AGGREGATE PLANNING IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain
• The Aggregate Planning Problem
• Aggregate Planning Strategies
• Aggregate Planning Using Linear Programming
• Aggregate Planning in Excel
• Implementing Aggregate Planning in Practice

CASE STUDY: SPECIALTY PACKAGING CORPORATION PART B

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identity the types of decisions that ane best Solved by aggregate planning
• Understand the importance of aggregate planning as a Supply chain activity
• Describe the kind of information needed to produce an aggregate plan
• Explain the basic trade-offs a manager makes when producing an aggregate
  plan
• Formulate and solve aggregate planning problems using Microsoft Excel

PLANNING SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN: MANAGING PREDICTABLE VARIABILITY

• Responding to Predictable Variability in the Supply Chain
• Managing Supply
• Managing Demand
• Implementing Solutions to Predictable Variability

CASE STUDY: NINTENDO GAME GIRL

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Manage Supply to improve Synchronization in the supply chain in the face of
  predictable Variability
• Manage demand to improve synchronization in the Supply chain in the face of
  predictable Variability
• Use aggregate planning to Maximize Profitability when faced with predictable
  Variability in the Supply Chain

PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGING ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Cycle Inventory in the Supply Chain
• Economies of Scale to Exploit Fixed Costs
• Economies of Scale to Exploit Quantity Discounts
• Short Term Discounting : Trade Promotions
• Managing Multi-Echelon Cycle Inventory
• Estimating Cycle Inventory Related Costs in Practice

CASE STUDY: DELIVERING STRATEGY AT XXXXX

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Balance the appropriate costs to choose the optimal amount at cycle inventory
  in the supply chain
• Understand the impact of Quantity discounts on lots size and cycle inventory
• Devise appropriate discounting Schemes for the supply chain
• Understand the impact of trade promotions on lot Size and cycle inventory
• Identify managerial levers that reduce lot size and cycle inventory in a Supply
  chain without increasing Cost
  

MANAGING UNCERTAINTY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Safety Inventory in the Supply Chain
• Determining Appropriate Level of Safety Inventory
• Impact of Supply Uncertainty on Safety Inventory
• Impact of Aggregation on Safety Inventory
• Impact of Replenishment Policies on Safety Inventory
• Managing Safety Inventory in a Multi-Echelon Supply Chain
• Estimating and Managing Safety Inventory in Practice

CASE STUDY: MANAGING INVENTORIES AT XXXXXX

MANAGING UNCERTAINTY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN: LEARNING OBJECTIVES

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Balance the appropriate costs to choose the optimal amount at cycle inventory
  in the supply chain
• Understand the impact of Quantity discounts on lots size and cycle inventory
• Devise appropriate discounting Schemes for the supply chain
• Understand the impact of trade promotions on lot Size and cycle inventory
• Identify managerial levers that reduce lot size and cycle inventory in a supply chain without increasing cost

DETERMINING OPTIMAL LEVEL OF PRODUCT AVAILABILITY

• The Importance of the Level of Product Availability
• Factors Affecting Optimal Level of Product Availability
• Managerial Levers to Improve Supply Chain Profitability
• Vendor Managed Inventories
• Stock list Agreements
• Consignment Stocking
• Supply Chain Contracts and their impact on Profitability.
• Setting Optimal Levels of Product Availability in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understanding the role of safety inventory in a Supply chain
• Identity factors that influence the required level of Safety inventory
• Describe different measures of product availability
• Utilize managerial levers available to lower Safety inventory and improve
  product availability
  

SOURCING, LOGISTICS AND PRICING PRODUCTS

SOURCING DECISIONS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Sourcing within a Supply Chain
• Vendor Scoring and Assessments
• Vendor Selection and Contracts
• Design Collaboration
• The Procurement Process
• E-Sourcing (Auctions)
• Sourcing Planning and Analysis
• Making Sourcing Decisions in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the role of Souring in the Supply chain
• Identify dimensions of Supplier performance that impact total Cost
• Describe the impact of different Contracts on supplier performance and
  information distribution
• Categorize purchased products and services and discuss the desired focus of
  procurement in each case

LOGISTICS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Logistics in the Supply Chain
• Factors Affecting Logistics Decisions
• Logistics (Modes) and Their Performance Characteristics
• Design Options for a Logistics Network
• Trade-Offs in Logistics Design
• Tailored Logistics
• Routing and Scheduling in Logistics
• Making Logistics Decisions in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Role of Logistics within the Supply Chain
• Different types of Logistics within the Supply Chain and their respective strengths
  and Weaknesses
• Methodologies within Logistics for determining network design
• Identify Various Logistics network designs options and their relative strengths
  and Weaknesses
• Identify trade-offs that shippers must consider when designing their logistics
  Network
• Use methodologies for routing and scheduling deliveries in logistics networks

PRICING AND REVENEUE MANAGEMENT IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of Revenue Management in the Supply Chain
• Revenue Management for Multiple Customer Segments
• Revenue Management for Perishable Assets
• Revenue Management for Seasonal Demand
• Revenue Management for Bulk and Spot Contracts
• Using Revenue Management in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the role of revenue Management in a Supply chain
• Identify conditions under which revenue management tactics can be effective
• Describe trade-offs that must be Considered when making revenue
  management decisions