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SAP Production Planning Training

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Title	Production Planning Training
Length	5 Days
Registration, Schedule, and Course Pricing	Next course: April 7-11, 2008 in Dallas, TX. Register at www.SAPtips.com/WorkshopRegistrationPub.asp. Or contact Lori Stone, Training Administrator: 1.877.832.2594 ext 150 or Lori.Stone@ERPtips.com
Delivery	Group-Live, Instructor-led classroom training with hands-on exercises and one workstation per student.
Who Should Attend	• Project team members • IT staff • Business Analysts • Production, Purchasing, Inventory Management, MRP Controllers, Financial managers and staff
Prerequisites	Basic to Intermediate knowledge of SAP Production Planning – six months work experience preferred.
Level	Beginner / Intermediate
Advanced Preparation	None
Objectives	• Understand the key business processes in the SAP production planning module. • Learn to configure and setup the master data objects in the SAP production planning module; material masters, bill of material, routing and work center. • Describe master planning; sales and operations, demand management and long term planning. • Knowledge of capacity planning configuration and capacity evaluation tools.· Learn the key differences between discrete and repetitive manufacturing. • Describe how the MRP plans requirements for internal and external procurement. • Understand the engineering change management master records and master data objects. • Understand the production planning integration points with other SAP core modules. • Learn the reports and evaluation tools within the production planning module.
Bonus Features	• Understand key principles in production planning and best practices. • Explain in detail the planning strategies of Make to Stock and Make to Order planning. • Understand master data maintenance gotchas in engineering change management. • Describe the principles of KANBAN and replenishment strategies.
Detailed Course Outline	To review the detailed course outline, click here.
APICS / CPE / CMA / CEU Credits	40

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