A production line that looks fully busy can still be losing the business money every day — machines running, staff occupied, orders still shipping late. The gap between activity and real output usually traces back to one thing: how production is scheduled and planned in the first place. The Production Scheduling and Manufacturing Planning Training Course, delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, is part of the Logistics and Supply Chain Training Courses, and equips professionals with the tools to close that gap by aligning schedules, capacity, and resources with what the business actually needs to deliver.

Participants work through how to build production schedules that hold up under real-world pressure, allocate capacity without guesswork, and keep workflow moving through manufacturing systems without constant firefighting. The course also connects production planning to demand forecasting, inventory, and day-to-day operations management, so organisations can raise output, cut waste, and keep performance consistent rather than swinging between overproduction and shortage.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Read production performance honestly using KPIs before deciding what needs to change
• Build production schedules and master production schedules (MPS) that survive real-world disruption
• Apply capacity planning and resource allocation techniques that avoid over- or under-commitment
• Combine manufacturing process planning with material requirements planning (MRP) for tighter control
• Design production workflow that removes bottlenecks rather than working around them
• Coordinate production planning with inventory, demand forecasting, and procurement
• Apply continuous improvement and operations management practices that sustain gains
• Turn recurring production problems into structured corrective action plans

Target Audience

• Production planners and production managers
• Manufacturing and factory supervisors
• Operations managers
• Supply chain and logistics professionals
• Inventory and warehouse managers
• Process improvement specialists
• Engineers involved in production planning and scheduling

Module 1: Reading the Real Production Picture

• Where production planning fits into overall business objectives
• Using KPIs to see the true state of production performance
• Common signs a production system is under-planned

Module 2: Building Schedules That Hold Up

• Principles of production scheduling
• Master production scheduling (MPS) and job sequencing
• Short-term versus long-term scheduling trade-offs

Module 3: Capacity Planning and Resource Allocation

• Fundamentals of capacity planning
• Resource allocation and capacity balancing
• Managing production constraints

Module 4: Manufacturing Planning, MRP and Production Control

• Manufacturing process planning
• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• Production control systems

Module 5: Workflow Design and Bottleneck Removal

• Designing efficient production workflow
• Process mapping
• Lean techniques for eliminating bottlenecks

Module 6: Linking Production to Inventory and Procurement

• Inventory planning for production
• Demand forecasting integration
• Coordinating production and procurement

Module 7: Managing Risk and Driving Continuous Improvement

• Identifying production risks and operational disruptions
• Corrective action planning
• Operations management and continuous improvement strategies

Module 8: Digital Tools and Global Best Practices

• ERP systems and production scheduling software
• Manufacturing automation and Industry 4.0 technologies
• Global standards, sustainable production, and case studies