MRP Ltd. Public Education Courses
in MRPII
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MRP Ltd. Public Education Coursesin MRPII |
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BPICs works in association with MRP
Ltd.Summary
The purpose of MRP Ltd's public Business Excellence education programme is to open people's minds to new ways of working, to make the most of commercial MRPII and ERP software packages and to weld the disparate company disciplines into a team that can use these integrated tools for competitive advantage. By attending public courses you are able to see all aspects of MRPII and also able to meet and socialise with people from other companies.
The tools of excellence are available to any company that will take the trouble to learn them. They are typically easier to learn than even the most mundane production processes.
Public courses can be arranged at times and venues to suite the companies interested at that time. Most companies these days prefer in-house education where the material is tailored to a company's specific needs and issues. In addition, an in-house course is nearly always shorter than the equivalent public course and BPIC's latest version of these courses are cost effective for 3 or more delegates. The courses vary in length from 1 day to 4 days depending on the topic and detail required. Please contact BPIC for more details. All BPIC courses focuses not on generic principles but on helping you apply current best practice to your unique business situation.
Two of our most popular courses on Stock Record Accuracy and Master Production Scheduling are now available on CD for just £95 (about US $150). You can preview these courses and run the first audiovisual session free.
Mike Salmon began his involvement with MRP as Financial
Controller for British American Cosmetics. Mike founded MRP Ltd. in
1981 and since then has helped many companies to become class "A" MRPII
users, the better known being BNFL, Chloride Industrial Batteries,
Formica, ICI Agrochemicals, Knowles Electronics, ND Marston, Sara Lee
and York International.
Phil Robinson joined Knowles Electronics as
Production Manager and subsequently became the project leader for their
1985 class "A" MRPII implementation, only the second in the UK. In the
10 years since starting their Business Excellence programme, Knowles
had achieved class "A" in MRPII, reduced lead times from 8 weeks to
next day kanban deliveries, reduced inventories by one third, achieved
a better than 99.5% on-time delivery record and reduced customer
returns to less than 300 parts per million. Phil has been teaching and
consulting in Business Excellence since 1994 when BPIC was set up. In
2000 BPIC started running in-house education modules to support MRP's
public education courses.
Denise Fassler initially qualified as an accountant and is an
associate of Accounting Technicians She later became project leader of Kitchen Range Foods during their very
successful Business Excellence project. Denise implemented Fourth Shift
at Solway food and then worked as an Associate Consultant with a number
of companies including DSB Special Batteries and Marconi Instruments
(now IFR). Denise started teaching on MRP Ltd's Business Excellence
courses in 1998.
Content - overview of current best practice in planning and control, we call this "Business Excellence", and the need to integrate financial business planning with operations through the application of sales and operations planning. The seminar also covers in overview the principles of master scheduling, material and capacity planning, achieving data accuracy and how to open up opportunities in production and purchasing. Finally, the timescale, costs and benefits and resources required for implementation are discussed.
Seminar objectives - by the end of the seminar delegates will be able to evaluate the costs and benefits of various degrees of change to their business and the strategy necessary to achieve them.
The seminar is designed for Managing Directors and key staff
Duration - 2 days starting at 8:00 on day 1 and finishing at 6:15 on day 2
Content - the basic concepts including enterprise / manufacturing resource planning, total quality and just in time, followed by details of sales and operations planning, master scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, data accuracy, shop floor control, performance measures, cost and benefit analysis and implementation strategies.
Course aims - to leave all delegates with not only a working understanding of current best practices, "Business Excellence", but the knowledge to sell the ideas to the business and implement them.
The course is designed for :
1) People investigating best practice, i.e. Business Excellence, in advance of a business improvement project.
2) Project team and task force members engaged in an improvement process.
3) Recruits to a company that have implemented a Business Excellence project in the past.
Duration - 5 days starting 8:30 on day 1 and finishing at 1:15 on day 5
Content - project organisation, managing change, project planning, education and training needs.
