CPIM
ECO - Execution and Control of Operations
Business Process Module – available methodologies and techniques to drive processes, and the application of these techniques.
This course focuses on three main areas: prioritizing and sequencing work; executing work plans, implementing controls, and reporting activity results; and evaluating and providing feedback on performance. The course explains techniques for scheduling and controlling production and process operations. It also addresses the execution of quality initiatives and continuous improvement plans, as well as the control and handling of inventories. Finally, the course presents techniques for evaluating performance and collecting data for effective feedback.
Dates and Venues
- 28.-30. Juni 2010 - Hamburg / Deutschland
- 24.-26. November - Wien / Österreich
Knowledge Prerequisites
The course Basics of Supply Chain Management is a suggested prerequisite to the course Execution and Control of Operations and other CPIM modules, but it is not mandatory.
Course Goals and Objectives
- Explain how to schedule production and process plans in the manufacturing process, the impact of variation on business systems, and methods for managing production resources
- Demonstrate the effect of the facility’s layout on scheduling and workflow, and input and output control techniques, push system techniques, and scheduling techniques
- Explain bottleneck management, lead-time control operations and techniques, reporting activities and data collection techniques, cost systems, impact on decision making, and the effect of specifications and standards on product quality
- Identify report and data collection techniques, manufacturing environments for pull systems, interfaces and data exchanges required to execute a plan, and pull system strengths and weaknesses
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to implement a continuous improvement plan and identify techniques for monitoring and evaluating quality management initiatives and continuous improvement efforts
Session Topics
- PLANNING, EXECUTION, AND CONTROL OVERVIEW
- SCHEDULING PRODUCTION AND PROCESS OPERATIONS
- AUTHORIZING, EXECUTING, AND REPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR PUSH SYSTEMS
- AUTHORIZING, EXECUTING, AND REPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR PULL SYSTEMS
- COMMUNICATING CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER INFORMATION AND CONTROLLING RESOURCES
- EXECUTING QUALITY INITIATIVES, ELEMINATING WASTE, AND IMPLEMENTING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS
- QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
- EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK