Formation/Cours

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
This course is flipped learning – read, listen to recordings and prepare for class. It provides planning and control tools for management of operations.
Materials requirements planning, rank order clustering, to-from analysis and just in time are introduced.(AOL-5C)

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
– Calculate an MRP sheet and understand the significance of “lowest level code”. (AOL-5A)
– Grasp the difficulties of maintaining accurate MRP data and understand the differences between raw data and calculated requirements (Forrester Effect). (AOL-5C)
– List and describe the elements of Just-in-Time, analyse existing products and processes to determine effective clusters of processes, define efficient layouts and identify wastes (AOL-3B)

The course provides an introduction to:
Project Management – network analysis, use of MS Project
Materials Requirements Planning sheets, Lot for Lot, EOQ & Part Period Balancing methods
Describes how MRP fits into MRPII
Identifies problems with MRP use
Short time period versions of MRP data to close the gap to heijunka
Defines Mass production, Lean manufacturing and JIT (JIT1, JIT2, JIT3,) and agile/mass customization
Identifies wastes and philsophies of lean
Conduct a supply chain game three times (mass production mode, JIT3 mode and agile/mass customization mode
Identify wastes in context and action kaikaku radical change initiatives to prove the change is viable.
Visit a company and review their operations via a gemba walk, propose a series of remedial actions to improve flow and efficiency, raise quality, lower cost and ensure delivery.
Seminar activities including deciding to instruct/lead or empower, creativity (innovation) assessment and benchmarking experiment.