Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management 2-Day Course
Processes, tools, techniques & performance measures for SCM
KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Understand the development of integrated planning over time
- The importance of the case for change within an organisation
- Aligning focus across functions using MRPII & DRPII
- Integrated planning in manufacturing versus distribution & retail
- Breakthrough S&OP/IBP
• Effective Sales Forecasting approaches
- Introducing new products, and deleting them (and businesses?)
- Create a simple safety stock/inventory level simulator to feed the pre-S&OP process & the Senior Management S&OP meeting
- Planning finished goods production & inventories using MPS/MRP
- The 3 levels of Capacity Planning
- Factory & Supplier Scheduling
- S&OP/IBP/Financial Integration
- Performance Measurement
- Implementing MRPII & S&OP/IBP: They are different!
- Real examples
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
This workshop will provide you with an overview of key Supply Chain Tools to address the different behaviours of DC goods, Finished Items & Manufactured & Purchased items, as well as items that experience repetition where simplicity in execution is paramount. Of course, planning at the aggregate level will also be addressed through the S&OP/IBP process.
Accountabilities and cross functional links will be discussed to enable you to assess the quality of your current processes against world class checklists. Although participants will receive 3 checklists the main focus for this class will be the Tom Wallace self-assessment, excel based tool. The other 2 checklists provided free will be the Fundamental checklist and a checklist focused more on Behaviours rather than processes (not that processes aren’t important!).
Relevant performance measures will be presented to ensure companies are using the correct measures & the correct formula.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Practitioners in medium to large businesses involved in setting safety stock levels, achieving high levels of customer service, managing & reducing inventory levels, sales forecasting activities, sales planning activities & customer communications, sales & marketing personnel, demand & distribution management, staff involved in new product introductions & product portfolio management, range & business rationalisation, master schedulers, pre-S&OP and S&OP participants. Such as:
Demand Managers. Demand Planners.
Production Managers. Planning Managers.
Inventory Managers. Purchasing Managers.
IT Managers. Project Team Leaders.
Finance Managers. Project Team Members.
Staff responsible for sales forecasting.
Supply Chain Managers. Distribution Managers
Course Dates & Duration
23 - 24 June 2026
Classes are conducted daily, 9 am to 5 pm Sydney Time, totaling 16 training hours. Participants will join the training via ZOOM. Participants will earn 16 CPD points for certification maintenance.
Prices
ASCI Member: $1,950
Non Member: $2,350
Contact us for the detailed program.