The course covers all aspects of materials management, including inventory control, material requirements planning (MRP), receiving and warehousing.

Students will apply the theories and concepts of materials management to demonstrate their understanding of the impact of improved materials management on business.

After successfully completing this course, participants will be able to:

• State and outline the key principles in materials management

• Describe the best practices for daily operations in materials management
• Describe and evaluate the concepts in Inventory management (Ordering, Inventory, systems,  Accounting for inventory, including computations)
• Apply the concepts of Master  Production Scheduling
• Apply the concepts of Material Requirements Planning
• Outline the principles of Capacity Planning
• Evaluate capacity planning needs, including computations