


Course Outline - Foundations of Manufacturing Management
Module 1: Operations Management
- Operations management foundations.
- Operations trends, roles, and strategic decisions.
- OM contribution to business strategy.
Module 2: Introduction to Manufacturing Management
- Manufacturing strategy and environments.
- Variety, volume, lead time, and process choices.
- Batch vs. flow and push vs. pull production.
Module 3: Manufacturing Product Structures
- Product structures and bills of material.
- Work centers, routing, utilization, and efficiency.
- Manufacturing costing and standard cost calculation.
Module 4: Basics of Material Requirements Planning
- Independent vs. dependent demand.
- Time phasing, MRP inputs, and outputs.
- BOM explosion, PAB, net requirements, and MRP grids.
Module 5: Managing with MRP
- MRP planner role and MRP changes.
- MRP generation and supply orders.
- Action messages, problem indicators, and performance measures.
Module 6: Capacity Planning and Management
- Capacity management levels.
- CRP, capacity inputs, and process steps.
- Work center capacity, load profiles, and shortages.
Module 7: Production Activity Control
- PAC goals and characteristics.
- Order release, scheduling, dispatching, and data collection.
- Control, feedback, corrective actions, and closeout.
Module 8: Advanced Scheduling
- Push and pull scheduling.
- Dispatching, rescheduling, and schedule conflict resolution.
- Bottleneck scheduling, input/output control, and lot splitting.
Module 9: Lean Production Management
- Lean and JIT concepts.
- Waste reduction, standardization, and 5S.
- Pull systems, Kanban, production leveling, takt time, and customer focus.
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*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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