COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Basics
of Supply Chain Management
This
is an introductory course for production and inventory management personnel and
CPIM candidates. This course provides basic definitions and concepts for
planning and controlling the flow of materials into, through, and out of an
organization. It explains fundamental relationships among the activities that
occur in the supply chain from suppliers to customers. In addition, the course
addresses types of manufacturing systems, forecasting, master planning, material
requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control,
purchasing, inventory management, distribution, quality management, and
Just-In-Time manufacturing.
In
this course, students explore processes used to: develop sales and operations
plans; identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting
requirements; and effect an achievable master schedule consistent with business
policies, objectives, and resource constraints. The course focuses on developing
and validating a plan of supply, relating management of demand to environment,
and developing and validating the master schedule.
In
addition, the course encompasses concepts for translating sales, marketing, and
business requirements into a feasible and economic operations plan in various
business environments. It also addresses concepts and methodologies for managing
projected and actual demands from distribution networks and external customers.
Finally, the course presents methods for integrating sales and operations plans,
demand forecasts, and customer demand into a specific master schedule.
This
course focuses on material and capacity scheduling and planning. It includes a
detailed explanation of material requirements planning (MRP), a technique
suitable for use in job shops. The course also introduces another material
planning technique, material-dominated scheduling, which is applicable to
process industries and other mature production environments. The course explains
capacity requirements planning in detail and introduces other capacity planning
techniques, including processor dominated scheduling.
This
course focuses on three main areas: prioritizing and sequencing work; executing
work plans, implementing controls, and reporting activity results; and
evaluating and providing feedback on performance. The course explains techniques
for scheduling and controlling production and process operations. It also
addresses the execution of quality initiatives and continuous improvement plans
as well as and the control and handling of inventories. Finally, the course
presents techniques for evaluating performance and collecting data for effective
feedback.
Strategic Management of Resources
In
this course, students explore the relationship of existing and emerging
processes and technologies to manufacturing strategy and supply chain related
functions. The course addresses three main topics: aligning resources with the
strategic plan; configuring and integrating operating processes to support the
strategic plan; and implementing change.
The Fundamentals of Materials and Operations Management program delivers the tools needed to master the basics of materials and operations management. It is a classroom-based, instructor-led educational opportunity for people new to materials and management operations - or those working in positions that interact with this field.
Participants gain practical, essential skills that assist them become more effective and productive in their jobs. The four-module format of the program teaches the basic concepts, techniques, and terminology.
Fundamentals of Inventory Control
This course introduces participants to essential vocabulary and skills identifying and applying the basic principles of inventory management.
Fundamentals of Planning
This course teaches participants the principles of effective planning.
Fundamentals of Manufacturing Control
This course details priority and capacity management through the use of material requirements planning.
Fundamentals of Operations Management
This course maps out the relationship between goods and services and the operations of the systems.