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TDW 1080 - Resource Planning Systems


Clock Hours: 20

Course Description:
This course gives the student the knowledge necessary for resource planning process of determining the production capacity required to meet demand, to include Long Range, Aggregate Production (APP) and intermediate and short range planning.  The student will be able to describe and identify the proper methods for the resource planning process and to account for those resources within the company.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

  1. Resource Planning Systems
    1. Describe the chase, level, and mixed aggregate production strategies
    2. Describe the hierarchical operations planning process in terms of materials planning (APP, MPS, MRP) and capacity planning (RRP, RCCP, CRP)
    3. Compute available-to-promise quantities, MRP explosion, and DRP implosion
    4. Describe the limitations of legacy MRP systems, and why organizations are migrating to integrated ERP systems
    5. Describe an ERP system, and understand its advantages and disadvantages
    6. Describe best-of-breed versus single integrator ERP implementations