Solution Type:	SCM
Industry:	General
Product(s)/Template(s):	i2 Factory Planner (Discrete Edition)
Target Audience:	Functional Implementers (Business Lead / i2 Lead) Technical Implementers (Super User / Application Engineer)
Delivery Method:	Instructor-Led Training
Training Approach:	Lecture, Demo & Hands-on
Duration:	5 days
Version:	6.3 Web User Interface

 

The main objective of this course is to teach the major functions and features of Factory Planner.  The attendees will acquire knowledge about Factory Planner functions and their applications, learn UI navigation skills, and investigate the Factory Planner features that support material planning, capacity planning, and scheduling.  The attendees will also learn about the role of Factory Planner in the integrated Supply Chain Management solution, Factory Planner basic inputs and outputs, and the capabilities and limitations of the software.

In the first part of class, the attendees will acquire an understanding of the Factory Planner functions and learn how to navigate the user interface.  UI customization and on-line reporting will also be covered.  In the second part of the class, the students will study the major Factory Planner features, their business value, and the methods of their modeling.  Material planning, capacity planning, and scheduling will be investigated in detail.

This course utilizes the web-based user interface and both the native and TmAPI data sources.

This course is composed of the following modules:

            Module 1:  User Interface & Principal Windows

            Module 2:  Planning & Scheduling Basics

Module 3:  A Day in the Life of a Planner

Module 4:  Basic Data Structures & Spec Files

            Module 5:  Materials Modeling & Planning

            Module 6:  Advanced Inventory Modeling

            Module 7:  Resources Modeling and Planning

            Module 8:  Automating Factory Planner & Transitional Stability

 

 

·         Basic PC knowledge and skills, including MS Windows™

·         Basic understanding of manufacturing environments and issues related to manufacturing planning.

 

Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to:

 

·         Define the capabilities and the limitations of the software

·         Review the factory-level information on the status of inventories and resources using major Factory Planner UI menus and windows

·         Customize Factory Planner UI to reflect individual preferences

·         Use Factory Planner UI to identify and resolve material and capacity planning issues

·         Understand Factory Planner Infinite Capacity Planning terminology and calculations

·         Perform basic manual and automated procedures for Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling with Factory Planner

·         Analyze the information provided in Factory Planner on-line reports

·         Understand planner’s tasks that are performed in a typical daily planning cycle

·         Identify the architecture and basic data structures used in Factory Planner, including the basic differences between native flat file and SCM Architecture implementation environments.

·         Identify various types of Factory Planner customizations 

·         Define major manufactured and procured parts features supported by Factory Planner

·         Discuss the different resource modeling options and their applications

·         Discuss advanced inventory-related features and give examples of their use

·         Appreciate the automation of Factory Planner through batch client and net change

·         Identify different decision points during planning and scheduling with Factory Planner

·         Discuss the mechanisms to save and restore Factory Planner plans and schedules

 

Day 1:

·         Introduction to FP terminology, functionality and business value

·         Basic navigation skills including customization, filtering and favorite workspaces

·         Material Planning Basics - Infinite Capacity Planning (ICP) terminology and calculations

Day 2

·         Capacity Planning Basics – manual and automatic processes for managing production capacity including an introduction to Constraint Anchored Optimization (CAO)

·         Scheduling Basics – manual and automated processes for sequencing tasks on factory resources including an introduction to Advanced Scheduler (AS)

·         FP Online Reports – an introduction to available reports in FP

·         A sample “Day in the Life of a Planner”

·         Basic data structures and spec files which create and govern the behavior of the FP model

Day 3

·         Materials Modeling and Planning – Manufactured Parts features and functionality

o    Bill-of-Materials including:
     Operation Level Material Consumption
     Lot-Sizing
     Phantom Parts
     Alternate Manufactured Parts
     Date and Use Effectivity

o    Routings including yield calculations

o    Transportation Times

·         Materials Modeling and Planning – Procured Parts features and functionality

o    Basic Procurement Functionality

o    Alternate Procured Parts

o    Procurement Consolidation and Lot-sizing

o    Blanket Purchase Orders

 

Day 4

·         Advanced Inventory Modeling – features and functionality

o    Part Buffers

o    Consolidated Manufacturing Orders

o    Safety Stocks for Manufactured and Procured Parts

o    Work-In-Process

·         Resources Modeling and Planning – features and functionality

o    Aggregate Resources

o    Pooled Resources

o    Alternate Resources

o    Multiple Parallel Resources

o    Simultaneous Resources

Day 5

·         Automating Factory Planner

o    Batch Client

o    Due Date Quoting

o    Net Change

o    Planners’ decisions in a daily planning cycle

·         Transitional Stability in Factory Planner