Supply Chain Leadership - How to Design and Utilize your Supply Chain for Competitive Advantage

February 16, 2010 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

– Cost: *395 – Stanton Campus DTCC – Newark, DE

This workshop extends the principles from the "Introduction to Supply Chain" workshop into specific strategies and planning tools that can make your supply chain a key competitive advantage to your business. With these time-tested strategies and tools, businesses can delight customers with their dependability, speed and flexibility. They can optimize their inventory and have the right material in the right place at the right time. And they can make better decisions regarding out-sourcing, and develop appropriate strategies with their key suppliers. And they can optimize their product introduction and production strategies so that the right products are delivered on-time.

What you will learn:

• The 3 basic business strategies that link directly to your supply chain objectives
• The key elements of the Supply Chain Management Matrix and how it will improve the 3V's of your business (Visibility, Velocity and Variation)
• End-to-End supply chain (supplier - producer - distributor - customer) management techniques.
• The 5 step integrated business planning process for efficient supply chains
• Key customer service strategies and how to align them with the Business Plan and Operations strategies
• Outsourcing and Supplier Planning Do's and Don'ts.
• The 8 elements of the Supply Chain Planning Hierarchy and why it's important for not only for Operations, but for Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Finance, Supply Chain and Business Management
• Inventory Management Strategies and Tools
• Scorecard design so that the right elements are monitored and set up for Continuous Improvement

Who should attend?

• Business Leaders
• Supply Chain Leaders
• Operations / Manufacturing Leaders
• Purchasing Managers
• Supply Chain / Materials Planners
• Product Development Leaders

*10% discount for three or more attending from the same company