Production Planning and Smart Manufacturing Operations Corporate Training
Give your operations team the planning skills to run a connected, efficient smart factory.
Build the production planning skills your training needs demand. Edstellar's Production Planning & Smart Manufacturing Operations corporate training program helps your production and operations managers master demand planning, smart scheduling, and real-time shop-floor decision making through instructor-led sessions with real-world manufacturing case studies. As the corporate training company enterprises trust for emerging-technology programs, we tailor every workshop to your plants, processes, and goals.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build smart-factory-ready operations teams
THE EDSTELLAR PRODUCTION PLANNING CAPABILITY MODEL
Baseline planning maturity
Assess how your teams rate their scheduling, capacity, and data practices today.
Set one planning standard
One shared language for demand planning, master scheduling, and smart execution across your plants.
Practice real plant cases
Guided case-study exercises apply smart scheduling and IIoT thinking to your operations and constraints.
Prove the operations lift
Before-and-after exercises measure each team's grasp of smart production planning and execution.
Scale across your plants
One smart operations approach rolls out across sites and cohorts as your transformation grows.
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Program Overview: What is Production Planning and Smart Manufacturing Operations Corporate Training?
Production Planning & Smart Manufacturing Operations is Edstellar's instructor-led program for production planners, operations managers, and supply chain teams moving toward smart manufacturing. Participants master demand planning and master scheduling, MRP and finite-capacity scheduling, IIoT data and real-time shop-floor visibility, and digital twins for operations decisions. The program runs from smart manufacturing foundations all the way to plan-to-execution delivery.
Training is hands-on from the first module. Your team works real demand scenarios into master schedules, runs MRP and finite-capacity scheduling exercises, and interprets live IIoT data streams in guided labs. Instructors coach participants through scheduling trade-offs and digital-twin walkthroughs, reviewing every exercise with direct feedback on assumptions and logic. The program closes with a capstone where the team takes a plan from forecast to execution, defended against reviewer questions.
Too many plants plan in spreadsheets while the shop floor runs on guesswork, so schedules collapse the moment reality intervenes. This program teaches your team to build demand-driven plans, schedule within real capacity, and use IIoT visibility to react before problems cascade. Your operation stops improvising and starts executing on a plan everyone can see.
The capstone is a 2.5-hour plan-to-execution exercise where each team takes a full production scenario from demand forecast through master scheduling, capacity checks, and simulated execution, adjusting for IIoT signals and capacity shocks as they land. The deliverable is a complete operations plan with its scheduling logic documented, risks flagged, and response playbooks for the three likeliest disruptions. The review tests whether the plan survives contact with a bad week, because a schedule that only works in a calm month was never a plan at all.
Across six modules, your operations team moves from smart manufacturing foundations to a full plan-to-execution capstone. Sessions use real-world plant case studies, scheduling scenarios, and digital-twin walkthroughs, so every framework transfers directly to your enterprise.
Delivered as a hybrid instructor-led program, it fits around your calendar, with scheduling set along with you, and content tailored to your industry. Employees across planning, production, and supply chain learn side by side.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Smart manufacturing foundations
Core Industry 4.0 concepts in plain operations language.
- 2
Demand planning and master scheduling
Reconcile forecasts, orders, and capacity into a master schedule.
- 3
Smart scheduling and constraints
Schedule against real capacity and resolve bottlenecks.
- 4
Real-time shop-floor visibility
Turn IIoT data into planning decisions your teams can act on.
- 5
Smart operations capstone
Draft and present your 90-day smart operations plan.
- Training delivered at any of your offices globally
- 10+ languages
- Schedule around your calendar
- Group size set along with you
- Run as one cohort or split into batches
- Instructor-led (virtual/onsite/hybrid)
- Recurring and annual options
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Production Planning and Smart Manufacturing Operations Course Topics and Program Outline
Six modules follow a clear learning path from smart manufacturing foundations to a plan-to-execution capstone. Each session builds on the last, with guided case studies and planning exercises that turn operations concepts into factory-ready decisions.
Built by Edstellar with production planning and smart manufacturing practitioners
Built by operations and manufacturing engineers who run production planning and smart factory operations in production, shaped around your stack and use cases.
Baseline each participant's production planning and scheduling readiness before module 01 begins
Build strong smart manufacturing operations foundations in instructor-led sessions for your team
Reinforce skills through guided hands-on labs on planning systems and smart factory simulations
Apply production planning skills to real-world scenarios and a capstone scheduling project
A short pre-training assessment sets each participant's entry level, so the program starts where your team actually is. The rest is weighted toward hands-on practice: planning-system labs and realistic scheduling scenarios drawn from your team's work, not slides.
