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Manufacturing Operations – Planning, Management and Control
5,840 students
What you'll learn
- This course will teach you how to improve, manage, and regulate all aspects of a successful manufacturing operations infrastructure
- You’ll develop the ability to design and oversee an effective master production schedule that makes the best possible use of your manufacturing resources
- You’ll discover the basics of materials requirements planning, including lead time offsetting, bill of materials, and determining manufacturing order quantities
- You’ll understand how to apply capacity planning and management to determining capacity requirements and to matching capacity with scheduling and control
- You’ll learn the best way to develop and implement a winning production activity control system that reduces WIP, inventories, and lead times
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Course content
14 sections • 100 lectures • 9h 9m total length
Requirements
- No previous knowledge required.
- Interest in planning and managing manufacturing operations.
Description
Is your manufacturing business strategically positioned to surpass its competitors? Effectively streamlining your company’s approach to both planning and control is essential for cutting costs, enhancing efficiency, and maintaining a competitive edge. In today’s fast-paced industry, where customer demands dictate success, it is crucial to not only meet but consistently exceed these expectations.
Leveraging the instructor’s extensive operational experience, this course will introduce you to the fundamental principles and best practices of production management. You will explore key concepts such as decision-making processes, systems design and capacity, facilities location and layout, demand forecasting, resource and materials planning, capacity management and production control, as well as materials and inventory strategies.
Upon completing this course, manufacturing professionals and business owners will acquire the practical skills necessary to enhance their personal performance and significantly improve the efficiency of their company’s manufacturing operations. This comprehensive program will equip you with the knowledge, analytical skills, and advanced practices required to remain current and competitive within the supply chain industry. Moreover, you will learn how to consistently fulfill customer requirements with greater speed and accuracy, outpacing your competitors and establishing your business as a leader in the market.
Join us today to transform your manufacturing operations and drive your business towards sustainable growth and success.
Who this course is for:
- Perfect for manufacturing professionals and students of manufacturing operations and manufacturing management systems at every level seeking a basic and more advanced understanding of manufacturing planning, execution, and control systems.