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Supply Chain Transformation (Managing Effective Supply Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Transformation) 3-Day Course
Course Description
This course is the capstone program that provides upper-level managers with processes for leading and implementing change and building organizational alignment within their supply chains. "Managing Effective Supply Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Transformation" shows how the best-in-class companies adapt their supply chains to the changing environment to improve their competitive position.Who Should Take the Course
This program is for supply chain leaders, general managers, and executives who are or will be playing a leadership role in helping their organizations respond to change and develop adaptive and flexible supply chains.What the Student Will Learn
This program will help you gain an in-depth understanding of the critical elements of adaptive supply chain management through a business model we call picoTM. Using the picoTMmodel, you will learn how to optimize three critical metrics while identifying supply chain capabilities for exploitation: profit margin; cash to cash cycle time (working capital); and customer response time.Included Materials
A three-ring Participant Notebook is provided. The Notebook contains all of the relevant course and study materials.John Coyle
John J. Coyle was the first person to teach a course at Penn State under the label "Business Logistics". After joining the faculty in 1961, he played an active role in developing the logistics and transportation program at Penn State. Dr. Coyle served as Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research(CSCR) from 1989 until 2000. He currently is the Director of Corporate Relations for CSCR and Professor Emeritus of Business Administration. His many career highlights include 12 college and university awards for outstanding teaching and advising. In 2001, he received the Distinguished Lions Paw Award for outstanding service to the University. He received the Council of Logistics Management's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, in 1991. For 30 years Dr. Coyle served as the faculty athletic representative to the NCAA and the Big Ten for Penn State(1970-2000). He served as Special Assistant for Strategic Planning to the President of Penn State University from 1983 to 1986 and from
1989 to 1991. During 1982 to 1987 he served as Assistant Dean and Director of the Undergraduate Program, and from 1987 to 1989, as Associate Dean in The Smeal College of Business Administration at Penn State. Coyle has also chaired many Universitywide committees, and served as chairman of the Faculty Senate. Dr. Coyle has written more than 100 publications and provided in-house educational programs for more than 300 companies. Coyle is President of CLSA Associates, a Supply Chain and Logistics Consulting Company. He is a member of the Board of Sears Logistics Services Company, ChemLogix, and Avicon.
Course Outline
Transformation Strategy and Change Management- What are the key factors for successful companies in managing change and what strategies do they utilize?
- How did a Fortune 100 company transform its supply chain to significantly reduce cost and improve customer service?
- Develop a framework in your organization for accelerated change and understand the need for preparing for the unexpected.
- Properly-utilized information technology can help facilitate and implement changes in the supply chain along with improving efficiency and effectiveness.
- Companies need to be able to measure the outcomes of process and information systems changes that are made in the interest of improvement and continually assess the performance of their supply chain.
- A team-analysis approach will be used in the program to allow participants to test what they have learned when applied against a company's actual experience.