Delivered as
Entry level set by the assessment. Depth and schedule customized to your team.
Review real smart-factory case studies and assess where your own planning process stands today.
learna)From MRP to smart manufacturing: how planning has evolved
b)Industry 4.0 pillars that matter to production planning
c)Smart factory maturity: where your operation stands
d)Common planning failures and what they cost
e)Case study: scheduling turnarounds in a connected plant
Work a demand-planning case: reconcile forecasts, orders, and capacity into a master production schedule.
practicea)Forecasting demand: methods that work on the shop floor
b)Sales and operations planning (S&OP) in practice
c)Building the master production schedule (MPS)
d)Rough-cut capacity planning before you commit
e)Case study: taming forecast error across product lines
Run a finite-capacity scheduling exercise and resolve bottlenecks with real constraint scenarios.
practicea)Material requirements planning (MRP) essentials
b)Finite vs infinite scheduling: choosing the right model
c)Bottleneck management and theory of constraints
d)Scheduling software: what planners actually need
Map sensor data to planning decisions in a guided exercise on real-time production monitoring.
practicea)Connecting the shop floor: sensors, MES, and SCADA basics
b)From data to dashboards: KPIs planners can act on
c)Real-time schedule adjustments with live feedback
d)Predictive signals: spotting disruption before it hits
e)Case study: cutting changeover time with live data
Walk through digital-twin scenarios and test planning decisions in a simulated plant environment.
learna)Digital twins in plain language: what operations leaders need to know
b)What-if simulation for schedules and capacity
c)Virtual commissioning of new lines and layouts
d)Cost and risk: when simulation pays for itself
Present your smart-manufacturing operations plan to the cohort in a role-play leadership review.
applya)Integrating planning, scheduling, and execution
b)Leading the change: people and process adoption
c)Building your smart operations roadmap
d)Capstone presentation: your 90-day action plan
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Your operations team will leave able to plan demand, schedule smartly, and run a connected factory floor. Each outcome is practiced in case studies and planning exercises, and shown in the capstone.
Build a master production schedule
Reconcile forecasts, customer orders, and capacity into an MPS your plant can actually run.
Schedule against real constraints
Apply finite-capacity scheduling and resolve bottlenecks before they stop the line.
Run S&OP with confidence
Lead sales and operations planning cycles that balance demand, supply, and cost.
Read the shop floor in real time
Turn IIoT sensor data and dashboards into same-shift schedule adjustments.
Use digital twins for decisions
Test schedule and capacity changes in simulation before committing real resources.
Cut changeovers and downtime
Spot the disruption signals and sequencing fixes that keep production flowing.
Lead smart factory change
Present a 90-day smart operations plan and bring people and processes with it.
Teams that Benefit from this Production Planning and Smart Manufacturing Operations Group Training
This program is built for production and operations teams shaping how plans become output, from planners to plant leaders. No prior Industry 4.0 experience is needed; content adapts to each cohort, so every team practices the decisions their role actually owns.
Plan with data, not guesswork.
Production planners master demand forecasting, master scheduling, and finite-capacity scheduling, so every plan matches what the plant can deliver.
Workflow friction
- Forecasts never match actual orders
- Capacity commitments slip mid-week
- Expediting has become the normal routine
How the program helps
- Build MPS plans the plant can run
- Cut expediting with realistic schedules
- Plan capacity before you commit
Practice use cases
- Demand planning
- Master scheduling
- Capacity planning
Run the smart factory floor.
Operations and plant leaders learn where IIoT data, digital twins, and real-time visibility pay off, and how to lead the change across their sites.
Workflow friction
- Shop-floor problems surface too late
- New technology stalls at pilot stage
- Teams resist changes to how work is planned
How the program helps
- See problems in real time, not after
- Scale smart tools past the pilot
- Lead people through the change
Practice use cases
- Shop-floor visibility
- Change leadership
- Site rollouts
Connect planning to the supply network.
Supply chain teams link S&OP and MRP to supplier realities, so materials arrive when the schedule needs them.
Workflow friction
- Material shortages stop the line
- Supplier lead times keep shifting
- Planning and procurement work in silos
How the program helps
- Sync MRP to real supplier data
- Protect the schedule from shortages
- Run S&OP as one team
Practice use cases
- S&OP cycles
- MRP accuracy
- Supplier coordination
Each cohort works through role-relevant planning cases, then leaves with a smart operations plan for day-to-day decisions.
Prerequisites: No prior smart manufacturing or Industry 4.0 experience is needed. This program is built for production planners, operations supervisors, and plant managers rather than engineers: what helps most is hands-on responsibility for schedules, capacity, or shop-floor execution. Content adapts to each cohort's industry, plant type, and experience level.
