Supply Chain Management
Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Certification Review
Fundamentals
This program is designed for people working in the field of materials and operations management, or people working in positions that interact with this field, who need to learn the basic concepts, techniques and terminology. You should train someone from your company to these courses if:
- the person in charge of materials management is new to your company or to the job
- the person in this position has never received formal training
- your company is embarking on a cost and/or inventory reduction initiative
Completion of this program will strengthen the participants’ knowledge of materials and operations management and will provide knowledge that can be used in any work environment. Past participants have achieved phenomenal results including: 50% reduction in inventory, 30% reduction in lead times, 70% improvement in through-put, and 50% improvement in on-time delivery
There are six sessions to this series.
Intermediate
This program is designed for those people working within their company’s supply chain who have the basic knowledge of materials management. Course materials will cover the concepts, techniques, and proper processes of supply chain theory. Major topics covered during this program will be:
- Bills of Material: Learn how BOMs are structured, how to create and when to use phantom bills, modular bills, multi level bills, as well as single level BOMs. Instruction will be delivered and students will perform exercises to practice these concepts.
- Inventory Management:Develop the basic methods of planning and controlling a firm’s largest asset from managing suppliers, the ordering and delivering of raw materials, and storing and delivering of finished goods through the distribution channels. This segment will provide a broad overview of the basic concepts and good inventory management strategies.
- Cycle Counting: learn how to develop or improve a cycle counting program. Course will emphasize that finding and fixing the cause of errors is the real purpose of cycle counting. Methods on selecting items, the use of proper accounting techniques, reconciling open transactions and errors in count, and reporting methods will be included.
- MRP: how requirements are calculated and how to read and act on common action and exception messages.
This program will be structured to encourage participation to allow the participants to take their knowledge of these concepts to the next level. Time will be allowed for attendees to introduce specific issues/opportunities that they have in their company’s supply chain with the intent to introduce discussion as well as suggested resolutions.
Certification Review Classes
Basics of Supply Chain Management
Explore the basic concepts in managing the flow of materials in a supply chain. In the Basics, you get a complete overview of material flow, from internal and external suppliers to and from your organization. Topics include:
Elements of the Supply Chain
Just-in-Time (JIT)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II)
Demand Planning
Capacity Management
Master Planning of Resources
Explore the processes used to develop sales and operations plans and identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements. The course focuses on the importance of producing achievable master schedules that are consistent with business policies, objectives, and resource constraints. Topics include:
Demand Management
Sales and Operations Planning
Master Scheduling
Measuring Business Performance.
Detailed Scheduling and Planning
Focus on the various techniques for material and capacity scheduling. Study detailed descriptions of material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), inventory management practices, and procurement and supplier planning. Topics include:
Recognizing Techniques and Practices of Inventory Management
Mechanics of the Detailed Material Planning Process (MRP)
Planning Operations to Support the Priority Plan
Planning Procurement and External Sources of Supply
Execution and Control of Operations
Focus on the areas of prioritizing and sequencing work, executing work plans and implementing controls, reporting activity results, and providing feedback on performance. The course explains techniques for scheduling and controlling production processes, the execution of quality initiatives and continuous improvement plans, and the control and handling of inventories. Topics include:
Prioritizing and Sequencing Work
Executing Plans and Implementing Controls
Authorizing and Reporting Activities for Push and Pull Systems
Evaluating Performance and Providing Feedback
Strategic Management of Resources
Explore the relationship of existing and emerging processes and technologies to manufacturing strategy and supply chain-related functions. The course addresses three main topics: aligning resources with the strategic plan, configuring and integrating operating processes to support the strategic plan, and implementing change.
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