Maricopa Community Colleges  MGT215   19942-20035 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/23/93
MGT215 19942-20035 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Master Planning
Elements of master planning including demand management, business planning, production planning, resource planning, master production scheduling, and rough-cut capacity planning. Management's role in developing and integrating strategic plans and directives. Prerequisites: MGT102 or permission of department.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MGT215   19942-20035 Master Planning
1. Explain the hierarchy of capacity planning decisions. (I)
2. Describe the master production schedulers responsibilities and how a master production schedule is developed and maintained. (II)
3. Define production planning and its link with strategic management and other specific manufacturing planning and control modules. (III)
4. Describe the benefits of an effective demand management system and the techniques used in different market and manufacturing environments. (IV)
5. Explain the importance of linking a firms manufacturing planning and control system with its business strategy to successfully compete in the marketplace. (V)
6. List the steps and explain the process of implementing a new manufacturing planning and control system. (VI)
7. Explain the purpose and process of establishing an aggregate production plan. (VII, VIII)
8. List the components of an advanced production planning and scheduling system, and what the components provide for a company. (VIII, IX)
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MGT215   19942-20035 Master Planning
    I. Capacity planning
        A. Role in manufacturing planning and control systems
          1. Hierarchy - capacity planning decisions
          2. Links - manufacturing planning and control modules
        B. Capacity planning and control techniques
          1. Capacity planning using overall factors (CPOF)
          2. Capacity bills
          3. Resource profiles
          4. Capacity requirements planning (CRP)
          5. Input/output control
          6. Capacity bath tub
        C. Management and capacity planning
        D. Data base requirements
      II. Master production scheduling
          A. Activity
          B. Techniques
          C. Bill of material structuring
          D. Final assembly schedule
          E. Scheduler
          F. Stability
          G. Managing
        III. Production planning - definition
            A. Production planning in the firm
            B. Process
            C. New management obligations
            D. Production planning systems
          IV. Demand management
              A. Manufacturing planning and control systems
              B. Techniques/benefits
                1. Aggregating and disaggregating forecasts
                2. Make-to-stock
                3. Assemble-to-order
                4. Make-to-order
              C. Managing demand
            V. Integrated manufacturing planning and control systems
                A. Manufacturing planning and control options
                  1. Master production scheduling options
                  2. Detailed material planning options
                  3. Shop floor system options
                B. Options
                C. Choices in practice
                D. Integrating material requirements planning and just-in-time
              VI. Implementation of manufacturing planning and control systems
                  A. Initiating the project
                  B. Prerequisites
                  C. Organizational issued
                  D. The implementation project team
                  E. Education
                  F. Project management
                  G. Auditing
                VII. Advanced concepts in master production scheduling
                    A. Two-level master production scheduling
                    B. Booking customer orders
                    C. Buffering
                    D. Alternative available-to-promise conventions
                    E. Consumption by actual orders
                    F. Methods for constructing planning bills of material
                  VIII. Advanced concepts in production planning
                      A. Mathematical programming approaches
                        1. Linear programming
                        2. Mixed integer programming
                        3. Linear decision rule
                        4. Management coefficients model
                        5. Search decision rules
                      B. Disaggregation
                      C. Application potential
                    IX. Short-term forecasting system
                        A. Forecasting problem
                        B. Basic forecasting techniques
                        C. Basic exponential smoothing model
                        D. Focus forecasting
                        E. Comparisons of methods
                        F. Using the forecasting system
                        G. Forecasting in industry
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