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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.

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 context in which these methodologies are used, and the managerial levers for improvement that they support.

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 areas of:

Risk Management & Finance
Supply Chain Management
Logistics
Procurement
Manufacturing
Operations
Distribution

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5 days course

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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

Designing the Supply Chain Network

Designing distribution networks
Network design in the supply chain
Designing global supply chain networks

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

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

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

Supply Chain Management Basics (SCMB)

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Upon completion of this Supply Chain Management Basics Course, you will be able to understand:

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 areas of:

Course Outline

Building a Strategic Framework to Analyse Supply Chains

Designing the Supply Chain Network

Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain

Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain

Managing Cross-Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Management Basics (SCMB)

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Course Details

Upon completion of this Supply Chain Management Basics Course, you will be able to understand:

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 areas of:

Course Outline

Building a Strategic Framework to Analyse Supply Chains

Designing the Supply Chain Network

Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain

Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain

Managing Cross-Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain

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