Supply Chain Management Instructor Led Course

Provides detailed guidance on supply chain management processes and improvement.

Class Objectives

• Explain the principles of supply chain management
• Define the key issues in managing a supply chain
• Understand how to identify supply chain improvement opportunities

Target Audience

• Retail executives involved in improving supply chain management
• Buyers
• Merchandisers
• Supply chain managers
• Logistics and distribution executives
• IT executives
• Merchandising and buying executives  

Class Contents

• Overview of Supply Chain Management
  • Definitions
  • Customer service
  • Supply chain variations
  • Goals for supply chain improvements
  • Lost sales
  • Supply chain trends
  • Economies of scale
     
• Fast Fashion / Speed Sourcing
  • Cost, speed, fashion balance
  • Sourcing
  • Cost analysis
  • Critical path analysis
  • Merchandising for fast fashion
    
    
• Types of Stock and Influence on Supply Chain
  • Types of stock ownership
  • Forward buying and deal buying
  • Wholesalers Determining stock levels
    
    
• Supply Chain Relationship and Impact on Customer Service
  • Customer service and types of merchandise
  • Customer service expectations by sector
     
• Forecasting and Replenishment
  • Collaborative planning & forecasting
  • In-store replenishment
  • Direct store delivery
     
• Supplier Collaboration
  • Where to start with collaboration
  • Starting the process with pilot partners
  • Collaborative product development
  • Roll out
     
• Technology Trends
  • RFID
  • EDI & other electronic communications
  • Piloting and rollout
  • Vendor performance monitoring