Chapter 14 - Aggregate sales and operations planning. The main contents of this chapter include all of the following: Sales and operations planning, the aggregate operations plan, examples: chase and level strategies. | Chapter 14 Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning 2 2 Sales and Operations Planning The Aggregate Operations Plan Examples: Chase and Level strategies OBJECTIVES 2 2 Master scheduling Material requirements planning Order scheduling Weekly workforce and customer scheduling Daily workforce and customer scheduling Process planning Strategic capacity planning Sales and operations (aggregate) planning Long range Intermediate range Short range Manufacturing Services Exhibit Sales plan Aggregate operations plan Forecasting & demand management Sales and Operations Planning Activities Long-range planning Greater than one year planning horizon Usually performed in annual increments Medium-range planning Six to eighteen months Usually with weekly, monthly or quarterly increments Short-range planning One day to less than six months Usually with weekly or daily increments 3 3 The Aggregate Operations Plan Main purpose: Specify the optimal combination of production rate (units . | Chapter 14 Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning 2 2 Sales and Operations Planning The Aggregate Operations Plan Examples: Chase and Level strategies OBJECTIVES 2 2 Master scheduling Material requirements planning Order scheduling Weekly workforce and customer scheduling Daily workforce and customer scheduling Process planning Strategic capacity planning Sales and operations (aggregate) planning Long range Intermediate range Short range Manufacturing Services Exhibit Sales plan Aggregate operations plan Forecasting & demand management Sales and Operations Planning Activities Long-range planning Greater than one year planning horizon Usually performed in annual increments Medium-range planning Six to eighteen months Usually with weekly, monthly or quarterly increments Short-range planning One day to less than six months Usually with weekly or daily increments 3 3 The Aggregate Operations Plan Main purpose: Specify the optimal combination of production rate (units completed per unit of time) workforce level (number of workers) inventory on hand (inventory carried from previous period) Product group or broad category (Aggregation) This planning is done over an intermediate-range planning period of 3 to18 months 6 6 Balancing Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Production Capacity 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 4500 5500 7000 10000 8000 6000 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 4500 4000 9000 8000 4000 6000 Suppose the figure to the right represents forecast demand in units Now suppose this lower figure represents the aggregate capacity of the company to meet demand What we want to do is balance out the production rate, workforce levels, and inventory to make these figures match up 9 9 Required Inputs to the Production Planning System Planning for production External capacity Competitors’behavior Raw material availability Market demand Economic conditions Current physical capacity Current workforce Inventory levels .
