Manufacturing
Planning
Fundamentals.
Additional sessions for manufacturers — building on the common inventory planning foundation to show how inventory decisions connect with production, capacity and customer service.
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- Manufacturer sessions
- L1
- Foundation level
- → L2
- Implementation path
The objective
Not advanced production planning. The concepts every owner should understand first.
These sessions don't replace the work you'll do on your own factory floor. They give you the language and the decision frame — strategy, capacity, scheduling, customer service — so that when you reach the Level 2 Implementation Program, the choices you make are deliberate.
Strategy
How MTS, MTO and hybrid shape inventory.
Capacity
When capacity becomes the buffer.
Scheduling
From orders to machine hours.
Manufacturing Strategy
How your manufacturing model decides what inventory has to do.
Understanding Manufacturing Models
- Make-to-Stock (MTS)
- Make-to-Order (MTO)
- Hybrid Manufacturing
Customer Service Strategy
- Customer service time
- Delivery commitments
- Balancing inventory and lead time
Capacity as a Business Buffer
- Inventory vs capacity vs time
- Why capacity becomes a buffer in MTO businesses
- Understanding capacity constraints
Batch Size Decisions
- Why batch size impacts inventory
- Flexibility vs manufacturing cost
- Business impact of large production batches
Business outcome
Participants understand how manufacturing strategy influences inventory, customer service and business performance.
Introduction to Manufacturing Planning
From capacity assessment to scheduling, dashboards, and what L2 unlocks.
Understanding Capacity Assessment
- How to identify capacity constraints
- Why balancing capacity matters
- Introduction to capacity assessment
Understanding Production Scheduling
- Why scheduling is important
- Converting orders into machine hours
- Why average production rates don't work
- Common scheduling challenges
Live Demonstration
- Delivery commitments
- Capacity utilisation
- Order prioritisation
- Customer service
Manufacturing Dashboards
- Capacity overview
- Backlog overview
- Delivery performance overview
Next Steps
- How these concepts are implemented during the Level 2 Implementation Program using your own business data.
Business outcome
Participants leave with a clear understanding of why manufacturing planning matters, how scheduling improves delivery performance, why capacity assessment is important, how inventory, production and customer service work together, and what can be achieved through implementation in L2.
What you leave with
Five things every owner takes home.
A shared language across operations, sales and planning — and a clear view of what L2 implementation will deliver inside your own factory.
- 01Why manufacturing planning matters.
- 02How scheduling improves delivery performance.
- 03Why capacity assessment is important.
- 04How inventory, production and customer service work together.
- 05What can be achieved through implementation in L2.
IIT | CFA | MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management
Ashutosh Goenka, CFA
Business Transformation Coach
Ashutosh works closely with business owners to bring clarity and structure to complex business decisions — especially in areas like inventory, supply chain, and financial optimization.
With deep experience across:
His approach helps founders replace stress and confusion with clear decision-making frameworks.
Ready to give your team the foundation before you implement?
Reserve seats for your operations and planning leads. L1 prepares them for the L2 Implementation Program where the work is done on your own business data.