Advanced Supply and Demand Planning (Classroom and Synchronous e-learning)
About This Course
Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) has emerged as an essential top management tool and this course delves into it. This course integrates concepts in business planning, demand and supply planning, design, Information Technology and change management. This course focuses on planning and control of inventories and manufacturing capacities, demand management, order fulfilment, production scheduling, and other supply chain issues. Learners will be able to develop planning and analytical skills useful for sales and operations planning, demand management, order fulfilment, master production scheduling and planning and control of capacity and requirement planning of component/sub-assembly.
What You'll Learn
1. Describe the elements of Planning and Control for Manufacturing organizations.
2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the role of Business Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Sales and Operations Planning in complex supply chains.
3. Design a Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) implementation plan for a business.
4. Plan demand faced by an organization’s manufacturing capacity.
5. Develop master production schedule based on actual demand and forecasts.
6. Develop detailed Material Requirement Plans based on master production schedules.
7. Describe and employ distribution requirement planning techniques.
8. Describe and employ capacity planning techniques.
Entry Requirements
Working adults from the industry, professionals seeking mid-career change or fresh graduates with relevant background. Individuals without relevant background may find the contents of the programme challenging.