Next Level Supply Chain

Next Level Supply Chain Management ® este un program complet dedicat specialiștilor din achiziții alcătuit din 5 module: Supply Chain Management Fundamentals , Supply Chain Design, Global Supply Chain Management, Risk and Resilience in Supply Chain Management și Supply Chain Technology. Agenda programului este în engleză. Acesta poate fi facilitat în română sau în engleză.

Supply chains are everywhere around us.

Everything that we wear, eat, touch, or use every day was part of a supply chain that transformed the raw materials from a certain location into a finished product that you are using now. Supply chains connect the world.

So, what is supply chain management?

Basically, it is the art and science of getting products from where they are made to where you the consumer want them to be.

While the term itself, supply chain management, was not used until the 1990s, the art and science of logistics goes back to ancient Roman times. It combines both theory and practice. You need to master the theoretical concepts but also to be able to use them in practical situations. So, supply chain management is a hybrid area that combines different disciplines, methods and ideas.

Supply chain management is the backbone of the global economy.

The need for professionals who can design, manage, and operate these complex global supply chains, continues to grow.

This is why we created the Next Level in Supply Chain Management program. In this program, you’ll learn the theoretical concepts but also, you’ll see how to apply them in practice in order to be able to use them immediately in your company.

The program is structured in five courses.

1. Supply Chain Management Fundamentals

   The first part explores different forecasting techniques, develop inventory replenishment policies, and analyze transportation mode trade-offs. This business and management course introduces the primary methods and tools that you will encounter in your study and practice of supply chains.

2. Supply Chain Design

   The second part explains how to develop and apply analytic tools, approaches, and techniques used in the design and operation of logistics systems and integrated supply chains. This is neither a purely theoretical nor a case study course, but rather an applied analytical course that addresses real problems found in practice.

3. Global Supply Chain Management

   In this part you will learn how to deal with the complication and complexity of a supply chain that operates at a global level.

4. Risk and Resilience in Supply Chain Management

   Here you will learn about risk management and how to build a firm that will be able to survive in the current disruptive environment. Understanding the dynamics and risks within supply chains, both large and small, is key to being a successful supply chain professional.

5. Supply Chain Technology

   In this section you will learn about the technology, hardware and software necessary to operate and coordinate a supply chain at the global level. However, technology is constantly evolving and improving so that today’s technology is outdated within a few years or even months. Rather than focusing on a specific software system, this business and management course will focus on three aspects: fundamental concepts, core systems, and data analysis.

Course 1 – Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

• Introduction to demand forecasting
• Time series analysis
• Exponential Smoothing
• Inventory Management 1 – Deterministic demand
• Inventory management 2 – Probabilistic demand
• Inventory management 3 – Warehousing
• Transportation management

 

Course 2 – Supply Chain Design

• Introduction to Network Models
• Supply Chain Network Design
• Omnichannel
• Production Planning
• Connecting Sales to Operations

 

Course 3 – Global Supply Chain Management

• Global Supply Chain Management Concepts
• International Transportation
• Procurement Strategy
• Procurement Optimization
• Collaboration and Supply Contracts

 

Course 4 – Risk and Resilience in Supply Chain Management

• Enterprise Resilience
• Sources of Exogenous Factors (STEEP Framework)
• Exogenous Factors – Impacts on the Supply Chain
• Exogenous Factors – Firm Response and Approach

 

Course 5 – Supply Chain Technology

• Supply Chain IT Systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• The Value of ERP for Supply Chain Management
• Tracking and Tracing
• Software Selection & Implementation

 

These are hands-on courses. Participants will use spreadsheets extensively to apply techniques and approaches in case studies drawn from actual supply chains.

The material is taught from a managerial perspective, with an emphasis on where and how specific tools can be used to improve the overall performance and reduce the total cost of a supply chain.

These courses combine practical and theoretical concepts and techniques that can be used in a vast array of practical situations. They are universal and are applicable to all supply chains from Fortune 500 firms all the way to your own home.

Andrei has over 18 years of experience in Supply Chain Management in multinational companies and over 20 years of experience as a trainer. Given his professional background, he develops programs for Supply Chain Management.

He has been teaching Logistics and Supply Chain Management since 2001 and has worked with over 1000 clients from multinational companies situated in Romania.

Andrei has a master’s degree in Management and studied Supply Chain Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).