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Supply Chain Tools & Techniques (Managing Effective Supply Chains: Tools and Techniques for Supply Chain Success) 3-Day Course
Course Description
This course covers the latest technology, tools, and methods for defining, analyzing and making recommendations for performance improvements in supply chain management.Who Should Take the Course
This program is for managers new to supply chain processes and searching for best practices in their area of responsibility. Those who work as functional counterparts in finance, information systems, manufacturing or marketing will also benefit.What the Student Will Learn
- Modeling and Designing Global Supply Chain Networks
- Using Advanced Supply Chain Planning Tools (APO and APS)
- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)
- Lean and Six Sigma in the Supply Chain
- Warehouse Management Systems
- Transportation Management Systems
Included Materials
A three-ring Participant Notebook is provided. The Notebook contains all of the relevant course and study materials.Alan Stenger
Since joining the Penn State faculty in 1972, Dr. Stenger has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in supply chain management, logistics systems management, logistics research methods, carrier management, transportation economics and quantitative methods in logistics. He was Graduate Advisor for the Department of Business Logistics for 16 years, and is currently Associate Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research. Dr. Stenger has engaged in a wide range of educational and consulting activities both in the United States and abroad. This includes work with companies in the industries such as the chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods, glass, information technology, and railroad.
Dr. Stenger's research interests focus primarily on the organization and management of supply chain and logistical activities in manufacturing and merchandising firms, with particular emphasis on the use of decision support and information technology as enablers.
Course Outline
Tools for PLAN- Assessing Improvement Opportunities Using ABC Analysis
- Modeling and Designing Global Supply Chain Networks
- Using Advanced Supply Chain Planning Tools (APO and APS)
- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR
- Reverse Auctions
- Supply Segmentation
- Dealing with Barriers to Tool Adoption
- Lean and Six Sigma in the Supply Chain
- Warehouse Management Systems
- Transportation Management Systems
- Action Planning
- Managing an Outsourced Supply Chain
- Finalizing an Action Plan