10 Feb 2010 - 08:47

 Master Planning of Resources (MPR) is coming to White Wave!

 Scope:  Gain an in-depth understanding of the Demand Management, Master Planning, and Production Scheduling tasks necessary to achieve functional departmental integration and operating efficiencies in your organization.  Enhancements for optimizing all aspects of the production Planning cycle are presented, as well as FGI Inventory Control and Distribution Resources Planning (DRP).

 Who Should Attend?  Professionals involved in ERP implementations, sales or marketing, buying/planning, design & engineering, distribution, finance, inventory management, production scheduling, shop supervision, information systems, and Supply Chain consulting will all gain knowledge of Best Practices from this module.

 Cost:  This 27-hour course is being offered 4:00PM -7:00PM on Wednesdays, beginning February 10, 2010 and completing April 7, 2010, at the White Wave Facility in Mt. Crawford.  Students must bring highlighters and a calculator with square root function to every session.  Member cost is $712.00 per student ($795 Nonmember), which includes tuition and the following materials:                                                                                                      

•             CPIM Exam Registration Bulletin, #09053
•             12^th Edition APICS Dictionary, #01102
•             2009 CPIM Exam Content Manual, #09051
•             MPR Participant Workbook, #09124                          
•             Sales & Operations Planning, by Tom Wallace #03160 
•             Manufacturing Planning and Control by Vollmann, Berry, & Whybark, #03406       

Curriculum:  There is substantial reading preparation in advance of every session, including the first.  Classes are highly interactive, with a combination of quizzes, grid & homework exercises, class discussions, a Midterm and Final Essays.  The nine sessions cover:

1. The Business Planning Process
2. Forecasting Demand
3. Distribution Planning
4. Demand Management & Customer Service
5. The Sales & Operations Planning Process
6. The Master Scheduling Process
7. Managing the Master Scheduling Process
8. Validating the Plan and Measuring Performance
9. Course Review and Exam Prep

Your instructor for this course will be Ms Maryanne Ross, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP.  For more details and to register, please email Maryanne Ross at maryanneross36@gmail.com or by cell phone, 703-969-4295       Hope you can join us!