Production Planning and Scheduling Practice Exam

About Production Planning and Scheduling
Production Scheduling is the allocation of raw materials, resources, and processes to produce products for customers.

The purpose of production scheduling is to make your manufacturing process flow with maximum efficiency, by balancing your production needs with your available resources in the most cost-effective manner.

It is making sure your orders are fulfilled in the most efficient way, without interruptions, delay, or stress.

The purpose of production scheduling is to make your manufacturing process flow with maximum efficiency, by balancing your production needs with your available resources in the most cost-effective manner. It is making sure your orders are fulfilled in the most efficient way, without interruptions, delay, or stress.

Why is Production Planning and Scheduling important?
The various benefits are
•    Faster and more accurate scheduling.
•    Reduced outsourcing.
•    Reduced inventory and stock.
•    Identification of untapped production capacity.
•    More realistic delivery promised dates.
•    Improved on-time delivery levels.
•    Increased responsiveness to unplanned downtime events.
•    Planning of preventative maintenance.

Who should take the Production Planning and Scheduling Exam?
•    Purchase or production professionals
•    Entrepreneurs or Innovators
•    Anyone who wants to assess their planning or scheduling skills
•    Purchase or production managers and senior executives
•    Purchase or production consultants
•    Professionals working in outsourced companies responsible for purchase or production
•    Anyone who wants to learn the skills required for Purchase or production
•    Students

Knowledge and Skills required for the Production Planning and Scheduling

Candidates gain quick success if they have skills of critical thinking and good communication skills.

Production Planning and Scheduling Practice Exam Objectives

Production Planning and Scheduling exam focuses on assessing your skills and knowledge in MRP, master scheduling, quality management and materials management.

Production Planning and Scheduling Practice Exam Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites for the Production Planning and Scheduling exam.

Production Planning and Scheduling Certification Course Outline
1. Production Planning Control
1.1 Production Planning
1.2 Production Control
1.3 Process Analysis and Tools
1.4 Production Systems
1.5 PPC Cycle
1.6 PPC Functions
1.7 Factors Affecting PPC
1.8 PPC Procedure
1.9 PPC Type
1.10 Measurement of Effectiveness

2. Forecasting
2.1 Introduction to Forecasting
2.2 Forecasting Models
2.3 Weighted Moving Average
2.4 Causal Forecasting Models
2.5 Linear Regression Analysis
2.6 Multiple Regression Analysis
2.7 Other Forecasting Methods
2.8 Forecast Error
2.9 Forecast Evaluations
2.10 Forecast Management

3. Sales and Operations Planning
3.1 Sales and Operations Planning Basics
3.2 Demand Review
3.3 Supply Review
3.4 Financial Review
3.5 Reconciliation
3.6 Executive Review
3.7 S and OP Process

4. Master Production Planning and Scheduling
4.1 Production Planning Basics
4.2 Aggregate Planning and its Process
4.3 Aggregate Planning for Service Organizations
4.4 Master Production Scheduling
4.5 Available to Promise (or ATP
4.6 Production Planning Vs. Master Scheduling
4.7 Operating Schedule
4.8 MRP vs MPS
4.9 Routing
4.10 Demand Management
4.11 Time Fences

5. Inventory Management
5.1 Types of Inventory
5.2 Types of Inventory Costs and Factors affecting Inventory
5.3 Inventory Management Models
5.4 Techniques of Inventory Control
5.5 Inventory Performance Measurement
5.6 Inventory Management Tools

6. Material Requirements Planning
6.1 MRP Basics
6.2 MRP Processing
6.3 MRP II
6.4 Factors affecting Material Planning
6.5 Tools of Material Planning
6.6 Principles and Procedure for Material Planning
6.7 Bill of Materials or BOM
6.8 ERP

7. Production Scheduling
7.1 Production Environments
7.2 Production Scheduling Basics
7.3 Scheduling Concepts
7.4 Scheduling Terminology
7.5 Scheduling Types
7.6 Production Scheduling Types
7.7 Theory of constraints (TOC)
7.8 Drum Buffer Rope
7.9 Scheduling Methods
7.10 Scheduling Strategies

8. Capacity Management
8.1 Capacity Management Basics
8.2 Capacity Types
8.3 Capacity Planning
8.4 Capacity Requirements Planning or CRP
8.5 Measuring Capacity
8.6 Capacity Management Strategies
8.7 Capacity Measurement

9. Implementation
9.1 Purchasing
9.2 Production Activity Control
9.3 Production KPIs

10. Quality Management
10.1 Quality Basics
10.2 Product vs Service Quality
10.3 Quality Management
10.4 Cost of Quality
10.5 Quality Principles
10.6 Quality Management Methods
10.7 Base Lining
10.8 Benchmarking
10.9 Value Analysis (VA/NVA)
10.10 TQM
10.11 PDCA
10.12 Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
10.13 FMEA
10.14 Six Sigma
10.15 Lean
10.16 5S
10.17 Cause-and-Effect Diagram
10.18 CPM/PERT Chart
10.19 Control Charts
10.20 Quality Standards
10.21 Quality Performance Measurement
 
Exam Format and Information
Certification name – Production Planning and Scheduling Certification
Exam duration – 60 minutes
Exam type - Multiple Choice Questions
Eligibility / pre-requisite - None
Exam language - English
Exam format - Online
Passing score - 25
Exam Fees  - INR 1199