This course provides the tools and knowledge you will need to lead a variety of supply chain improvement projects. You will learn how to avoid common mistakes and how to implement proven tactics for making positive changes in your supply chain process.
Course Schedule
No courses currently scheduled. If you are interested in information on availability, contact IIE Director of Continuing Education and Program Development Larry Aft, P.E., (770) 349-1130.
Overview:
In this course, you will become familiar with supply chain best practices and how to apply them to your specific situation. You will learn a step-by-step method for improving major supply chain planning, management and execution processes such as selling, distributing, producing, sourcing and planning and see numerous examples of improvements you can make in your operation to organize and manage improvements in your supply chain program.
Topic Highlights:
- 12 common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- 101 supply chain improvement tactics
- Critical processes, practices and systems
- Examples of leading-edge supply chain improvements
| - The impact of information systems and the Internet
- The impact of supply chain facility infrastructure
- The value and competitive advantage of better supply chain operations
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What You Will Learn:
- Apply best practices to your supply chain
- Enable process improvements via changes in information systems, organization, facilities and performance measures
- Integrate your improvements so they all work together
- Justify improvements to management
- Organize and manage a successful supply chain improvement program
- Plan and manage improvements in the primary supply chain processes of selling, distributing, producing, sourcing and planning
- Quickly select the right solutions for your operations
- Reduce cost, risk and implementation time