APICS ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR PLANNERS

This course focuses on standard planning and control processes and systems used by Production & Inventory Control professionals in manufacturing companies including: Production and Material Planning & Control (MRP), Inventory Planning & Control, and Capacity Planning & Control (CRP). All terms and concepts taught in this course are based on the APICS Body of knowledge.

Audience

This course is ideal for both new and experienced Production/Inventory Control employees (Production Control Supervisors, Production Planners, Material Planners, Capacity Planners, Planner/Buyers, Schedulers, Expediters and Coordinators), and other P&IC associates who want to hone their job skills and gain practical knowledge in the field of Production & Inventory Control.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course. However, it is strongly recommended that students have a basic knowledge or some experience in Production & Inventory Control.

Topics and Course Content

• Fundamentals of Inventory Management (PIM-2)
  • Inventory Management Objectives and Strategy
  • Function and Purpose of Inventory
  • Inventory Trade Off Decisions
  • Five Functions of Inventory
  • Elements of Inventory Costing and Valuation
  • Impact of Inventory on Financials and Cash Flow
  • Structuring BOM’s
  • Importance of Bill of Material Accuracy
  • Routing and Work Center Data
  • Dependent and Independent Demand
  • MRP Inputs and Outputs
  • MRP Mechanics
  • MRP Explosion, Netting, and Offsetting
  • Working with MRP Action Messages
  • MRP Performance Measurements
  • Relationship Between Priority and Capacity Planning
  • Capacity Requirements Planning CRP
  • Managing Over / Underloads
  • Linkage Between PAC and Planning System
  • PAC Scheduling and Control Activities
  • PAC Data Management and Feedback
  • MRP vs Lean Scheduling (Push vs Pull)
  • Resolving Schedule Conflicts
  • Managing Bottleneck Work Centers TOC

  Learning Goals and Results

  • Learn basic terms, concepts, systems, and best practices used by Production and Inventory Control professionals that can immediately be applied in performing their current job and/or used to prepare for a next level job opportunity.
  • Understand the terminology and concepts learned in this course which will also in aid them in preparing for the APICS Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) Certification exams.

  Time Investment

  This class is 32 hours of remote classroom instruction time taken in sixteen 2-hour sessions over the course of 8 weeks.