Effective Production Planning and Control

Course Objectives

• Learn a systematic Production Planning and Control activities to achieve the highest efficiency with minimum inventory.
• Learn how to organize and utilize production resources to achieve stated production objectives.
• To be able to apply various tools and techniques available for PPC.

Target Audience

Production/ Manufacturing Engineers/ Executives, Production/Material/ Inventory Planners and Supervisors

Methodology

The course is highly interactive; participants will be guided through the various topics in modular form and will be involved in extensive exercises. Communication medium will be in Malay or English or both. The course incorporates;

• Lecture
• Examples
• Exercises

Course Modules

MODULE 1: An Overview

• Objectives and functions of PPC.
• Understand the PPC prodcedures

MODULE 2: Capacity Planning

• Estimating capacity needs
• Aggregate Planning strategies

MODULE 3: Material Requirement Planning

• MRP functions and objectives
• Master Production Schedule (MPS)
• Bill Of Materials (BOM)
• Lot sizing considerations

MODULE 4: Process Planning

• Calculating machine requirements
• Line Balancing techniques
• Inventory control
• Manpower planning

MODULE 5: Scheduling and Shopfloor Control

• Loading and sequencing techniques
• Forward and backward Scheduling
• Work load distribution
• Routine, dispatching and progress monitoring