1. Basic concepts of production management and process
* Challenges that manufacturing companies face today
* Missions, visions and new ideas in production/operation management
* Main aspects in production/operation management
* Requirements for managing production process

2. Financial management introduction
* Functions in corporate financial management
* P/L and balance sheet

3. Typical production cost structure & costing
* Production cost structure and categories
  - Production and non-production cost
  - Product-related cost and periodic cost (expenses)
  - Direct and indirect cost
  - Variable and fixed cost
* The process to make production costing calculation
* Divers costing calculation methods
  - Job costing and process costing
  - Value-added costing
  - Standard costing
  - Other costing methods

4. Production cost control
* Systems for production cost control
  - Budgeting and control of production cost
  - Variance analysis and improvement
* Best practices in production cost control
  - Direct materials
  - Value-added cost
    > Direct labor
    > Equipment, facility and utility
    > Power and energy
  - Inventory control fundamentals

5. Production cost control in lean program
* Overview of lean thinking
* Seven wastes
* Value stream mapping

6. Production cost control in six sigma program
* Overview of six sigma
* Methodology of six sigma
* Building plans to implement cost control in six sigma program