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This 2-day masterclass is designed for experienced planners looking to deepen their expertise. Participants apply advanced planning concepts through a realistic case study and assess their own practices against best-in-class standards. Who Should Attend Experienced...
This 1-day in-company program is designed to align planning stakeholders and leadership teams around a common language, shared understanding of current practices, and awareness of planning best practices. It’s ideal for driving alignment and setting the foundation for...
Next part of the MPS toolkit: Link S&OP to MPS I regularly get questions on how the different planning levels link: why do we do S&OP if we don’t “use” it on MPS level? Or, if we do ‘use it’, how can we then link it to the planning run on item level? And how...
Next part of the MPS toolkit: The Demand – Supply – Inventory graph We are very eager to take you to the next part of the Master Production Schedule toolkit: the graph that shows the demand, supply and inventory. Before we start, let’s recap In one of the last blogs,...
Exploring the toolkit of the MPS planner: the Rough Cut Capacity Plan In this blog, we will give an introduction to one of the tools you will need to make a good master production schedule: the Rough Cut Capacity Plan. Before we start, let’s recap In one of the last...
What does a good master production schedule look like? In this blog, we want to indicate what a good Master Production Schedule looks like in our opinion. Don’t mistake it for the detailed schedule. We posted a similar blog on the detailed schedule “What does a good,...
The basics of the Master Production Schedule: The result of a balancing act Why do we discuss the basics? In the past three years, I have asked different master planners what their definition of their role was, and I got the following answers in different industries:...
Planning can be organized in many different ways. The question on how we should organize it pops up in almost every planning project. Either the organization itself is topic for discussion, or the problems that arise within (and related to) the current organization....
The title creates high expectations. What is the answer to the question : when is someone a “good production planner”? Many give a different answer. It goes from “someone who knows all the concepts inside out and applies them meticulously, preferably supported... 