COURSE 2: |
Increasing Supply Chain Effectiveness For
Warehouses/ Stockrooms
Supporting The Manufacturing Enterprise
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Warehouses and stockrooms that support manufacturing
activities must provide perfect daily execution of the Supply
Chain Plan, do it cost effectively, and also provide
continuing operational evaluation and improvements as business
conditions require and adjustments are called for. Making the
right decisions today is critically dependant on your ability
to impact speed, service and costs.
This class and the associated course material address the
Warehouse’s responsibility to identify, quantify and
accurately report all operating performance factors, as well
as developing new operating policies and procedures to
successfully deal with internal and external partnership
collaborations.
Session Topics Include:
- The Challenge, the Realities and the Risks
- Interpreting the Supply Chain Management model
- Auditing and Evaluation of the present operation
- Evaluating the impact of real growth and business change
- Develop option planning to improve performance
- Building reliability into the answers
Who will benefit from this course?
- Logistics, Warehouse and Plant Managers
- Front Line Warehouse Supervisors
- Purchasing, Inventory and Materials Managers
- Financial Managers and Auditors
- Key Executives responsible for quality, service and cost
Upon completion of this course, participants will be
able to:
- Identify and understand the role and expectations of the
warehouse/stockroom support group in the Supply Chain
Management model.
- Properly audit and evaluate your present operating
performance including a detailed checklist to determine what
areas are at risk, so that you can organize and report your
condition.
- Identify the impact of real growth and business change
on your operating capabilities including an examination of
the “what if” issues you are likely to face.
- Properly evaluate the “do nothing, do everything, do
something” options that are available to you to deal with
growth, business change and the “what if” issues.
- Better analyze practical operating options including
technology, RFID, and third party providers.
- How to build reliability and value into the changes and
enhancements, including the workforce, metrics and
measurements, and a continuous improvement program.
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