Supply Chain Strategy & Management

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Those involved in, or responsible for managing materials and supply chain management (inventory, warehousing, purchasing and transportation). It will also benefit to those involved in other aspects of the supply chain enabling them to broaden their knowledge and enhance career potential

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the workshop delegates will be able to:

• Know when and how to use various forecasting techniques
• Compute tradeoffs between cost and responsiveness in supply chains
• Understand the role of logistics in supply chains
• How to strategically implement the supply chain process
• Know the key trends in supply chain management

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Day one Setting the Strategy

• Basis for competing through the supply chain
• Impacts of IT on supply chain strategy
• Roles of marketing, sales and channel partners in supply chain strategy

Development of People, Infrastructure and Other Organizational Elements

• Impacts of culture in leadership and change management
• Elements of an effective risk-management approach
• Governmental and regulatory concerns in SCM

Day Two Supply Chain Management Essentials

• Modern procurement and supply chain approaches
• Major types of supply chains and the issues facing them
• Roles of procurement and operations professionals in supply chain management (SCM)

Day Three Strategically Implementing the Supply Chain

• Supply chain cost-management strategies, including activity-based costing (ABC) and value-chain analysis
• Global political and cultural impacts on supply chain strategy
• Outsourcing strategies and considerations
• Operations issues: business process management (BPM)
• Managing uncertainty: inventory safety planning and control techniques

Day Four Key Trends in Supply Chain Management (SCM)

• Advanced theory of SCM: designing and managing world-class supply chains
• Evolution of risk management approaches
• Techniques to analyze and manage supply chain productivity; return on invested capital (ROIC) approach
• Procurement issues: Kaizen and target costing strategies for advanced SCM professionals
• Leveraging Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma strategies within SCM

Day Five Leading World-Class Supply Chains

• Supplier development programs (including design and implementation), supplier scorecards and continuous improvement/Lean Six Sigma
• Audits and improvement
• Target and Kaizen costing strategies
• Human resource issues in SCM
• Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model