Introduction: Overview of Manufacturing Planning

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Introduction Overview ofManufacturing Planning
Control

• Chapter 1

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MPC System Defined

• MPC system provides information to
  efficiently manage the flow of materials,
  effectively utilize people and equipment,
  coordinate internal activities with those of
  suppliers, and communicate with customers about
  market requirements. (VBW, 2)

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Typical MPC Support Tasks

• Capacity requirements and availability
• Facility/equipment utilization
• Material planning
• Inventory control
• Production planning
• Production scheduling

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Typical MPC Support Tasks (Continued)

• Production activity control (tracking)
• Supply chain planning and communication
• Meet customer requirements
• Respond to errors and problems
• Provide and share information with other functions

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Why MPC?

• Improve competitiveness in cost, quality,
  lead time, flexibility, and services by
• reducing the organizational slacks in terms of
  resource utilization and customer requirements.

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MPC System Framework

• Overall direction for MPC links production with
  engineering, marketing, and finance through the
  firms strategic planning.
• Three MPC phases
• Creating the overall production plan.
• Performing the detailed planning of material and
  capacity needs.
• Executing these plans.

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MPC SYSTEM(VBW, Figure 1.1)
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MPC Classification Schema

• Business Strategy
• MPC system design
• The complexity of the product as expressed in the
  number of sub-parts
• The repetitive nature of production
• See Figure 1.2

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Business Strategy

• Cost
• Differentiation quality (design, conformance,
  service), flexibility (product, process, volume),
  time,
• Focus (cost or differentiation)

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Production Systems

• Inventory Policy make-to-stock, make-to-order,
  assemble-to-order
• Process Type continuous (flow shop), repetitive
  (batch), intermittent (job shop), cellular,
  project

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Concluding Principles

• MPC systems should support the firms strategy
  and tactics.
• Different manufacturing processes often dictate
  the need for different designs of the MPC system.
• An effective MPC system can contribute to
  competitive position by lowering costs and
  providing better response to the market.

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Concluding Principles (VBW, 11)

• All three phases of the MPC framework must be
  performed, but specific applications must reflect
  a companys characteristics and objectives.
• The MPC systems design will vary, depending on
  the distinctive needs of the firm and the current
  state of its MPC system.
• The system should evolve to meet changing
  requirements in the market, technology, products,
  and manufacturing processes.

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Professional Organizations

• The Educational Society for Resource Management
  (American Production Inventory Control Society)
  www.apics.org
• Institute for Supply Management www.ism.ws
• The Production and Operations Management Society
  www.poms.org

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APICS Professional Certification

• Certified in Production Inventory Management
  (CPIM)
• Five exam modules (Basic of Supply Chain
  Management, Master Planning of Resources,
  Detailed Scheduling and Planning, Execution and
  Control of Operations, Strategic Management of
  Resources)
• Requires certification maintenance

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APICS Professional Certification

• Certified in Integrated Resource Management
  (CIRM)
• Five exam modules (Enterprise Concepts and
  Fundamentals, Identifying and Creating Demand,
  Designing Products and Processes, Delivering
  Products and Services, Integrated Enterprise
  Management)