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Supply Chain Management Fundamentals
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| Price: |
$99.00 |
| Business Focus: |
Business Administration |
| Instructor: |
Tony Swaim |
| Course Code: |
scf |
| Delivery Method: |
Instructor-led Online Course |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
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| Course Overview: |
Supply chain management professionals play a key role in capturing customer demands, creating forecasts, developing schedules, ordering and managing inventory, controlling production orders, and maximizing customer satisfaction.
This course will help you succeed in the supply chain management field. You will learn which actions to take when confronted by almost any situation. You'll understand how to represent top management's interests on the shop floor, and you'll know how to translate such initiatives as strategic planning, sales and operations planning, and new product introduction into achievable, operational plans.
You'll understand all the necessary elements to fulfill the requirements of a formal supply chain cycle beginning with developing long-range production, sales, and capacity plans and ending with planning, implementing, and controlling daily manufacturing schedules. You'll master the fundamentals of supply chain management, including customer demand forecasting, master production scheduling (MPS), material requirements planning (MRP), capacity planning, and production activity control (PAC).
The course also includes essential information to help you prepare for internationally recognized supply chain and materials management certification examinations.
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| Instructor Biography: |
| In industry, Tony Swaim has made significant contributions to the business community dating back to 1977. He has held globally-focused executive positions with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Beckman Colter Incorporated and Allergan, Incorporated. His most recent industry position was Director, Worldwide Surgical Logistics for Allergan where he was responsible for supply chain management. Previous responsibility areas were in operations, inventory management, local area networks, procurement and quality. Mr. Swaim's educational background includes an MBA and Bachelor of Science with concentration in Marketing. Additionally, he has studied in the Executive Management Program at Claremont Graduate University. Mr. Swaim also holds the following professional certifications:
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Quality Manager (CQM)
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Since 1982, Tony Swaim has provided in excess of 2,000 hours in diverse coursework including Strategic Planning, Operations Management, Accounting, Industrial Marketing, Retailing Management, Purchasing, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, and Project Management. He has taught classes in a variety of environments, including APICS certification curriculum at local firms and Business Policy courses as part of MBA Programs. |
| Course Syllabus: |
| Lesson 1 Syllabus |
Certification and Systems |
| Lesson 2 Syllabus |
Sales and Operations Planning |
| Lesson 2 Objective |
Learn about APICS, professional certification, operating systems, the supply chain, and MRP II. |
| Lesson 3 Syllabus |
An Overview of Forecasting |
| Lesson 3 Objective |
Discover the power and requirements of sales and operations planning (S&OP). |
| Lesson 4 Syllabus |
Forecasting Techniques |
| Lesson 4 Objective |
Learn about the basics of forecasting, including its nature, purpose, benefits, and objectives, as well as the forecast cycle. |
| Lesson 5 Syllabus |
Advanced Forecasting Topics |
| Lesson 5 Objective |
Explore the components of demand and qualitative and quantitative forecasting techniques. |
| Lesson 6 Syllabus |
Strategy and the Production Plan |
| Lesson 6 Objective |
Discover focus forecasting, pyramid forecasting, macroforecasting factors, and methods to calculate forecast errors. |
| Lesson 7 Syllabus |
Master Production Scheduling |
| Lesson 7 Objective |
Learn how to apply manufacturing and capacity-use strategies and adhere to the requirements for effective master production scheduling. |
| Lesson 8 Syllabus |
Material Requirements Planning |
| Lesson 8 Objective |
Discover the fundamentals of the master production schedule (MPS). |
| Lesson 9 Syllabus |
Capacity Planning |
| Lesson 9 Objective |
Learn how important material requirements planning (MRP) is to supply chain management. |
| Lesson 10 Syllabus |
Production Activity Control, Part 1 |
| Lesson 10 Objective |
Learn how to use strategic capacity management, rough cut capacity planning (RCCP), and capacity requirements planning (CRP) to effectively define, plan, measure, and control outputs. |
| Lesson 11 Syllabus |
Production Activity Control, Part 2 |
| Lesson 11 Objective |
Discover the power of production activity control (PAC) and learn about its cycle, its elements, and its powerful scheduling method: linear programming. |
| Lesson 12 Syllabus |
Production Activity Control, Part 3 |
| Lesson 12 Objective |
Find out how to develop and use Gantt charts, how to follow scheduling principles, and how to use priority rules for effective work order processing and management. |
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