Supply Chain Management Professional

Introduction to Supply Chain Management

• Origin of the term and definitions:
• Problems addressed
• Functions of Supply Chain Management:
• Importance of Supply Chain Management

Historical Development of Supply Chain Management

• Creation era
• Integration era
• Globalization era
• Specialization era (phase I): outsourced manufacturing and distribution
• Specialization era (phase II): supply chain management as a service
• Supply chain management 2.0 (SCM 2.0)

Supply Chain Business Process Integration

• Customer service management process
• Procurement process
• Product development and commercialization
• Manufacturing flow management process
• Physical distribution
• Outsourcing/partnerships
• Performance measurement
• Warehousing management

Resource-Based View Theory

• History of the resource-based view
• Criticism/Limitations

Theories of Supply Chain Management

• Knowledge-based view (KBV)
• Strategic choice theory (SCT)
• Agency theory (AT)
• Just-in-time (JIT)
• Systems theory (ST)
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
• Available-to-promise (ATP)
• Types of CRM

Channel Coordination in Supply Chain Management

• Characteristics of coordination schemes:
• Contract types

Materials Logistics Management

• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• The scope of MRP in manufacturing

Theory of Constraints

• The five focusing steps
• Types of (internal) constraints

Total Quality Management

• Features
• Notable definitions
• supply chain centroids
• Tax efficient supply chain management
• Sustainability and social responsibility in supply chains

Quick Response Manufacturing - I

• Development of Quick Response Manufacturing:
• QRM Strategies and Tools:
• Manufacturing Critical-path Time (MCT)
• Organizational structure
• QRM Cell

Quick Response Manufacturing-II

• Office Operations
• Material Planning
• Production Control
• Supply Chain
• New Product Introduction
• Creating a QRM mindset

Global Supply-Chain Finance

• Benefits of GSCF
• Market size
• Components of SCM:
• Reverse supply chain
• Global applications
• Supply Chain Risk Management

Sustainable Supply Chain

• Sustainable SCM
• Sustainability Models

Supply Chain Modeling

• Deterministic Analytical Models
• Stochastic Analytical Models
• Economic Models
• Simulation Models