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Effective Supply Chain Management

Workshop Duration

Two Days

Target Audience

  • All Senior and Middle Managers in Procurement and Supply, Production R&D, Marketing and Finance Functions and Divisions.
  • High-flying Junior Managers and New Entrants

Deliverables

An understanding of:

  • The basic principles of Supply and Value Chain Mapping
  • The concept of Power Regimes and Sub-Regimes
  • When and how to use Lean and/or Agile Supply Chain Management approaches

Workshop Structure

Day One: Understanding Types Of Supply Chain Power Regime

Managing Value Chains and Supply Chains:
Delegates are Introduced to the Three Value Flows (Information, Material and Money) in Supply Chains. The Differences Between Value Chains and Supply Chains are explained and a Methodology is Provided to Differentiate Between Types of Process and Project Supply Chain, and between Agile and Lean Supply Chain Management Approaches.

Break-Out Session Mapping Types of Supply Chain:
Delegates Map Out a Range of Supply and Value Chains and Different Supply Chain Management Approaches Using Case Examples and/or Their Own Examples.

Understanding Power Regimes:
Having Mapped the Descriptive Properties of Supply Chains Delegates are Introduced to the Concept of Power Regimes and the Problem of Appropriate Sub-Regime Management Approaches in Supply Chain Networks.

Break-Out Session Mapping Power Regimes:
Delegates Map Out a Series of Power Regimes and Link these to Appropriate Ways of Managing Using Cases and/or Their Own Examples.

Day Two: Tools And Techniques For Lean And Agile Supply Chain Management

Tools and Techniques for Lean Supply Chain Management:
Delegates are Introduced to the Main Waste Reduction Value Stream Mapping Tools and Techniques for Lean Supply Chain Management.

Break-out Session Mapping Opportunities for Waste Reduction and Lean Supply Chain Management:
Delegates Use Value Stream Mapping Tools and Techniques to Ascertain the Scope for Waste Reduction and Performance Improvement Using Case Studies and./or Their Own Examples.

Tools and Techniques for Agile Supply Chain Management:
Delegates are Introduced to the Main Innovation Tools and Techniques for Flexible Response and Agile Supply Chain Management.

Break-Out Session Mapping Opportunities for Innovation and Agile Supply Chain Management:
Appropriate Delegates Use Flexible Response and agile Supply Management Tools and Techniques to Improve Innovation Capability Using Case Examples and/or Their Own Examples.

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