UNDERSTANDING THE SUPPLY CHAIN:

• What is a Supply Chain?
• Decision Phases in a Supply Chain
• Process View of a Supply Chain
• The Importance of Supply Chain Flows
• Examples of Supply Chains
• CASE STUDY DISCUSSIONS:

Gateway: A Direct Sales Manufacturer.

• 7- Eleven : A Convience Store
• W.W.Grainger / McMaster Carr : MRO Vendors
• Toyota: A Global Automotive Manufacturer.
• Amazon.com: An e-Business.
• IKEA : A Furniture Manufacturing Company
• NOKIA : Mobile Telephone Providor
• ZARA : A Clothing Company

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Cycle and push-pull views of a Supply Chain.
• Supply chain macro processes.
• The 3 Key Supply chain decision phases

SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE: ACHIEVING STRATEGIC FIT AND SCOPE

• Achieving Strategic Fit
• Expanding Strategic Scope
• Continuous Replenishment Supply Chains
• Lean Supply Chains
• Agile Supply Chains
• Fully Flexible Supply Chains

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Achieving Strategic fit is critical to an enterprises Success
• How enterprises achieve Strategic fit and competitive Strategy
• Importance of Expanding Strategic fit across the entire Supply chain

SUPPLY CHAIN DRIVERS AND OBSTACLES

• Drivers of Supply Chain Performance.
• A Framework for Structuring Drivers.
• Facilities
• Inventory
• Logistics
• Information
• Obstacles to Achieving Strategic Fit

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Major drivers of Supply chain performance
• Role of each driver in creating Strategic fit
• Major obstacles that must be overcome to successfully manage a Supply chain

DESIGNING THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Distribution in the Supply Chain
• Factors Influencing Distribution Network Design
• Design Options for a Distribution Network
• The Value of Distributors in the Supply Chain
• Distribution Networks in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Ability to identify key factors to be considered when designing a distribution
  network
• Ability to identify both strengths and weaknesses of various distribution network
  options
• Ability to identify the role of distributors within the supply chain

NETWORK DESIGN IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Network Design in the Supply Chain
• Factors Influencing Network Design Decisions
• A Framework for Network Design Decisions
• Models for Facility Location and Capacity Allocation
• Making Network Design Decisions in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Ability to identify the role of network design within the supply chain
• Ability to identify the factors influencing supply chain network decisions
• Ability to develop a framework for making network design decisions
• Optimization for facility location and capacity allocation decisions

NETWORK DESIGN IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT

• The Impact of Uncertainty on Network Design
• Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
• Representations of Uncertainty
• Evaluating Network Design Decisions Using Decision Trees
• Evaluation of Supply Chain Design Decisions under Uncertainty

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify uncertainties that could influence supply chain performance and
  network design
• Understand the methodologies used to evaluate supply chain design decisions
  under uncertainty
• Analyze supply chain network design decisions in an uncertain environment

PLANNING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

DEMAND FORCASTING IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Forecasting in a Supply Chain
• Characteristics of Forecasting
• Components of a Forecast and Forecasting Models
• Basic Approach to Demand Forecasting
• Time Series Forecasting Methods
• Measures of Forecast Errors
• Forecasting Demand for a Drilling Network
• Forecasting in Practice

CASE STUDY - SPECIALTY PACKAGING CORPORATION. PART A

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the role of forecasting for both an enterprise and a supply chain
• Ability to identify the factors influencing supply chain network decisions
• Forecast demand in a supply chain using historical demand data and
  time series methodologies
• Ability to analyze forecasts to estimate forecast error