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Effective
Production Planning for Reduced Costs
Seminar
Overview
The inter-relationship between manufacturing, costs and service is
effective production planning. Excellent production planning is essentially
about predicting what will go wrong before it happens and then taking steps
to ensure that it will go right! It is a strategic function which does
provide cost savings to the business by reducing changes and waste. This
course seeks to bring production planning to the forefront of the business
by demonstrating its ability to add value to the bottom line.
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Who Should Attend
Those
involved in production planning or related to it e.g. Production Planners
and Master Production Schedulers, Materials Managers, Purchasing Managers,
Supply Managers, Operations Staff, Production Staff and even Sales and
Marketing personnel.
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Objectives
·To provide a sound understanding on the role, logic, philosophy and the
use of techniques of effective production planning.
·To identify opportunities for cost savings and inventory reductions.
·To consider ways to improve the planning process, service and profits.
Key
Topics
·The role of planning in the organization
· How to create smoother operations
·Sales & operations planning
·Fixed and variable schedules h
·Reporting on performance
·Service levels
·Why schedules change
·Managing changes
·Job descriptions and accountabilities
·Competencies & skills
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Methodology
This
interactive course uses presentations, discussion, small group activities,
case studies, exercises and practical examples on the use of the
techniques. You will be encouraged to share the real issues and problems of
your organization for discussion and analysis.
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Link Management Consulting
P.O. Box 42372, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tel No. +971 2 6655 899
Fax No. +971 2 6655 370 Email: linkcons@link-consult.com
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