LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Objectives:

Participants attending the program will:

• Understand what logistics and supply chain management are fundamentally about
• Appreciate that time is cash
• See that movement to the customer is all that adds value
• Work with all of the supply chain players pays
• Look 'outside of the box'
• Apply the 8 Rules for Effective Supply Chain Management

Course contents:

Understanding What Logistics and the Supply Chain Are About

• Definitions of logistics and Supply Chain management
• The interrelations and connections of Buying, Making, Moving, and Selling activities
• Understanding the Supply Chain dynamics

Models for Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain Operations Reference Models (SCOR)
• The Theory of Constraints (TOC)

Key Aspects and Rules of Supply Chain Management

• The cost/service balance
• Customer service principles
• Lead times throughout the supply chain
• Production options/changes
• Trade off opportunities

The Benefits of Adopting a Supply Chain Approach

• Understanding the sub functional conflicts
• Taking a supply chain view of total acquisition costs
• Accepting that competitive advantage comes from the Supply Chain

How a Supply Chain Approach Changes Traditional Ways

• Looking at demand amplifications, and the "Forester" effect
• Appreciating the effects of uncertainty and unresponsiveness)
• Seeing how we currently manage the supply chain

Impacts to Supplier/Customer Relationships

• Practical effects on lot sizes/order quantities
• Reducing costs
• Sharing developments and collaborating

Strategic Approaches

• Segmentation and product formatting
• Business strategies and the supply chain
• Supply chain planning
• Gaining competitive advantage
• Considering outsourcing
• Using postponement and consolidation logistics

Making Supply Chain Improvements

• Manufacturing and retailer case studies
• The major lessons and key aspects from experience
• Oil and Gas in the UK experiences
• Key questions to be answered
• Basic Issues In Corruption And Fraud Prevention
• Increasing The Level Of Procurement Professionalism

Implementing a Logistics/Supply Chain Management Approach

• The changes needed with suppliers and customers
• The changes need to internal organisation and management practices
• Potential action needed
• The 'doing nothing' future, with 'lessons from experience'
• Guarding against futures of higher stock levels and competition gains
• Breaking down traditional silo/closed management

The Supply Chain Rules (Encore)

• The rules to give competitive advantage from effective Supply Chain Management 

Who will benefit?

• Supply, Buying, Purchase, Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Professionals
• Those who need to develop their limited understanding about Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Those who are looking for business gains and benefits from managing their supply chains more effectively