Course Description for Make To Stock

This course consists of eight main chapters:

Each of these chapters has at least one key lesson, which includes both a presentation and exercises. Most chapters also contain an introductory lesson.  The Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) chapter also contains an extended lesson, including extended exercises. 

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is 8 hours.

 

The estimated time to complete the Basic course is 3 hours. The prerequisite courses are Discrete Manufacturing Basics and Distribution Basics.

 

The estimated time to complete the Intermediate course is 6.5 hours. The prerequisite courses are Make to Stock Basic, Discrete Manufacturing Intermediate, and Distribution Intermediate.

 

The estimated time to complete the Advanced course is 5 hours. The prerequisite courses are Make to Stock Intermediate, Discrete Manufacturing Intermediate, Distribution Intermediate, and Define CTO Basics Intermediate.

Target Audience

This course was designed primarily for employees who work as production planners.

Introduction

This chapter gives you an overview of the required data setup for the Make To Stock course exercises. You will need to have created your own site in the database, into which you will create a new set of data or copy existing records from the main site.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for a planner.

 

Basic Data and Requirements

This chapter contains the required basic data setup within the Make To Stock modules. The basic data will be used in MRP.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.

 

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)

In this chapter, you will learn the key concepts for:

You can also learn the following extended concepts for MRP:

Prerequisites 

You should have completed the Introduction chapter before going through this chapter. 

Before starting on the extended exercises in this chapter, you will first need to finish the Overview of Extended MRP Data lesson (including exercises). 

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 4 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.

 

Project Material Requirement Planning (PMRP)

In this chapter, you will learn the key concepts for:

You can also learn the following extended extended concepts for PMRP:

Prerequisites

 

You should have completed the introduction chapter before going through this chapter. Also, if possible, complete the MRP chapter before starting this chapter. Before starting on the extended exercises I this chapter, you will first need to finish the Overview of Extended PMRP Data lesson (including exercises).

 

Chapter Length

 

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 4 hours.

 

Targeted Audience

 

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.

Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

In this chapter, you will learn:

Prerequisites

The key exercise in this chapter will use data that was entered in the Introduction and Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) exercises. So before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the Introduction and MRP chapters. 

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.

Multilevel Availability Analysis

In this chapter you will learn:

Prerequisites

The key exercise in this chapter will use data that was entered in the Introduction and Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) exercises. So before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the Introduction and MRP chapters. 

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.

 

Spare Parts

In this chapter you will learn:

Prerequisites

The key exercise in this chapter will use data that was entered in the Introduction and Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) exercises. So before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the Introduction and MRP chapters. 

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for production planners.