Executive Program in Global Supply Chain Management
A must know conceptual & practical program for Global Supply Chain professionals of 21st CenturyWhat you'll learn
- Deep understanding of the each business function viz. Operations, demand planning, supply planning, inventory, warehousing, purchasing & logistics
- Introduction to business operations, Transformation Process, Operations in manufacturing, Service & retail organizations.
- What is Demand and Supply, What is key difference? Who are responsible to plan demand and supply? and related examples.
- Obstacles when demand and supply are imbalanced.
- Introduction to Supply Chain, Different flows in Supply Chain.
- Evolution of Supply Chain (From 1913's assembly line till now and way ahead)
- Insights of Supply Chain with respect to SCOR (Supply Chain Operational Reference) model
- What is value Chain and how it is interlinked with Supply Chain. Difference between Value Chain & Supply Chain
- What are job roles & responsibilities in Supply Chain function
- Supply Chain Flow with sequence of activities in the entire flow.
- Understand SCOR Model, Its Characteristics, Details about all processes in SCOR Model, Benefits of SCOR Model, KPI"s that are recommended in SCOR Model.
- Thoroughly understand what is demand Planning? Quick glance on difference between demand & sales.
- Thoroughly understand what are major determinants of demand in the market / What factors influence the demand of product or services
- Learn about Why demand planning, What are the benefits of demand planning & Role of a demand planner
- Learn about factors (Internal & External to Organization) Influence demand planning process.?
- Understand characteristics of Forecast, Forecasting process (Step by step), How to construct demand forecasts.
- Learn about Planning horizons in demand forecasting process.
- Understand different Types of forecasting process (Qualitative forecasting and quantitative forecasting and models inside these)
- Quick glance on which forecasting methods are best to use?Understand why aggregate level forecast accuracy is usually higher
- Learning about Inventory Management, types of inventory, 6 reasons to keep inventories..
- Thoroughly understand what is Supply Planning? Learn about steps in Supply Planning.
- Learn about What is Master production schedule (MPS) & Materials Requirement Planning (MRP). Understand all Inputs & Outputs of MPS & MRP
- Wonderful explanation about difference between MPS & MRP.
- What is interlink and sequence of Business plans (Strategic Plan, Business Plan/Profit Plan, S&OP, MPS & MRP)
- Real life example & Calculations of how MPS & MRP Runs to convert demand plans into day to day tactical plans.
- Learn about factors of determinants of Supply for particular product or service in the market.
- Types of manufacturing planning environment (MTO, MTS, ATO, ETO), Brief comparison of all types and examples of each of them.
- Learn more about what is Purchasing, What is Procurement, How both of these differ.
- Understand what is Vendor Managed Inventory and what are its benefits.
- Learnings about 5 Step S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning process) with key stakeholders and responsibilities in each steps.
- Types of Planning in Supply Chain - Long term, Mid term and short term
- Everything you must know about Purchasing & Procurement, Difference, sourcing process, Types of procurement...
- Case study of Wal Mart - For using best supply chain methods, technologies and leveraging world class supply chain benefits.
- In-depth understanding of Logistics, Transportation & Warehousing.. Processes in each of them, Modes of transport, types of logistics..
- Key concepts like LTL, FTL, Reverse logistics, Types of warehouse, modes of transport and their differences.
