Supply Chain Management
The quality of an organization’s supply chain will drive its overall success. In the Supply Chain Management course, we cover the components of a supply chain management system, and how it can be configured to enhance overall effectiveness. The topics covered include inventory reduction concepts, risk reduction, supplier ranking systems, quality management, and several related software applications.
Format
PDF Course
Level
Overview
Duration
4 Hours
Course Information
Author: Steven Bragg
Course Number: PR1007
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview of Supply Chain Management
Chapter 2. Supply Chain Quality Issues
Chapter 3. Supply Chain Logistics
Learning Objectives
- Identify the different levels of supplier.
- Specify the advantages of maintaining a smaller supplier base.
- Describe the issues related to global sourcing.
- Identify how a countertrade agreement works.
- Specify how to develop deeper supplier relations.
- Identify how to run a collaborative negotiation process.
- Recall the characteristics of a lead supplier.
- Specify how the bullwhip effect occurs.
- Describe what is needed to run automatic supplier replenishments.
- Specify the different types of supply chain risk mitigation techniques.
- Recall how customers perceive quality in a product or service.
- Specify the characteristics of kaizen.
- Identify the 14 points for management promulgated by William Edwards Deming.
- Recall which types of waste would be eliminated with a lean practices initiative.
- Recall the contents of a service-level agreement.
- Specify what a supplier performance index tracks.
- Identify the characteristics of the different forms of logistics transport.
- Recall the characteristics of intermodal transportation.
Level: Overview
Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study
NASBA Category: Production
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Latest Review Date: August 2024
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