
  • Demand Review
  • Supply Review
  • Financial Review
  • Reconciliation
  • Executive Review
  • S&OP Process
  • S&OP Metrics and KPIs

Module 4. Master Production Planning and Scheduling

  • Production Planning Basics
  • Aggregate Planning and its Process
  • Aggregate Planning for Service Organizations
  • Master Production Scheduling
  • Available to Promise (ATP)
  • Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP)
  • Production Planning vs. Master Scheduling
  • Operating Schedule
  • MRP vs MPS
  • Routing
  • Demand Management
  • Time Fences

Module 5. Inventory Management — Fundamentals

  • Types of Inventory
  • Types of Inventory Costs and Factors affecting Inventory
  • Inventory Management Models
  • Safety Stock and Reorder Point
  • ABC Analysis

Module 6. Material Requirements Planning

  • Bill of Materials (BOM)
  • MRP Basics
  • MRP Processing
  • Lot Sizing Techniques (EOQ, Lot-for-Lot, POQ)
  • Factors affecting Material Planning
  • Tools of Material Planning
  • Principles and Procedure for Material Planning
  • MRP II
  • ERP

7. Inventory Management — Control & Performance

  • Techniques of Inventory Control
  • Inventory Performance Measurement
  • Inventory Management Tools

8. Production Scheduling

  • Production Environments
  • Production Scheduling Basics
  • Scheduling Concepts
  • Scheduling Terminology
  • Sequencing Rules (SPT, EDD, FCFS)
  • Gantt Charts
  • Scheduling Approaches (Forward vs. Backward Scheduling)
  • Production Environment Types (Job Shop, Batch, Flow, Project)
  • Theory of Constraints (TOC)
  • Drum Buffer Rope
  • Scheduling Methods
  • Scheduling Strategies

9. Capacity Management

  • Capacity Management Basics
  • Capacity Types
  • Capacity Planning
  • Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)
  • Bottleneck Management
  • Capacity Management Strategies
  • Capacity Measurement

10. Execution and Implementation

  • Purchasing
  • Vendor / Supplier Management
  • Production Activity Control
  • Shop Floor Control
  • Dispatching Rules
  • Just-in-Time (JIT) Production
  • Kanban
  • Production KPIs

11. Quality Management

  • Quality Basics
  • Product vs Service Quality
  • Cost of Quality
  • Quality Principles
  • Quality Standards
  • TQM
  • PDCA
  • Six Sigma
  • Lean
  • 5S
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
  • FMEA
  • Cause-and-Effect Diagram
  • Control Charts
  • CPM/PERT Chart
  • Benchmarking
  • Base Lining
  • Value Analysis (VA/NVA)
  • Quality Performance Measurement

12. Supply Chain & Digital Integration

  • Supply Chain Integration
  • Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) Systems
  • Industry 4.0 in Production Planning
  • Supply Risk Management and Business Continuity
  • Digital Twins and IoT-enabled Shop Floors
  • AI-driven Demand Sensing and Planning Tools



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