Supply Chain school training courses in Cambridge, MA (public, in-house or online)

Today’s supply chain professionals must possess the most effective and current negotiating tools when representing their company. This practical two-day workshop will give you the necessary tools to use in today’s supply chain negotiations and help you identify what is really negotiable. With many other supply chains competing for your customers’ business, it is imperative for your team to use a total cost approach to achieve maximum savings. Deriving the maximum cost savings will...

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In this fast-paced one-day workshop you will learn the elements of successful Supply Chain Management (SCM), a methodology that includes all of the industry-wide activities involved in supplying product to an end user. You will learn the most effective strategies for SCM implementation—beginning with a corporate vision that includes cost reduction techniques, effective negotiating practices and a strategic approach to inventory management. You will learn about successful methods for partnering w...

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Studies the role of transportation and warehousing activities that impact the movement and storage of materials and services in the supply chain between suppliers, manufacturers and retailers. Students will examine the physical, economic, and functional characteristics of the major transportation modes as well as the increasing intermodal and global trends in logistics. Course includes the growing role of outsourcing to third party logistics providers. Students will review the integration of tra...

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This class offers students hands on practice in creating advanced supply chain plans. It includes discussions of features, functions, and benefits of Oracle Advanced Planning and Scheduling and Oracle Global ATP Server. In an extensive case study, students setup and run unconstrained, constrained, and optimized versions of multiple organization, mixed mode, manufacturing and distribution plans. They simulate and evaluate several plan scenarios, and study the effects of adjusting strategic

Introduction of RFID and its use in the area of SC Execution

Implementation options incl. typical roadmap of an RFID project



Individual scenario focus per industry (CP / Retail / ChemPharm / A&D / Automotive)