I:
Long-Range Planning
(2-Hours) Purchase
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Business & Marketing Plans;
Resource Capacity Planning;
Production Planning;
Customer Order Promising
II:
Mid-Range Planning
(2-Hours) Purchase
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Master Production Scheduling;
Available-to-Promise Inventory;
Material Requirements Planning;
Capacity Requirements Planning
III:
Short-Range Planning
(2-Hrs) Purchase
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Work Order Management;
Production Activity Control;
Detailed Capacity Planning;
Employee
Involvement
eBook
Topics:
An Integrated Set of Useful Articles |
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How
to Test and Fine-Tune Strategic and Tactical Plans
so that Resources are Only Expended on Achievable
Results. |
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Making
and Keeping Promises that are Realistic and Achievable
is a Vital Skill Needed at Every Organizational
Level. |
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Available-To-Promise
Inventory can be Strategically Projected Using
the Tools of Master Scheduling by Aligning Production
Plans and Sales Plans. |
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Projected
Resource Constraints are used to Modify Production
Schedules to Assure that Available-To-Promise
Inventory will Meet Customer Demands. |
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Detailed
Capacity and Material Plans become Actionable,
Unanticipated Constraints are Communicated Immediately
to the Scheduler. |
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When
the Goal is Zero Inventory, the Method is JIT.
Only Buy or Build to Match Real Orders. Inventory
Backlog must be Zero as well! |
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TOC
can be seen as Similar to JIT but has a much Wider
Application. Once Identified, Constraints are
Exploited until it is Aleviated. |
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Developing
Effective Work Relationships is Essential when
Communication is central to the Success of Management
Metrics. |