Production Planning and Manufacturing Efficiency Training Course (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Late shipments, idle machines, and swollen inventory are usually symptoms of the same root cause: production that was never planned properly in the first place. This training course goes straight at that problem, giving participants the practical tools to schedule, resource, and control manufacturing operations so that cost, quality, and throughput stay in balance rather than pulling against each other.
Across the sessions, the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy walks participants through how to build production plans, allocate resources intelligently, and read industrial performance data, pairing classic planning frameworks with modern practices such as Lean manufacturing and integrated resource-planning systems (MRP/ERP).
The course is built for engineering and operations leaders who need to make fast, well-informed calls on the shop floor, where conditions shift constantly and execution has to stay flexible without losing sight of cost, quality, and productivity targets.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Production and plant/industrial facility managers looking to tighten planning and cut waste.
- Engineers and supervisors in operations and manufacturing departments.
- Industrial planning and supply chain professionals, alongside quality control and performance-improvement specialists.
Knowledge and Benefits
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Master the fundamentals of production planning and manufacturing management, and prepare a Master Production Plan that actually holds up under real demand.
- Forecast demand, balance resources, and schedule production according to priority and capacity.
- Apply Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and integrate it with inventory and production data.
- Reduce waste and improve process flow using Lean Production and continuous-improvement (Kaizen) tools.
- Measure operational efficiency and productivity using performance indicators, and apply quality standards including Statistical Process Control (SPC).
- Connect production systems to smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies while keeping industrial costs under control.
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Production Planning Makes or Breaks a Factory
- The strategic objectives of production management and where planning fits into the organisational structure.
- How production connects with marketing and supply chains.
- The full planning-to-production cycle, from forecast to shop floor.
Module 2: Choosing the Right Production System
- Continuous versus intermittent production.
- Make-to-order versus make-to-stock approaches.
- Matching the production system to the nature of the business.
Module 3: Building the Master Production Plan
- Steps for preparing the Master Production Plan (MPP).
- Demand forecasting and estimating required capacity.
- Balancing resources to hit operational efficiency targets.
Module 4: Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Resource Integration
- Core concept of Material Requirements Planning.
- Determining order quantities and timing.
- Integrating material planning with production and inventory data.
Module 5: Scheduling, Shop-Floor Control and Productivity Measurement
- Preparing production schedules by priority and allocating work across lines.
- Monitoring execution and managing operational variances.
- Measuring manufacturing performance and analysing machine and workforce efficiency through key indicators.
Module 6: Lean Production and Continuous Improvement
- Core concept and objectives of Lean Production.
- Waste-reduction techniques and improving process flow.
- Applying Kaizen tools on the manufacturing floor.
Module 7: Quality Control in Production Operations
- The relationship between quality and productivity.
- Applying quality standards across production lines.
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) and its practical tools.
Module 8: Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Cost Sustainability
- The role of technology in modern manufacturing and integrating systems with real-time performance data.
- Transitioning toward Industry 4.0 and smart production.
- Analysing direct and indirect industrial costs, and building a sustainable, balanced production model without compromising quality.