Supply Chain Training Courses and Workshops

The Retail Supply Chain Management concentration prepares students for a variety of careers within the consumer supply chain: retailing, marketing, supply chain management, franchising, brand management, marketing research/data analysis, and/or family businesses in retailing or selling to retailers.

The current healthcare supply chain has evolved to produce and deliver a vast array of products to service the Provider / Physician markets. The supply chain is necessarily comprehensive given this broad variety, but inventory deployment inefficiencies, time consuming logistics processes and other wasted resources prevail within the chain. Through the evolution of this supply chain, powerful intermediaries have emerged, often solving one set of problems in exchange for other complexities. The course begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of Supply Chain design, and then proceeds to provide an understanding of each of the primary players in the Healthcare chain. This understanding is applied to predict potential competitive responses of these players under various stimuli. As a capstone activity, the course will specifically consider the provider, manufacturer, and intermediary responses to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of March, 2010. Understanding the themes of this important new legislation will allow us to anticipate possible shifts in control among channel players and identify unique future opportunities.

Students will explore the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move between various cycles in the supply chain process. Effective integration and coordination between these cycles will also be analyzed, in addition to the goals of modern day organizations and the systems implemented to achieve overall targets. Students will examine the importance of web-based applications and their utilization as a tool for managing overall operations.

Students will also learn to develop algorithms to determine the most effective order processing technique, through the use of planning applications and execution applications. The role of SCM applications and their ability to effectively allocate resources within an organization will also be explored.

This On-line Certification Program has been developed in association with the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, the Irish Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the Canadian Professional Logistics Institute (Level 7 European academic qualification standard). The Program consists of 9 lessons that provide participants with a comprehensive overview of Lean Thinking and its application. It also outlines and demonstrates the essential lean tools and practices that can be applied to your business in order to achieve significant savings to your bottom line. It can be undertaken by individuals through on-line distance learning study or through our Company In-house Program. The certification content is accessed on-line and via a self-study participant workbook. On-line access also provides students with auxiliary resources, discussion forum participation, and expert mentoring.

This course provides a basic grounding in the components of the supply chain, from purchasing through sales and distribution. Contribution to the profitable operation of the firm is stressed as the main objective of the purchasing and supply chain management function. Topics include how to improve speed to market, enabling on-line purchasing/supply chain functions, production, distribution and logistics systems, inventory management, enterprise system evaluation and supplier selection, financial considerations, outsourcing and partnership options, competitive bidding and negotiation, contracts, client service and satisfaction issues, etc.

This course focuses on the design, operation, and control of supply chains in the global context. Topics include supply chain strategy, risk pooling and inventory placement, distribution systems, network design and transportation, strategies for managing product variety, supply chain coordination, 48 revenue management, and decision support systems for supply chain operations. Issues specific to global sourcing, and risk management in international supply chains will be explored.(

This course focuses on the design, operation, and control of supply chains in the global context. Topics include: supply chain strategy, risk pooling and inventory placement, distribution systems, network design and transportation, strategies for managing product variety, supply chain coordination, revenue management, and decision support systems for supply chain operations. Issues specific to global sourcing, and risk management in international supply chains will be explored.

SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) is comprised of a collection of applications under the SAP system that enable advanced planning. Tightly integrated with SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), the SAP SCM system is used to streamline and optimize the supply chain by enabling automated decision making and providing improved analytical components. This course provides an introduction to the SAP SCM system. Since planning is a major component of the SCM process, key applications in the Advanced Planning and Optimization module are discussed, as well as two execution applications: Event Management and Transportation Management.

Target Audience
Individuals who plan to use SAP’s Business Suite 7 applications to perform basic business functions within their organizations

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

SAP Supply Chain Management
identify components of the Demand Planning process flow diagram
determine the appropriate supply network planning approach to use based on company characteristics
recognize the procedure for opening a planning book in the SNP module
match SNP options with their corresponding purposesRead More]

Supply-chain management aims to control inventory through the flow of materials. It seeks to synchronize a firm’s function with its suppliers and customers in a way that supports the efficient delivery of goods and services.
With the support of case studies, this course will cover the following topics: dimensions of logistics, procurement and supply chain management, global logistics, managing inventory flow, warehousing decisions, transportation management, third-party logistics and supply chain performance measurement.

Learner Outcomes
Learn how effective logistics management contributes to economic growth
Ability to identify the necessary steps for effective procurement
Identify the major intermediaries in global logistics
Ability to determine inventory costs and warehouse needs
Identify appropriate mode of transportation
Thorough understanding of why firms use third-party logistics services

The course aims to define the various functions of supply chain management. The discussion will cover what supply chain is, the goals of supply chain and the four pillars of supply management. It will cover the key functions of demand and replenishment, logistics operations, purchasing and customer service. The course will allow the students to understand the inter-relationships of all the supply management functions as well as the application of strategies to optimize supply management performance.