Course Highlights
  • Inventory management for supply chain managers
  • Material Requirements Planning
  • Procurement management including purchasing and strategic sourcing in the context of supply chain management
  • Business processes of manufacturing roperations in the real-world
  • Global logistics and transportation; including risk management, freight forwarding and Incoterms
  • Distribution and warehouse operations
Curriculum

3 Topics
CSCA02.1.1 Inventory fundamentals
Impact of inventory in profitability
Inventory types and uses

4 Topics
Inventory cost-benefit analysis Inventory performance measures
ABC analysis
Inventory records

4 Topics
Economic order quantity (EOQ)
EOQ example
Safety stock
Safety stock example

3 Topics
CSCA02.2.1 MRP fundamentals
MRP Basic Model
MRP Inputs and Outputs

3 Topics
Master Production Schedule (MPS)
Item attributes
Bill of Material (BOM)

2 Topics
Gross Requirements
Net Requirements

3 Topics
MRP management issues
Rough-Cut Capacity Planning
MRP challenges

4 Topics
CSCA02.3.1 The Role of Sourcing in a Supply Chain
Sourcing processes and decisions
Supplier Scoring and Assessment
Supplier Selection

4 Topics
Contracts and supply chain performance
Contracts for product availability & supply chain profits
Contracts to coordinate supply chain costs
Contracts to induce performance improvement

2 Topics
Design collaboration
Procurement process assesment

2 Topics
CSCA02.4.1 Purchasing fundamentals
Purchase Order

2 Topics
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Auto ID technologies

1 Topic
Vendor managed inventory

4 Topics
CSCA02.5.1 Manufacturing fundamentals
Manufacturing orders
Product Process Matrix
Manufacturing operations

4 Topics
Process focused layout
Product focused layout
Fixed-position focused layout
Manufacturing Strategies

1 Topic
Manufacturing Technologies Examples

3 Topics
CSCA02.6.1 Transportation fundamentals
The role of transportation in the supply chain
Transportation stakeholders

8 Topics
Trucks
Rail
Air
Package carriers
Water
Pipeline
Internet
Intermodal

6 Topics
Design options for a transportation network
Choice of transportation mode
Inventory aggregation impact on transportation cost
Transportation cost and customer responsiveness
Tailored transportation
Routing and scheduling in transportation

3 Topics
Risk management in transportation
Freight forwarding
Incoterms

4 Topics
CSCA02.7.1 Warehousing Activities
Reception and storage
Preparation for shipment
Shipment dispatch

2 Topics
Materials handling
Storing methods

3 Topics
Customizing
Cross-Docking
Distribution Centers Technology

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ISCEA: Procurement and Logistics Management

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