SCM 480 Production Planning and Control

This course examines important concepts, issues, and methods involved in managing the production planning and control operational activities within a business enterprise. Attention will be paid to the interaction of planning/control activities - sales and operations planning, master scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity management, and production activity control, and how decisions made at one level of the planning process affect output and performance at lower levels. The basic concepts and procedures in this course will be presented through instructor lecture, reading assignments, homework/quiz exercises and hands-on experience on an ERP system-Microsoft Dynamics- using a manufacturing database for a furniture making company. Prerequisite: .SCM 300. Corequisite: SCM 481.

3 credit hours