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Background of the course

This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in Global supply chain practices through a series of must know concepts, practical cases, case studies, calculations and examples. This course is designed by Academic & Industry experts in the field for everyone who is in Supply Chain role or wanted to make their career in the field. This course is designed for Supply Chain Managers, Analysts, Buyers, Demand Planners, Inventory planners, Transportation, warehousing & Logistics planners & even supply chain leaders.

What this course covers?

This course covers extensive content in a simple explanations and covers more than 15 key topics as below.

Operations Management

· Business Operations

· Input & Output of Business Operations

· Transformation process

· Example of Manufacturing & Service Operations

· Goods Vs Services

Demand & Supply

· What is demand?

· Organizational functions who derive demand

· What is Supply?

· Organizational functions helps to meet Supply

· Demand & Supply Example

· Impact when Demand & Supply is imbalanced

Introduction to Supply Chain Management

· Definition

· Goal of Supply Chain Management

· Partners & Flows in Supply Chain Management

Evolution of Supply Chain Management (From 1913’s till now and way ahead)

· Historical developments from Assembly line

· Mass Production

· MRP, MRP II, Outsourcing, ERP, EDI, IT Systems

· Business Process Reengineering, Globalization.

Distribution Network in Supply Chain

· Distribution Channel & its types

· Distribution Partners

· Difference between distribution partners

SCOR (Supply Chain Operational Reference) Model in Supply Chain.

· What is SCOR Model?

· Characteristics of SCOR Model

· Processes in SCOR Model

· KPI’s recommended from SCOR Model

· Advantages & Disadvantages of SCOR Model

· Outcomes of SCOR Model (Practices)

Flows in Supply Chain & Interlink with SCOR

· Supply Chain end to end process flow

· SCOR Processes & Interlink with flow

· Job Roles in Supply Chain & their involvement with each process

Value Chain

· Definition of Value

· Meaning of Value Chain

· Primary & Support activities in Value Chain

o Primary - Inbound & Outbound logistics, Operations, Marketing & Sales, Service

o Secondary – Firm infrastructure, HRM, Technological development, Procurement

· Value Chain Vs Supply Chain

· Process flows in Value chain & Supply Chain

· Benefits of Value Chain

Inventory Management

· Inventory

· Types of inventory

· Six reasons why business needs inventories

Demand Planning

· Determinants of demand, Impact of each determinant with example

· What is demand planning?

· Why demand planning is required?

· Complexities in demand planning process.

· Demand planning process steps

· Benefits of demand planning

· Role of Demand Planner

· Characteristics of forecast.

Planning Horizons & Forecasting Methods

· Planning horizon meaning & types

· Activities falls in different planning horizons

· Forecasting methods

o Qualitative forecasting – Executive Opinion, Salesforce composite, Market survey, Delphi method

o Quantitative forecasting – Time Series, Regression Model

· Which forecasting method is best with examples?

Supply Planning

· Determinants of Supply, Impact of each determinant with example

· Recap on Demand planning

· What is supply planning?

· Demand Planning Vs Supply Planning

· Goal of Supply Planning

· Example of Demand & Supply Planning

· Steps in Supply Planning Process

Master Production Schedule (MPS)

· What is MPS , Its interlink with Demand Plan

· Example how to run MPS

· Inputs & Outputs of MPS

· Bill of Material & Example

Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

· What is MRP , Its interlink with MPS

· Objectives of MRP

· Inputs & Outputs of MRP

· Example & Calculation of MRP with examples

MPS Vs MRP

· Dependent demand Vs Independent demand

· Difference between MPS & MRP.

Planning Flow

· Interlink between Demand Planning, MPS, MRP

· MPS & MRP Calculation example for a bottle manufacturing company

Planning strategies in manufacturing environment

· Make to Stock (MTS) with example

· Assemble to Order (ATO) with example

· Make to Order (MRO) with example

· Engineer to Order (ETO) with example

· Comparison between all 4 strategies.

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

· Evolution of S&OP (from 1970’s)

· What is S&OP?

· Demand & Supply in S&OP

· 5 Steps of S&OP Process

o Data Collection & New Products planning

o Demand Planning

o Supply Planning

o Consensus / Financial Integration

o Executive Review.

Types of Planning in Business

· Short, Mid & Long term planning

· Business Plan, Profit Plan, S&OP, MPS, MRP Interlink

Purchasing & Procurement

· Purchasing & Procurement

· Purchasing cycle

· Procurement cycle

· Overview on Sourcing & Contract Management

· Market Research through RFI, RFP & RFQ.

· Spend analysis & steps in spend analysis.

· Direct & Indirect Procurement

· Difference between Purchasing & Procurement

· Overview on Total Cost of ownership

Case Study of Walmart

· Supply Chain Methods used by Walmart – Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Collaborative Planning Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR)

· IT Technologies Used by Walmart – Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Electronic data interchange (EDI)

· Benefits achieved by Walmart.

Logistics Management

· Logistics

· Activities in Logistics

· 7R’s of Logistics

· Types of Logistics

· Why Business needs logistics Management

· Reverse logistics

Transportation Management

· Transportation

· Activities in transportation

· Transportation infrastructure

· Key functions of transportation Management

· Types of transportation & their features.

· Difference between transportation modes.

· LTL & FTL, Difference between both of them.

Warehousing Management

· What is warehouse, features of warehouse

· Activities performed in warehousing

· Need for warehousing in supply chain

· Types of warehouses (Private, Public, Co-operative, Government, Bonded, Climate controlled, Automated, Distribution centers).

Course Overview

Whom this course is designed for?

• Supply Chain Managers

• Procurement Specialists

• Logistics Coordinators

• Inventory Managers

• Transportation Analysts

• Demand Planners

• MBA Students

• Executives in manufacturing, retail, or distribution industries

What you will learn in the course?

• Supply Chain Management

• Procurement Strategies

• Logistics Management

• Inventory Control

• Demand Planning

• Transportation Management

• Supply Chain Analytics

• Supply Chain Optimization

• Lean Supply Chain

• International Logistics

• Sustainable Supply Chain

• Supply Chain Risk Management

• Warehouse Management

• Supply Chain Planning

• Global Logistics

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