Production Management

10 Unit Credit Values

• Production Planning: sales and operations planning; demand management programme; Master Production Schedule (MPS); materials requirement planning; production control; settlement; materials management; profitability and productivity; production in the supply chain; customer service
• Production Planning, Sales Planning and Forecasting: budgeting methods; predicting demand; demand management
• Master Scheduling Terminology: Master Production Schedule; capacity planning; Material Requirements Planning (MRP); rough cut capacity planning; production control
• Development of Manufacturing and Control Systems: planning principles; production planning systems
• Improving Planning Performance: benchmarking; quality; total quality management; planning performance objectives; production planning and control; performance measures; lean manufacturing

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