Graduate School Of Business (Sgsm)Manufacturing Resource PlanningWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 51257.1
Discipline: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit provides an understanding of the philosophy of manufacturing resource planning and equips the candidate with the tools and techniques needed to integrate various functions, in order to achieve competitive performance standards in small and large manufacturing organisations. Candidates will be exposed to MRPII and its applications to marketing, demand management, aggregate planning, capacity planning, master scheduling, cost control, and its relationships with JIT and TQM. Topics include competition and organisational strategies; the CEO's role in resource management; systems approach and networks; critical elements of manufacturing resource plan; linkage of total productivity; MRPII in marketing, demand management and forecasting; resource requirement planning; rough-cut capacity planning; capacity planning; aggregate production planning; the master scheduling policies; MRPII in manufacturing, purchasing, cost control, engineering and distribution resource planning; MRPII and computer systems; MRPII, JIT and TQM interrelationships; organising and implementing MRPII; MRPII in small companies; and measuring the effectiveness of MRPII.