Scheduling and Production Control

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Scheduling and Production Control


Dates:

19 November 2008 (a one-day course)

 

Price:

£349+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

 

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)


Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability

 

"The course has provided an excellent overview into production and scheduling control as well as great suggestions for improvements to current practices."

BSI delegate



One day's training now will save you valuable time in the future. Discover how to:

 

  • prepare a schedule
  • schedule different types of project and monitor progress
  • spot when something's going wrong and do something about it
  • establish priorities and responsibilities
  • set lead times and respond to delays
  • understand pre-production planning - editorial links to production, using freelances and electronic editing.

 

How can you keep track of all your books or journals? Do you know when they are going to be late? And what can you do about it if they are? If you are taking on responsibility for scheduling your own titles, this course will be perfect for you.

Programme

  • Scheduling and planning
    • The difference between scheduling and planning
    • Why scheduling is important
    • Establishing priorities and clear responsibilities
    • Setting lead times and responding to delays
  • Pre-production planning
    • Editorial links to production
    • Use of freelances
    • Electronic editing
  • Preparing schedules for different types of publication
    • Books: textbooks; illustrated books
    • Journals
    • Electronic media
  • Using computers in scheduling
  • Monitoring, updating and controlling schedules
  • Control factors
    • Time, cost, quality, stock

 

Your tutors
Your tutors are John Strange, Group Production Director of the Blackwell Science Group of companies, and John Normansell, who is Head of Project Management for an offshore production services supplier.


Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in company events.


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Dates: 19 November 2008

Price: £349+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

Venue: The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels).

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Course title:
Scheduling and Production Control
Course price:
£349 +VAT
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19 November 2008