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The APICS Orange County Chapter is pleased to announce the Fundamentals of Materials and Operations Management program.

This "Fundamentals" program is geared to those who want a thorough understanding of Materials and Operations Management: individuals who work within or interface with operations management, from managers and supervisors, to the operating level personnel. Participants will be able to immediately apply the knowledge to their work environment creating profit-generating results for their company.

This program provides practical education on the terminology, concepts, and techniques relating to the specific application areas. The courses within the program are packed with detailed information for those wishing to learn important elements for the effective management of company operations.

Each course has 36 hours of classroom time (12 three-hour sessions) and has assigned readings and performance checks for each session with a mid-term and final examination. A graded option is available. CEU's and a certificate will be awarded for successful completion of each course.

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For more information Lisa Ashcroft at office@apics-oc.org

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Fundamentals of Planning

Objective: To communicate the fundamental knowledge and understanding of basic planning principles and techniques.

Summary: This course identifies the planning processes for the effective management of manufacturing operations. The participants are introduced to principles, concepts and basic techniques used within the planning processes. The major topics addressed are the importance of planning to the enterprise and its relationships along the supply chain; long range planning; forecasting demand; sales and operations planning; and master scheduling.
Sessions:
1. Planning Foundations (1)
2. Planning Foundations (2)
3. Long Range Planning
4. Forecasting
5. Sales and Operations Planning
6. Controlling The Sales and Operations Plan
7. Mid-term Examination and Making Effective Presentations
8. Master Scheduling (1)
9. Master Scheduling (2)
10. Master Scheduling (3)
11. Future Planning Topics
12. Final Examination
Fundamentals of Manufacturing Control

Objective: To communicate a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the execution of the master schedule, reactions to capacity constraints, and maintenance of individual manufacturing/work orders.

Summary: This course deals with priority and capacity management through the use of material requirements planning (MRP), capacity management, capacity requirements planning (CRP), production activity control (PAC), and Just-in-Time (JIT).

Sessions:
1. Introduction to Material Requirements Planning and Production Activity Control
2. Bills of Material
3. MRP Basics
4. Managing with Material Requirements Planning and Closing the Loop
5. Advanced MRP Techniques
6. Introduction to Capacity Management
7. Midterm Examination and Capacity Management
8. Production Activity Control (1)
9. Production Activity Control (2)
10. Just-in-Time (JIT)
11. Case Study and Course Review
12. Final Examination

 

Fundamentals of Operations Management

Objective: To communicate a fundamental knowledge and understanding of operations resource management and the factors involved in designing and operating a production process.
Summary: This course is concerned with the design of systems to produce goods and services and the operation of those systems. It discusses relationships within the company environment particularly with marketing and product design and relationships with customers and suppliers.
Sessions:
1. Introduction to Operations Management
2. Product Planning
3. Manufacturing Processes
4. Process Design
5. Facilities Layout and Materials Handling
6. Case Study, Facility Location and Process Improvement (1)
7. Mid-term Examination and Process Improvement (2)
8. Performance Measurement
9. Quality Management (1)
10. Quality Management (2)
11. Case Study and Project Management
12. Final Examination

Fundamentals of Inventory Control

Objective: To communicate the fundamental knowledge and understanding of inventory management principles and techniques.

Summary: Participants are introduced to the essential vocabulary and skills in identifying and applying the basic principles of inventory management in manufacturing, distribution, retail and institutional environments. The participant will learn, and be able to apply, the knowledge of the concepts and techniques for planning, valuing, ordering and the physical control of inventories.

Sessions:
1. Fundamentals of Inventory Management
2. Inventory Functions
3. Order quantities
4. Perpetual Inventory Systems
5. Periodic Inventory Systems
6. Forecasting
7. Mid-term Examination & Case Study Presentation
8. Warehousing Management and Distribution Requirements Planning
9. Inventory Record Accuracy, Supply Chain Management, Aggregate Inventory, and Purchasing
10. Just-in-Time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM), Trends in Inventory Management
11. Case Study and Final Exam Review
12. Final Examination

Fundamentals of Manufacturing Control

Objective: To communicate a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the execution of the master schedule, reactions to capacity constraints, and maintenance of individual manufacturing/work orders.

Summary: This course deals with priority and capacity management through the use of material requirements planning (MRP), capacity management, capacity requirements planning (CRP), production activity control (PAC), and Just-in-Time (JIT).

Sessions:
1. Introduction to Material Requirements Planning and Production Activity Control
2. Bills of Material
3. MRP Basics
4. Managing with Material Requirements Planning and Closing the Loop
5. Advanced MRP Techniques
6. Introduction to Capacity Management
7. Midterm Examination and Capacity Management
8. Production Activity Control (1)
9. Production Activity Control (2)
10. Just-in-Time (JIT)
11. Case Study and Course Review
12. Final Examination