Supply Chain Management

Course Contents:

The aims of the course are to enable participants to acquire a broad knowledge of the supply chain field; namely to think strategically and critically about supply chain management and the key concepts involved within leading industries / sectors. To form a strategic focus and the ability to apply these best practice examples and learning at an operational level within organisation.

Introduction to Supply Chain Management

• History and foundations of SCM
• Development
• Demand vs. Supply

Context Specific supply chain

• Identifying the context
• Framework
• Supply Chain positioning

Strategy Development

• Strategic planning for purchasing and supply
• Designing supply chain objectives
• Components of supply strategy

Strategic Purchasing and Supplier Management

• Development of purchasing
• Main elements of purchasing
• Buying’s role within the firm
• Variables in supplier assessment

Global Supply Chains

• Issues in GSCM
• Designing global supply chains
• Potential problems and solutions

Relationship Management

• Types of relationship
• Strategies for successful relationships
• Transforming supply chains to adding value

Trends in modern supply chain management

• Outsourcing
• Lean and Agile supply chains
• Kanban’s & VMI purchasing
• ERP, SAP, Oracle etc…

Relationship Management

• Types of relationship
• Strategies for successful relationships
• Transforming supply chains to adding value

SCM performance analysis & evaluation

• Supply chain reporting
• Best in class analysis
• Defining KPI’s and metrics