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MODULE PP

Production Planning

PP (Production Planning) answers three questions: what to produce and how much (planning), when and on which resources (scheduling and capacities), and how to track actual production (execution, confirmations, costs). It turns a sales demand into concrete orders for the shop floor and for purchasing.

Audience
Planners, schedulers, process engineers, shop floor supervisors, PP, MM or CO consultants.
Prerequisites
Level 1: none. Levels 2 and 3: MM basics (material, stock, purchasing).
Duration
5 days (1 + 2.5 + 1.5)
35 h · day-by-day schedule
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Production fundamentals

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Chapters in this level

  1. What is PP? Making a watch · SENTINEL SA makes the M100 watch in Biel: case produced in Le Locle, movement and strap purchased.
  2. Technical data · Four objects describe how a product is made.
  3. Planning: from forecast to order · We start from an 18-month view and end with tomorrow morning's order.
  4. MRP in simple words · “What is missing, how much, and by when?”
  5. The life of a production order · From proposal to closing, an order goes through statuses that say what you are allowed to do.
  6. Ways of producing · A custom watch is not produced like a million screws.
Next level
Intermediate — Planning and production in practice
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