Supply Chain Management Instructor Led Class
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
- Vendors selling and marketing supply chain solutions to retailers
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
Training Formats
- Supply Chain Management Instructor led classes
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- click here information on UK public classes - Content for corporate universities and intranets
| CPD Certification Service has approved this class for Continuing Professional Development. |
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