Manufacturing, Planning and Control

Catalog description

Focuses on leading-edge techniques used in manufacturing planning and control. Topics include demand management, ERP systems, forecasting, sales and operations planning (S&OP), master production scheduling (MPS), material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), and lean manufacturing. Additionally, students are given hands-on experience with automation in manufacturing. Specific topics include: Demand Management - what role does demand management play in planning - what communication linkages between demand management and planning? Forecasting - using regression, trends, moving averages, and causal modeling; using Pyramid Forecasting. Sales and Operating Planning (SOP) - how SOP links to strategic planning and exploring the fundamental activities of S&OP. Master Production Schedule (MPS) - understanding the role of master production scheduling, scheduling techniques, and how to structure bills of material (BOM). Material Requirements Planning (MRP) - how MRP fits in the system, the MRP record, and its time-phased logic. Capacity Planning (CRP) - how to estimate capacity and to use finite schedules. Automation - exploring the role and how manufacturing utilizes robotics, with hands-on experience with programming robots in Marquette’s Automation Lab Lean Manufacturing - exploring the “The Toyota Way” and the 14 TPS principles.