Production Planning for Management Consultants & Analysts

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Udemy

Obtain a comprehensive understanding of the principles and strategies of production planning for conducting analysis and consultation activities.

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 549 2899

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Production planning is the process of creating a manual for the creation and production of a specific good or service. Organizations can increase the efficiency of their production processes with the aid of production planning. Asen Gyczew, a performance improvement, and startup expert, developed the Production Planning for Management Consultants & Analysts certification course, which is offered by Udemy to participants who want to work as business analysts or management consultants in industries like supply chain, production planning or manufacturing.

Production Planning for Management Consultants & Analysts online course comprises 4 hours of prerecorded lectures supported by 3 articles and 28 downloadable resources which aim to provide participants with a detailed understanding of the principles of production planning. Production Planning for Management Consultants & Analysts online classes discusses topics like business analysis, capacity management, KPI, continuous flow, and Kanban as well as teach how to quickly and effectively carry out production planning-related analyses, such as scenario and simulation analysis.

The highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • 4 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • 3 articles 
  • 28 downloadable resources

Program offerings

  • Online course
  • Learning resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and tv

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 549  ₹2,899
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Udemy

What you will learn

Business analytics knowledge Knowledge of excel Knowledge of product management

After completing the Production Planning for Management Consultants & Analysts online certification, participants will acquire an understanding of the principles of production planning for business analysis and management consulting operations using MS Excel. Participants will explore the techniques employed for simulation analysis, and scenario analysis as well as will learn about concepts involved with KPI and Kanban for continuous flow. In addition, participants will learn about methodologies involved with capacity management.

The syllabus

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • A little bit about me
  • How this course is organized?
  • How to deal with Blurry image
  • How to reach additional resources

What Production Planning does in practices

  • What Production Planning does in practices – Introduction
  • Definition of terms used in Production Planning
  • Optimal sequence of production batches
  • Bottlenecks & Capacity – Introduction
  • Theory of constraints and bottlenecks
  • Removing bottlenecks – Content marketing agency – Introduction
  • Removing bottlenecks – Content marketing agency – Solution
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Case Introduction
  • What the production capacity depends on?
  • How to calculate the capacity for the whole month
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Scenarios – Part 1
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Scenarios – Part 2
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Available Data
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Solution
  • Removing bottlenecks – Example from production – Graphs
  • Critical Chain
  • Links to Sales Forecasting & Purchasing Planning
  • Production Planning role in different production systems
  • Where Production Planning can be in the organization?

Essential Methods for Production Planning

  • Essential Methods for Production Planning – Introduction
  • Optimal production batch analysis – FMCG
  • 2–stage production planning
  • Scenario analysis – Introduction
  • Which price formula is the best for my profits – Introduction
  • Which price formula is the best for my profits – Solution – TM
  • Which price formula is the best for my profits – Solution – Mixed Options
  • Production batch estimation for a bakery – Case Introduction
  • Production batch estimation for a bakery – Data Available
  • Production batch estimation for a bakery – Baking & Forming
  • Production batch estimation for a bakery – Dough
  • Production batch estimation for a bakery – Summary

KPIs and goals for Production Planning

  • KPIs and goals for Production Planning – Introduction
  • Goals of Production Planning
  • Production Planning Value Drivers
  • Typical problems in Production Planning

Advanced Methods for Production Planning

  • Advanced Methods for Production Planning – Introduction
  • Simulation analysis – Introduction
  • What will be the effect of the price increase – Introduction
  • What will be the effect of the price increase – Solution – Impact on coffee only
  • What will be the effect of the price increase – Solution – full impact
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Introduction
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Tips how to do it
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Solution
  • Cheese Production – Case Introduction
  • Cheese Production – Cost Calcuations
  • Cheese Production – Simulations

Kanban & Continuous Flow

  • Kanban & Continuous Flow – Introduction
  • Kanban – Introduction
  • Kanban in Excel
  • Continuous flow – Introduction
  • How NOT to make continuous flow – sandwich factory
  • How to make continuous flow – sandwich factory no kanban
  • How to make continuous flow – sandwich factory with kanban
  • How to make continuous flow – sandwich factory with kanban

Production Planning in Continuous flow

  • Production Planning in Continuous flow – Introduction
  • Kanban in Burger Chain – Case Introduction
  • Kanban in Burger Chain – Data Available
  • Kanban in Burger Chain – Solution
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 1 element – Case Introduction
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 1 element – Data Available
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 1 element – Solution
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – Case Introduction
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – How to calculate production batches
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – Data Available
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – Optimal Production Batch
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – Lead Times
  • Kanban in Chair Production with 2 elements – Kanban Size

Capacity management

  • Why you need to do capacity management
  • How to manage capacity?
  • Supplier catchment area
  • Customer catchment area
  • Catchment area / reach analysis - B2B
  • Decision Tree Analysis – Introduction
  • Decision Tree Analysis – Solution

Conclusions

  • Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Mr Asen Gyczew
Instructor
Freelancer

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