XSCM 20004 - Planning and Scheduling
1034680
Professional and Continuing Studies
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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
- describe the 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 demand planning and production scheduling 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.
Applies towards:
- Transportation and Inventory Management Extension Certificate : Required Courses
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