Production Planner to Smart Manufacturing Strategist
The program takes operations teams from planning basics to smart-factory strategy: foundation concepts, intermediate scheduling and IIoT work, then advanced simulation and a capstone operations plan.
Teams grow from traditional planning to running smart, data-driven manufacturing operations as the modules progress.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Every mode is shaped around your industry before delivery. The curriculum, planning exercises, and capstone stay the same in each format, so what your teams can do after training never depends on how you run it.
Hybrid Training
Live instruction across office and remote sessions, with planning exercises and case work coached throughout. Your teams build demand plans, run scheduling scenarios, and draft a smart operations roadmap with instructor guidance. Best for multi-site teams.
- Live instruction across office and remote sessions
- Planning exercises with instructor coaching
- Real-world plant cases and scheduling scenarios
- Best for operations teams across sites and time zones
Onsite Training
Your instructor delivers at your facility, with cases set up for your operations team. Participants reconcile demand plans, schedule against constraints, and draft roadmaps with direct coaching. Best for co-located teams.
- Instructor delivers at your facility
- Cases set up for your plants and industry
- Direct coaching during planning work
- Best for co-located teams wanting maximum interaction
Live Virtual Training
Live virtual sessions on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, with remote planning exercises and screen-shared guidance through every task. Your teams collaborate on demand plans and roadmaps in real time. Best for distributed operations teams.
- Live sessions on Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Remote access to the exercise environment
- Screen-shared guidance through every task
- Best for distributed operations teams
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, preferred dates, and delivery mode in the lead form. We reply with a tailored proposal covering scope, schedule, and pricing for your group.
Both. Choose live virtual sessions on Zoom or Teams, onsite delivery at your facility, or a hybrid mix across sites and time zones.
The standard program runs 16 hours of instructor-led sessions, typically over two days. We can reshape the schedule around your calendar.
We recommend 12 to 20 employees per cohort for strong discussion. Larger operations teams can run as parallel batches.
Yes. We shape demand-planning cases, scheduling scenarios, and the capstone around your industry, plants, and planning maturity before delivery.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Production planning sits on top of lean manufacturing and feeds the shop floor. Your team learns lean principles, builds production plans and schedules for a smart factory, executes them through MES, then aligns production with sales and finance through S&OP.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Production Planning and Smart Manufacturing Operations Enterprise Training Provider
If your operations team needs to turn plans into reliable output, start here. Tell us about your industry, timelines, and preferred delivery mode, and we will shape a program around them.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
ORGANIZATIONS TRAINED
CERTIFIED
Tailored
Content shaped around your production and smart manufacturing use cases, so every session maps to your real production needs.
Proven Methodology
5+ years delivering corporate training to production and planning teams across industries and regions.
Practice-Based Learning
6 hands-on labs across 6 modules. Your team builds smart scheduling and MRP models with instructor guidance.
Expert Trainers
5,000+ certified trainers matched to your smart manufacturing, with a full trainer profile shared before your program is booked.
Global Scale
One production planning and smart manufacturing operations program across your offices worldwide, in hybrid, onsite, or live virtual.
Measurable Outcomes
Baseline-to-capstone measurement and Skills Matrix reporting keep your production capability lift visible.
Connect Production Plans With Capacity Constraints and Smart Shop-Floor Evidence
Edstellar guides operations teams through planning decisions supported by manufacturing data and simulation. Participants reconcile demand and capacity, build schedules, and examine how IIoT signals affect execution choices. Digital-twin scenarios and a leadership review culminate in an operations plan, assessed for feasible sequencing, explicit constraints, and justified plan-to-execution decisions.
- Step 01
Consult
We explore scheduling and shop-floor responsibilities, planning maturity, and recurring capacity conflicts to identify where demand reconciliation, constraint analysis, or real-time visibility needs attention.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish smart-manufacturing context before demand and master scheduling, MRP and finite capacity, then connect shop-floor data and simulation with the operations plan.
- Step 03
Align
We align production planning and smart-operations expertise with supervisors and planners, using decision-focused exercises that do not require prior Industry 4.0 engineering experience.
- Step 04
Customize
We tailor demand, order, and capacity scenarios to familiar plant types, including bottlenecks and simulated sensor signals that prompt changes to planned production.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants build master schedules, resolve capacity conflicts, and test planning choices in simulation, receiving feedback on assumptions, bottleneck treatment, and use of shop-floor evidence.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the smart-operations plan for feasible schedules, explicit links between data and decisions, and a defensible response to constraints raised in the leadership review.
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Production Planning & Smart Manufacturing Operations Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
Unlimited
trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
Choose the training format that works for your team. Pricing is customized based on your requirements, cohort size, and delivery needs.
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