Supply Chain Management and Logistics

 While logistics is thousands of years old, dating back to the earliest forms of organized trade, organizations today continue to improve and innovate in the areas of logistics and supply chain management. If this is an important area for your organization, consider the following topics and how well versed your employees are in them:

 

Supply Chain Management:

-          How supply chain management can play a key role in achieving corporate success

-          Factors influencing supply chain network structure, supply chain business processes and management components

-          Supply chain design considerations

 

Managing Materials Flow:

-          Forecasting: Purchasing and procurement – how to schedule production more efficiently while lowering stock requirements and reducing product obsolescence costs

-          Types of forecasts and forecasting time frames: demand forecast, supply forecast and price forecast

-          Measuring performance of materials management

 

Warehousing

-          Warehouse size and materials handling equipment

-          Factors influencing the number of warehouses

-          Transportation costs vs warehouse locations

-          Layout and Design – Randomized storage vs dedicated storage

-          Measuring warehouse productivity and financial dimensions of warehousing

 

Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business: https://hbr.org/2015/11/using-supply-chains-to-grow-your-business...

This supply chain epiphany is taking Raphael toward $10 million of work a year by burrowing into GE’s global network as well as serving its competitors. He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. 

Operations Management Reading: Supply Chain Management: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/8031-PDF-ENG

The reading includes: establishing terminology for describing types of supply chains as well as decisions in supply chain management, comparing two broad supply chain designs - physically efficient and market responsive - which are distinguished by product market characteristics and performance requirements

This training outline has been suggested by AllaVolodina who teaches in university and corporate settings. Other detailed training outlines and course outlines (at York University) have been created by AllaVolodina addressing a great variety of topics (check out more articles: allavolodina.com)

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