About This Course

Course Description

QAD designed this course to cover the basics of preparing to implement Master Scheduling and Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) in QAD Enterprise Applications. The course includes:

• An introduction to Master Scheduling and RCCP

• An overview of key business considerations

• Setting up Master Scheduling and RCCP

• Using Master Scheduling and RCCP

• Activities and exercises throughout the course that let students practice key concepts and processes in Master Scheduling and RCCP

Course Objectives

By the end of this class, students will:

• Analyze some key business issues before setting up Master Scheduling and RCCP

• Set up and use Master Scheduling and RCCP

Audience

• Materials managers and analysts

• Planners, schedulers, and master schedulers

• Implementation consultants, members of implementation teams, and key users

Prerequisites

• Recommended training courses:

• Initial QAD Enterprise Applications Setup

• Product Structures and Formulas

• Work Orders

• Work Centers, Routings, and WO Subcontracting

• Forecast Simulation

• General knowledge of the manufacturing industry

• Working knowledge of QAD Enterprise Applications as it is used in the business

Course Credit and Scheduling

This course is designed to be taught in one day.

Virtual Environment Information

This guide applies to both the Standard Edition and the Enterprise Edition of QAD Enterprise Applications. Use the hands-on exercises in this book with the latest Enterprise Edition learning environment in the 10USA > 10USACO workspace. When prompted to log in, specify demo for user ID and qad for password.

Note: Users of Standard Edition should complete the exercises in the EE environment; the concepts are the same in both environments and can be applied to Standard Edition. Features that only apply to Enterprise Edition are noted in the text.