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Course description

Examine the critical implications of warehousing, transportation and purchasing logistics services. Learn to identify factors that affect an enterprise's demand planning and production scheduling ability, explore demand-planning strategies and prepare simple demand forecasts using moving average and exponential smoothing techniques.

Learner outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Recognize the need and benefits of planning and scheduling in supply chain management.
  • Understand the need to develop a plan that incorporates combined supply chain demand, capacity, utilization, material requirements and constraints.
  • Identify factors that affect the enterprises demand planning and production scheduling ability and results including production capacity, storage capacity, demand planning horizon, demand variability, forecast accuracy, and production-planning strategy.
  • Prepare simple demand forecasts using moving average and exponential smoothing techniques
  • Understand demand planning strategies including chase demand, peak demand, level demand and mixed strategy 

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Section title
Planning and Scheduling
Type
ON - Online
Dates
Sep 30, 2024 to Nov 04, 2024
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
21.0
Delivery options
Online  
Course Fee(s)
TXCM non-credit $564.00
Potential Discount(s)
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