This course focuses on three main areas: prioritizing and sequencing work; executing work plans, implementing controls, and reporting activity result; and evaluating and providing feedback on performance. The course explains techniques for scheduling and controlling production and process operations. It also addresses the execution quality initiatives and continuous improvement plans, as well as controlling and handling inventories. Finally, the course presents techniques for evaluating performance and collecting data for effective feedback.

• Schedule, control, measure, and evaluate (plan, evaluate, and re-plan)
• Schedule development
• Push & pull systems
• Input & Output control
• Bottleneck Management
• Lead-time

Instructor: Bill Kendall, CPIM