One-day Workshop

In today’s highly networked, interoperable supply chains, warehousing can provide core value-added services. The need to reposition warehouse functions as fundamental strategic sources of competitive differentiation and marketplace leadership has grown.

The key to production warehouse management is the efficient and effective use of the storage and materials handling equipment needed to receive, store and move inventory to the customer.

This one-day workshop will focus on Warehouse Management and Materials Handling.

Warehouse Management

Warehouse management is concerned with the definition and operation of the warehouse. Topics discussed include:

• Warehouse functions
• Types of warehouses
• Warehouse strategy
• Warehouse processing activities
• Warehouse performance measurement

Packaging and Materials Handling

Several key elements of effective warehouse design and management will be discussed. Topics discussed include: ·         Warehouse layout decisions

• Selection, properties and capacities of materials storage equipment
• Selection and operating characteristics of warehouse materials handling equipment

Source:        Principles of Distribution & Logistics, sessions 7 & 8

Potential Audience

This workshop may be of interest to: master schedulers, material planners, production planners, materials coordinators, floor supervisors, team leads, middle management.

One-day Workshop

It is the role of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) to provide the process for continually revising the strategic business plan and synchronizing the plans of the various departments to meet changes in the marketplace and the capabilities of the business. S&OP is a cross-functional plan that involves sales and marketing, operations, and senior management.

This one-day workshop will focus on S&OP and Aggregate Operations Planning.

Sales & Operations Planning

This session focuses on the management process of synchronizing the aggregate plans arising out of sales, marketing, production, and inventory. The management of these aggregate-level plans is known as sales and operations planning (S&OP). Topics discussed include:

• S&OP in the Manufacturing Planning Hierarchy
• S&OP detailed planning process
• Product families
• S&OP inputs
• S&OP outputs
• The S&OP grid
• Working with MTS and MTO
• Benefits of S&OP

Aggregate Operations Planning

The goal of the S&OP process is for the S&OP management team to reach consensus regarding the forecasts, production and inventory plans that will determine the aggregate product family sales and build plans guiding the firm over the medium business horizon. Functional managers will continuously review the impact and performance of these plans Topics discussed include:

• S&OP detailed process
• Understanding the sales and marketing planning processes
• Product life cycles and delivery network structures
• S&OP product family forecast disaggregation
• Production planning process and strategies
• Financial impact of the production plan
• Resource requirements planning
• Inventory planning
• Distribution plan
• Logistics and transportation requirements

Source:      Principles of Operations Planning, sessions 5 & 7

Potential Audience

This workshop may be of interest to: All management levels, master scheduler

One-day Workshop

Purchasing is the function of procuring materials, supplies, and services, maintaining purchase order priorities, managing supply relationships, and ensuring high levels of performance to achieve quality, delivery and cost objectives.

This one-day workshop will focus on Fundamentals of Purchasing, Purchase order management and performance measurement.

Sourcing Strategies

The acquisition of materials, components, finished goods, and support services is a fundamental activity found in all manufacturing, distribution and service industries. Purchasing is concerned with acquiring the necessary resources to satisfy customer, manufacturing, and supply chain demand as determined by the goals of the business. Topics discussed include:

• Strategic and tactical buying
• Make-or-buy decision making
• Cost avoidance analysis
• Supplier relationships
• Sourcing strategy
• Optimal supplier selection
• Supplier pricing alternatives
• Negotiations with suppliers
• Suppliers and product design
• Supplier relationship management (SRM)

Purchase Order Management and Performance Management

This session is concerned with purchase order management. This process spans activities beginning with the identification of a replenishment requirement and ending with purchase order receiving, put-away, purchase order close-out, accounts payable and performance measurement. Topics discussed include:

• Defining the purchasing management process
• Purchase order methods
• Purchase order flow from requirements identification to purchase order close-out
• Using MRP, reorder point and KanBan systems for order release
• Vendor-managed inventory (VMI)
• Receiving and order close-out
• Supplier and internal purchase organization performance
• International sourcing
• Impact of the internet and computerized technologies on procurement

Source:      Principles of Inventory Management, sessions 9 & 10

Potential Audience

This workshop may be of interest to: material planners, material coordinators, production planners, buyers, middle management