Master Planning of Resources

Explore processes used to develop sales and operations plans and learn to identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements. The course focuses on the importance of producing achievable master schedules that are consistent with business policies, objectives, and resource constraints. Topics include

Students will explore processes used to develop sales and operations plans; identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements; and create an achievable master schedule consistent with business policies, objectives, and resource constraints. The course will focus on developing and validating a plan of supply, relating management of demand to the environment, and developing and validating the master schedule. Course content will include concepts for transforming sales, marketing, and business requirements into feasible and economical operations plans in various business environments. It will address methods for managing projected and actual demands from distribution networks and external customers. Finally, the course will present methods for integrating sales and operation plans, demand forecasts, and customer demand into a specific master schedule.