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INTRODUCTION
This seminar is aimed at both suppliers and buyers who need an overview of the key drivers involved when viewing supply chains from a logistics/demand point of view. Supply Chains are the ultimate source of competitive advantage so the purpose of this seminar is to explain and appreciate what logistics and supply chain management are fundamentally about so that delegates are able to:
- Apply key techniques to control lead time in the movement of goods and materials to customers and users
- Find the right cost and service balance
- Use practical skills to take back to the workplace to change current methods
- Work better with all supply chain players
Objectives
Participants attending the course will:
- Understand what logistics and supply chain management are fundamentally about
- Appreciate that time is cash
- See that movement to the customer is all that adds value
- Work with all of the supply chain players
Training Methodology
- Expert tutor input using PowerPoint
- Delegate discussion and involvement
- Supportive comprehensive course manual enabling practical application and reinforcement
Organisational Impact
- Examine the company supply chain operations and activities
- Analyse the key areas of operations
- Apply the right cost and service balance
- Identify and understand key performance indicators
- Succeed in improving operations
- Gain a competitive advantage
Personal Impact
- Appreciate changes to business processes that are taking place
- Gain the financial benefits that effective supply chain management can bring
- Determine how time builds up in supply chains and that time is cash
- Be able to understand, recall and apply improvements after the seminar for work based application
- Apply best in class practices
- Learn from other delegates’ experiences and practices
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Supply, Buying, Purchase, Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Professionals
- Those who need to develop their limited understanding about Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Those who are looking for business gains and benefits from managing their supply chains more effectively
DAY 1
Understanding Logistics and the Supply Chain
- Definitions of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- History and the development
- The interrelations and connections of buying, making, moving, and selling activities
- Understanding the Supply Chain dynamics
- The benefits of applying a Supply Chain approach
- Supply Chain Operations Reference Models (SCOR)
- The Theory of Constraints (TOC)
DAY 2
Customers and Supplier Management
- Customer expectations
- CRM
- Supplier management
- Supplier selection
- Supplier expectations
- Relationships internally and externally
- Supply cost
- Price
DAY 3
Performance, Risk and Warehouse Management
- Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
- Warehouse Management:
- Role in the Supply Chain
- Flows
- Equipment selection
- Supply Chain risks:
- Operational
- Inventory
- Exchange rates
- Financial
- Disruption
- Security
DAY 4
Procurement and Negotiation
- Procurement definition and goals
- Communication
- Negotiation:
- Procedure
- Techniques
- Errors
- Negotiation exercise
DAY 5
Inventory Management
- Effective inventory management
- Forecasting
- Setting the order quantity
- Safety stock
- Reducing excess and obsolete inventory
- Improving the organisation’s logistics and supply chain
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Endorsed Education Provider
GLOMACS is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org
In Association With
Oxford Management Centre
A GLOMACS - Oxford Management Centre collaboration aimed at providing the best training services and benefits to our valued clients.
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