University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
http://www.ccs.ua.edu/

Managing Inventories for Increased Profitability

How can Managing Inventories for Increased Profitability significantly improve the bottom line of a company and increase its competitive advantage? For many manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, inventories represent the largest single investment in corporate assets. That’s why, especially in today’s sometimes uncertain marketplace, informed and efficient inventory management ......
 

Your effectiveness as a warehouse supervisor has a significant impact on the success of your organization. Today’s competitive and difficult economic environment means that a commitment to excellence must be present not only in your own work but also in the performance of the employees in your charge. Your real key to success lies in how well you manage the warehouse employees under y......
 

Generally, a good purchasing negotiator is not "lucky" in a negotiation. Rather, he/she makes his/her own luck. "Luck" in negotiations is the result of hard work and good planning, not dirty tricks, cute tactics, or sleight of hand. Success in negotiations with suppliers will vary directly with the amount of time and effort put into preparing. This seminar is designed to......
 

Bar Code usage is practically mandatory. It’s cost effective, competitive, accurate, and if your customers don’t require it now, they will shortly. This course explores ALL its uses! Mistakes can be very costly when it comes to quick response, customer service, total cycle time, and JIT. The rapid emergence of bar coding and automatic identification has come a long way in eliminating ......
 

Getting the "best price" in purchasing the goods and services needed in your organization requires careful analytical review. This seminar is designed to provide the analytical tools to assist in determining the lowest overall cost for the best value. The information presented is not only useful to establish cost improvements, but also to determine which purchasing techniques i.e.......
 

In today’s global economy, every company is, or soon will be, engaged in trade outside the 48 contiguous United States; therefore it is important to understand the differences involved in shipping or receiving goods that must be moved by means other than the continental rail system or the interstate highway system. Each company needs to have the knowledge necessary to use every tool availa......
 

In many organizations "inventories" are the largest single asset. Even in companies with significant fixed assets - buildings, equipment, etc. - materials represent a huge investment. This investment must be vigorously managed. If the managers who have responsibility for overseeing these critical resources have state-of-the-art information and techniques, they can save an organization......
 

This two-day course looks into the specific opportunities available to the maintenance department in factories and in processes industries. In this specialized course, topics will include specialized predictive maintenance, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), advanced PM (Preventive Maintenance), strategies for continuous processes, and other areas. The focus is on maintenance as a contributor ......
 

This two-day course is designed for building maintenance supervisors and other staff striving to learn more about effective building maintenance. This course stresses the maintenance department’s contribution to asset preservation and cost control. Facilities covered range from small apartment buildings and shopping centers to major airports, sports venues, shopping malls, office buildings......
 

This information-packed, two-day seminar has been developed to target the need for up-to-date, specific training and advanced skills for maintenance supervisors and Managers. Building on a solid maintenance and management background, this seminar will give maintenance supervisors an in-depth examination of ways to implement the total quality concept, increase productivity, and lower mainten......
 

This course teaches specific technique for locating and attacking waste and reducing maintenance operating costs....
 

Advanced Spare Parts Management deals with optimizing stocking, purchasing and disposal activities, and maintaining a successful user service level for purchased parts, tools, plant supplies, and in-plant fabricated components. Its purpose is a financial and configuration audit of your overall maintenance strategy, giving you a solid understanding of proven overnight techniques; thus correcting......
 

Highly-trained maintenance managers are the key to trouble free, productive, and profitable operations. If these specialized managers have state-of-the-art information and techniques, they can save an organization time, money, and headaches. The Maintenance Management Certificate Program offers a comprehensive management development program for maintenance management professionals. A mainten......
 

The managerial common denomination for all types of business and organizations is money. Managers at all levels must have a basic working knowledge of financial planning, budgeting, and monitoring financial results. This advanced program is designed to provide participants with the tools and techniques to analyze financial results, use key financial ratios, develop and manage capital and ope......
 

Heightened competition, globalization, night vs. day generational di work force, and the consistency of change can cause insurmountable problems for organizations, or it can create golden opportunities, depending on how these issues are approached and how the managerial experience, background, and open- mindedness are applied to them. The Micro-MBA is designed to provide the increased manage......
 

Understanding the key leadership competencies is critical to successful change and organizational development. This session provides the tools to increase interaction effectiveness, to effectively use power and influence, to improve performance, to assess individual strengths and weaknesses, and to transform your team, department and/or organization....
 

This powerful and unique certificate program focuses on the three key competencies essential for coping with, embracing, and guiding successful change in organizations. Everything is changing. Organizations are undergoing mergers, re-engineering, restrategizing, downsizing, new technologies, etc. Employees are expected to not only cope with, but embrace the change process. Every organization, d......
 

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure Magistrates Impartiality and Tort Immunity Distribution of Municipal Court Costs to State Agencies Complaints, Arrests, and Initial Appearance Jurisdictional Issues: Youthful Offender Status Processing Traffic Cases Legal Research A Review of Magistrates’ Responsibilities Legal Aspects of Domestic Violence Pra......
 

The purpose of the Certified Governmental Accounting Technician (CGAT) program is to improve the professional, administrative, and fiscal skills of candidates through a series of general ledger, fund accounting, purchasing/accounts payable, payroll, and billings/accounts receivable courses....
 

Participants will study the 6 M’s of variation and the means to eliminate and/or abate them. The class will learn and develop attibute and variable control charts. Other tools that will be discussed are: cause and effects diagrams, simple linear regression analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and pre-control. Emphasis will be placed on when, why, and which charts to use as well as how t......
 

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