Course details
This course introduces the various stages of production planning and the relationship between each stage. Participants will learn the interdependencies of each stage and the importance of considering available capacities. Appropriate strategies for everyday application will be developed including some important inventory control techniques. For example the principles and application of Just-in-Time and Kanban will be examined in detail.
The understanding and use of MRPI as a tool in planning is a core element of the course. The development of MRPI as part of MRPII and ERP will be explained and put into context. Participants will understand the benefits and pitfalls of using MRP and the degree to which it can be used in support of a manual system. Emphasis will be placed on combining theory with practical application therefore a combination of short lectures, inpidual & group discussions and exercises will be used
Objectives
- Understand the stages of production planning and how they may be managed.
- Examine the negative implications of poor production planning.
- Assess the interrelationships between production planning and inventory planning.
- Explore some basic inventory management concepts and techniques.
- Understanding and be able to apply effective capacity planning techniques.
- Understand the MPS and how it ties into MRPI
- Appreciate the differences between MRPI, MRPII and ERP
- Practice capacity planning application
- Understand the concept of just-in-time
- Understand the concept and application of Kanban
- Appreciate the importance of employee involvement
Who Should Attend?
Technical Professionals
Course Content
The Strategic Importance of Planning and Inventory Management Principles
- Objectives of Materials Management
- Effects on Capital Employed
- Stockholding Costs
- Stock Turnover
- ABC Classification
- Lead Time Definitions
Medium to Long Term Planning
- Types of Production Systems
- Production Planning Objectives
- Consequences of Poor Planning
- Planning Horizons
- Developing the Master Production schedule (MPS)
- Strategies for Smoothing Demand
Medium to Short Term Planning
- Materials Requirements Planning (MRPI)
- Planning Inputs and Outputs
- Capacity Planning
- The Importance of Data Accuracy
- MRPI v MRPII v ERP
- Shop Floor scheduling and Control
- The Control Process and Importance of Feedback
Production Planning and Just-in-Time
- Internal and External Customer/Supplier Relationships
- Principles of Just-in-Time – Waste Elimination
- Kanban – Understanding and Application
- The Importance of Employee Involvement
Instructor
The training course is provided through the Association of Purchasing and Supply
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The Space Industry Skillnet is an enterprise led training network that organises essential training for Irish companies who are or who want to be involved in the delivery of technology and services to the European Space Agency (ESA) in support of its space programmes (www.esa.int). The Space Industry Skillnet is a national training network and operates in all technology sectors. The objective of the Space Industry Skillnet is to encourage and enable more Irish companies to consider the space industry as a truly commercial opportunity and to provide them with the skills to do so. One of our aims is to attract Irish companies who would never have thought of operating in the space industry and to show how they can not only make a success of it in a unique and exciting industry but also use that knowledge and technology to spin off into wider ground based industries. This approach has been the true success story of the Irish industry presence in European Space Agency programmes.
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