Essential Strategies for Improving Supply Chain Efficiency
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Course Overview:
Supply Chain Management improves the coordination and relationship between Suppliers, Producers, and Customers. It must be kept at a high level of organization to be successful in today’s global economy. Goods and services are now pieced together from all over the world, and this process can be hectic and complicated if not managed correctly.
With Supply Chain Management your company and employees will be on target to lower costs, improve efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction. This course will provide your employees with the understanding of how Supply Chain Management can improve and help almost any type of business.
Target Audience:
Anybody who is interested in Learning Supply Chain Management Skill
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, the learners will be able to:
Delve into greater depth by traversing a Supply Chain from the end-customer viewpoint.
Analyze Store and Merchandising and its relation to Supply Chain.
Apply Inventory Management in Retail
Understand challenges of Transportation and Logistics in Retail.
Apply Procurement, Order Management, Customer relationship management in Retail
Supply Chain Planning Versus Supply Chain Execution
Means to measure the Supply Chain
Prerequisites:
None
Course Materials:
Attendees will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.
Technical Requirements:
For eBooks:
Internet for downloading the eBook
Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)
Adobe DRM supported software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)
eBook download and activation instructions
Agenda:
Module One: Why Supply Chain Management?
Customer Satisfaction
Improving Performance
Lowering Costs
Product Development
Case Study
Module One: Review Questions
Module Two: Key Terms (I)
Procurement
Upstream and Downstream
Raw Material
Forecasting
Carrying Cost
Case Study
Module Two: Review Questions
Module Three: Key Terms (II)
Inventory
Order Generation
Order Taking
Order Fulfillment
Returns Management
Case Study
Module Three: Review Questions
Module Four: Three Levels of Supply Chain Management
Strategic level
Tactical level
Operational Level
Bullwhip Effect
Case Study
Module Four: Review Questions
Module Five: Five Stages of Supply Chain Management
Plan
Source
Make
Deliver
Return
Case Study
Module Five: Review Questions
Module Six: The Flows of Supply Chain Management
The Product Flow
The Information Flow
The Finances Flow
Data Warehouses
Case Study
Module Six: Review Questions
Module Seven: Inventory Management
Levels of Inventory
Just-In-Time Inventory
Keeping Accurate Records
Inventory Calculator
Case Study
Module Seven: Review Questions
Module Eight: Supply Chain Groups
The Suppliers
The Producers
The Customers
The Customer"s Customer"s
Case Study
Module Eight: Review Questions
Module Nine: Tracking and Monitoring
Dashboard
RFID"s
Alert Generation
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
Case Study
Module Nine: Review Questions
Module Ten: Supply Chain Event Management
Inventory Alerts
Supplier Alerts
Bottlenecking
Being Proactive
Case Study
Module Ten: Review Questions
Module Eleven: Wrapping Up
Words from the Wise
Review of Parking Lot
Lessons Learned
Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations