Supply Chain Coordination Toolbox

Cranfield University

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In Bedfordshire

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  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Bedfordshire

Strengthen your ability to design and manage a coordinated supply chain for your organisation; through knowledge and experience of advanced planning tools and techniques. Read more Read less Year on year Supply chains become longer and more complicated. Market volatility makes predicting and meeting customer demand more challenging, as the supply chain from which this demand must be met lengthens and expands due to globalisation.  For an organisation to be successful coordination of the multifaceted functions is essential, and increasingly the use of sophisticated tools and techniques are essential to achieve this. This programme will enhance your skill set by developing your ability to use some of the key tools and techniques essential for the design and management of a coordinated supply chain on both strategic and operational levels. You will be introduced to a range of tools and techniques, which are powerful routes to achieving supply chain coordination. The concepts and the theory behind these tools will be demonstrated by our experienced faculty. You will then have the opportunity to  gain hands on experience of using the tools to solve  case study examples based on real world company problems. These interactive practical sessions will allow you to appreciate for yourself the potential power of adopting planning and coordination tools within your organisation.

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Bedfordshire
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Cranfield University Cranfield, MK43 0AL

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  • Design
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  • Planning

Course programme

What you will learn

Delegates will take away a practical appreciation of a set of operational modelling based supply chain tools and the ability to apply them in their organisations.

Delegate benefits:
  • An appreciation of why supply chain coordination is essential and the role of modelling based tools and techniques in achieving this
  • An introduction to the concepts behind a selection of supply chain modelling based tools and techniques
  • A practical understanding of the supply chain modelling tool, applications and their potential benefits
  • Experience of using a number of tools, through interactive workshop sessions
  • The ability to present the value of supply chain coordination analysis to senior management.
Organisational benefits:
  • A more comprehensive understanding of a range of supply chain planning tools and techniques
  • Staff with experience of applying the techniques in real life situations
  • An understanding of the impact of a range of supply chain uncertainties and complexities.

Core content
  • What is Supply Chain Coordination and why is it essential in achieving your organisations objectives?
  • Modelling in the supply chain context. What is it and how can it help you?
  • Demand planning and forecasting - how can you more accurately predict what to make or buy to meet how much you will sell in the future?
  • Inventory Planning - how much stock should you hold and where should you hold it?
  • Network Design - where should your facilities be based and how many should you have?
  • Sales and Operations Planning - an essential process in achieving coordination
  • Supplier Selection and Evaluation - which supplier should we source from?
  • Supply Chain Management Value Proposition - selling the results of your analysis to those who really matter.

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