• Overview of Supply Chain Management (SCM)
  • Supply chain viewpoints
    • strategic interpretations, not just cost reduction
  • Maturity model for SCM
  • Types of supply chain
  • Supply chain issues development
  • Supply chain project phases
  • Top management role in SCM
    • Division heads
    • CEOs
• SCM Strategies for World Class Manufacturers & Third-Party Logistics
  • Product types/supply chain implications
  • Product life cycles
    • Effective use of the cycle and TQM techniques
  • Activity systems
    • Powerful framework to create unique supply chain
  • Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
    • Identify supply chain performance specifications
• Collaborative Relationships in Supply Chain
  • Goals & direction
    • Roles of 3rd party logistics service providers
  • Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR)
    • Benchmarks & methodologies for competitive comparisons
  • Spheres
    • Businesses within the business
  • Enabling processes and organization structure
  • Reengineering project management
  • ”Lean” tools and their place in SCM
• Partnership Strategies in SCM
  • Emerging partnering concepts
  • Partnership motivation
    • Best approaches & expansion decisions
  • Core competencies
    • What competencies to retain?
    • What areas are distinct competencies?
  • Supply chain mapping
  • Managing the supplier base
  • Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)
  • Collaboration strategies
• Managing Supply Chain Information & Processes
  • Root causes for cost in supply chain
  • Barriers to cost reduction & cost mapping
  • Activity based costing
    • Foundation for partners negotiations
  • Evolution of supply chain costing
    • Recommended changes for adaptation
  • Theory of constraints (TOC)
    • Framework for evaluating cycle time
  • Demand-driven supply chain
    • Pull vs push production approach
  • Roles of six sigma in supply chain
  • Stage gate process
    • Incorporate supply chain design into new products introduction processes
  • Postponement/commonality
  • Managing inventory & replenishment rules
  • Reduce cycle time & forecast dependence
• Transfer Activity
  • A case to test students’ understanding of course concepts and tools.