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Manufacturing

Capacity Management #APX812, Member: $99 Non-Member: $149 (2 CEHs) In this two-hour Online Self-Study, capacity management is discussed. Capacity management is the function of planning, establishing, measuring, monitoring, and adjusting levels of capacity so that sufficient capacity is available to permit execution of the manufacturing schedules.

Developing and Validating the Production Plan #MFG206, Member: $79 Non-Member: $119 (1 CEH) Because the production plan sets the limits for the lower level processes, it must be feasible with the current and planned resources if those plans are to be feasible. The methods used to develop and validate the production plan and to measure performance must be consistent with the business choices that the firm has made. Those methods and choices are explored in this course.

Lean Manufacturing & Kanban #INV402, Member: $99 Non-Member: $149 (2 CEHs) Much of the Japanese success in international markets has been the result of the adoption of Just-In-Time (JIT), a concept first introduced by the Toyota Motor Corporation. JIT is a total manufacturing system encompassing product design, equipment selection, materials management, quality assurance, line layout, job design, and productivity improvement. The Toyota Production System was developed over a period of 20 years and led to higher quality, lower cost, and substantially less labor time per vehicle than was achieved by Toyota’s international competitors.

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) #APX803, Member: $99 Non-Member: $149 (2 CEHs) This two-hour Online Self-Study explores the business conditions and requirements that led to the MRP II architecture development and the characteristics of that architecture. It also covers the components of MRP II and the linkages among them that ensure that the plans developed are consistent and attainable.