Course aims - the delegates will take away a practical and detailed implementation methodology.
The course is designed for - principally project leaders and board level sponsors but also other full time project team members and key managers involved with the implementation.
Duration - 3 days beginning at 8:30 on day 1 and ending at 5:00 on day 3
Content - each element of the change process is examined and a set of performance measures established to support the changes necessary. All Business Excellence Performance Measures link to the overall financial performance by which the company is ultimately judged in most cases.
Course aims - to provide a framework for the delegates to set up forward looking, integrated performance measures that encourage team working.
The course is designed for - line managers at all levels and, in particular, personnel and finance directors as guardians of the traditional performance measures.
Duration - 3 days starting at 8:30 on day 1 finishing at 5:00 on day 3.
Summary - this practical course is designed to foster a team spirit in companies and co-operation between manufacturing, quality control, engineering and/or development, finance, sales and marketing by showing them how to marry their respective plans.
Content - roles in the sales and operations planning process, business planning, rough cut capacity planning, forecasting and implementation.
Course objective - the delegates will be able to set up and become actively involved with their company's sales and operations planning process.
The course is designed for - managing directors along with sales and marketing, materials, manufacturing and finance directors and all managers who will be involved in setting up or operating the sales and operations planning process.
Duration - 2 days beginning at 8:15 on day 1 and finishing at 6:00 p.m. on day 2.
Content - the role of master production scheduling and its integration with sales and operations planning, rough cut capacity planning, master scheduling in different environments and process design.
Course objective - delegates will be able to take an active role in the design and development of the master scheduling function. Commercial people will understand the important role of demand management. Planners will come away with a framework within which to develop their master scheduling skills.
The course is designed for - key directors and managers from sales, marketing, customer service and planning roles as well as master production schedule task force members.
Duration - 4 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and finishing at 5:00 on day 4.
Content - designing the data management process, typical problems and problem solving tools, control of kanban and lineside stock, control groups, stock control and auditing techniques.
Course objective - to help both those involved in the setting up and those involved with managing stock of all kinds to design and operate a high quality stock control process.
The course is designed for - stores people, material managers and task force members. No previous training is required to attend this course.
Duration - 2 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and finishing at 3:45 on day 2.
Content - bill of material structure considerations, planning bills, structuring for Business Excellence, software and change control.
Course objective - delegates will be able to audit current bills and manage the changes necessary to structure and implement any changes necessary.
The course is designed for - all managers who have responsibility for producing or maintaining bill of material information and task force members.
Duration - 3 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and ending at noon on day 3.
Content - capacity planning, shop floor control and workshop; kanban, housekeeping, lineside inventory layout and factory simulation exercise; set-up time reduction and exercise; concluding with implementation ideas.
Course objective - to start all delegates on the road to continuous improvement.
The course is designed for - all managers and team leaders in the planning, production engineering and operational sides of the business.
Duration - 4 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and finishing at 5:00 on day 4.
Content - purchasing for Business Excellence, just in time deliveries using kanban and electronic data interchange, vendor management and measuring performance, with the ultimate objective of a smaller number of qualified vendors.
Course objective - to establish a framework for developing excellent suppliers to support your business excellence project.
The course is designed for - everyone in the company with purchasing responsibilities and purchasing task force members.
Duration - 3 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and ending at 5:00 on day 3
Duration - 2 days starting at 8:15 on day 1 and ending at 6:00 on day 2
Content - private courses can either have the same content as any of the public courses but delivered locally to just one company or be a specially constructed course focused on particular needs.
In addition to the above courses we have now set up a suite of modular courses from one day in duration designed to be delivered locally and tailored for individual companies. Click on private education courses for more details.
Course objective - to deliver a specific focused messaged address to a company's particular needs.
The course is designed for - anyone and everyone.
Duration - 1 to 5 days, normally starting at 8:30 and ending at 6:00 each day
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