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Workflow Management Systems

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This course comprises a set of learning content about workflow management systems for furniture and woodworking industries specifically those related to planning strategies and production management in the medium and short term.

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CETEM

CETEM

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CETEM is and R&D centre focused on delivering the best technologies and training to the furniture manufacturing industry.

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This course is part of Specialization Management Systems

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Knowledge

- Knows the basic concepts about capacity planning and forecasts systems
- Identify correctly and knows the concepts of planning in the medium and long term
- Becomes familiar with the concept of disaggregation of an aggregate planning. Master production schedule
- Knows the use and importance of a correct planning of the material requirements and how they are implemented within the ICT systems
- Becomes familiar with production management systems and their main tools
- Knows the use and functionality of the enterprise resource planning systems (ERP)
- Knows the fundamental Lean tools and their contribution to the improvement of competitiveness of a production plant


Skills

- Delimit the basic requirements of an aggregate planning system
- Perform the disaggregation of a planning in short-term master plans
- Develop a list of materials and implement it in a master plan
- Calculate weekly and daily production requirements to satisfy an MPS
- Basic skills to differentiate the main and secondary modules of an ERP in the furniture sector
- Implement Lean tools in a production plan


Competences

- Define and execute strategic production plans in companies in the sector
- Establish and develop the basic requirements of an aggregate planning system
- Manage material supply systems through the MRP modules
- Know the modules of the customized ERP systems for the furniture sector
- Identify and implement improvements in traditional management systems

Course Content

  • 1# APP (Aggregate Production Planning) and Capacity control and Capacity Requirement Planning
    • 1.1 Strategic planning. Forecasts
    • 1.2 Long-term forecast and capacity planning
    • 1.3 Processes and products. Tasks and measurement of work. Location
    • 1.4 Aggregate planning
  • 2# MPS (Master Production Schedule) and MRP II (Manufacturing Resource Planning)
    • 2.1 Tactical planning. Master production schedule
    • 2.2 MPS. Example of how MPS is implemented in the furniture sector
    • 2.3 MRP I and MRP II. Definition and features
    • 2.4 Optimized production and constraints
    • 2.5 Planning and Control Systems
    • 2.6 Example of MRP in the furniture sector. Part 1
    • 2.7 Example of MRP in the furniture sector. Part 2
    • 2.8 Example of MPS in the furniture sector
  • 3# ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
    • 3.1 Introduction to ERP systems. Concept
    • 3.2 Main features, functions and modules
    • 3.3 Implementation, methodology and success factors
    • 3.4 Example of implementing a ERP in the furniture_Simgest.ERP. Characteristics
    • 3.5 Example of implementing a ERP in the furniture_Simgest. ERP
  • 4# Lean Manufacturing (workflow and improvement of manufacturing operations)
    • 4.1 The concept of Lean Manufacturing
    • 4.2 Initial Diagnosis and Starting Point
    • 4.3 Advanced Lean Tools
    • 4.4 Basic Lean Tools

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