Basics of Supply Chain Management

Basics of Supply Chain Management, covers basic concepts in managing the complete flow of materials in a supply chain. In BSCM, you get a complete overview of material flow, from internal and external suppliers, to and from your organization.

Objectives:

  • Understand the role, objectives and responsibilities of materials management
  • Describe basic forecasting principles and techniques
  • Understand the function of production planning and master scheduling
  • Explain the role of material requirements planning in the planning process
  • Describe the objectives of capacity management and how it relates to priority planning
  • Describe the purpose of inventory and the objectives of inventory management
  • Define purchasing, purchasing objectives and the purchasing cycle
  • Demonstrate how total quality management (TQM) can reduce lot size, lead time and work in process

Session Topics:

  • Business-wide Concepts
  • Demand Management
  • Transformation of Demand into Supply
  • Supply

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