Indicative contents

Introduction to Production Planning and Scheduling

• The hierarchy of production planning and scheduling systems in a company
• Scheduling techniques
• Forward, finite, backward, infinite, theory of constraint, demonstration of PREACTOR software
• Company level control systems
• Enterprise Resource planning (ERP), SAP, manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII)
• Capacity analysis
• Capacity calculations, takt time, manufacturing simulation
• Kanban design
• Multi product Kanban management game, milk round design
• Local production Control Techniques
• Visual controls, line of balance, mixed model schedule by constraint, performance measures
• Future state mapping
• Value stream mapping a future state to demonstrate information links from the customer to the supplier and to the manufacturer

Recommended reading

Books

1. Harrison A, Just in Time Manufacturing in Perspective, 1992, Prentice Hall I/S
2. JP Womack, Lean Thinking, 1996, Simon & Schuster I/S x 10
3. Goldratt E, The Race, 1986, North River Press I/S x 8
4. Vollmann, Manufacturing Planning & Control, 4th Edition, 1997, Irwin/McGraw-Hill I/S x 2
5. Harris R, Making Materials Flow, 2003, The Lean Enterprise List
6. Y Monden, Toyota Production Systems, 3rd Edition, 1998, Chapman & Hall I/Sx2

Laboratory

1. Hardware: PCs
2. Software: Preactor 9.3
3. Software Manual: Preactor 9.3 Manual