Cover the basics of operations planning and its associated activities. After completion of this course you should be able to develop an operations plan and establish organizational objectives and a planning hierarchy. Other topics covered: demand management, application and use of common forecasting techniques, controlling/changing the operations plan, and the role of master production scheduling. This course introduces participants to the principles of effective planning. The course presents the concepts of planning at each level from the strategic to tactical. Students work together to solve problems, develop plans, build teams and present solutions.