This two-day course is about the management of design, development and improvement of the internal and external components of the organization’s supply system. It imparts the approach of minimizing total system cost by the effective management of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from suppliers to manufacturing to the commercial chain and finally to consumers. It also discusses the issues a company must address in implementing a supply chain system and the performance measures that come with it.

Objectives: By the end of the seminar, the participant would have gained the following:

1. Appreciation of the total system approach to materials management;
2. Learned the state-of-the art tools and techniques in measuring and evaluating supply chain performance;
3. Learned from the experiences of others on how to improve total system cost.

Agenda:

Who should attend: Officers, supervisors, and managers in purchasing, materials management, logistics, warehouse, distribution, inventory planning & control, shipping, etc.