Course description
Supply chain management (SCM) is the discipline that manages supplies and processes through all of the stages of a project, product or business deliverable.
This course will teach you the basics of supply chain management (SCM). You will learn about the evolution of SCM, collaboration within the supply chain, and the effects the system has on an organization.
By attending this Supply Chain Management Basics training course , you will be able to define organizational strategies, understand how to synchronize the supply chain, and how to use technology to maximize the value of the supply chain.
Upcoming start dates
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This Supply Chain Management Basics Training is uniquely designed to provide both strategic and tactical risk management insights suitable for Vice Presidents, Managing Directors, Division Heads, Executives and Specialists in the Locations of:
- Risk Management & Finance
- Supply Chain Management
- Logistics
- Procurement
- Manufacturing
- Operations
- Distribution
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon completion of this Supply Chain Management Basics Course, you will be able to understand:
- The strategic importance of good supply chain design, planning and operation for every firm.
- How good supply chain management can be a competitive advantage, whereas weaknesses in the supply chain can hurt the performance of a firm.
- Facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing as the key drivers of supply chain performance, and how these drivers may be used on conceptual and practical levels during supply chain design, planning, and operation to improve performance.
- Analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis, the managerial conFixed in which these methodologies are used, and the managerial levers for improvement that they support.
Training Course Content
Day 1
Building a Strategic Framework to Analyse Supply Chains
- Understanding the supply chain
- Supply chain performance: achieving strategic fit and scope
- Supply chain drivers and metrics
Day 2
Designing the Supply Chain Network
- Designing distribution networks
- Network design in the supply chain
- Designing global supply chain networks
Day 3
Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain
- Demand forecasting in a supply chain
- Aggregate planning in a supply chain
- Sales and operations planning: planning supply and demand in a supply chain
- Coordination in a supply chain
Day 4
Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain
- Managing economies of scale in a supply chain: cycle inventory
- Managing uncertainty in a supply chain: safety inventory
- Determining the optimal level of product availability
Day 5
Managing Cross-Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain
- Sourcing decisions in a supply chain
- Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain
- Sustainability and the supply chain
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