Strategic supply chain management

Effects, correlations

• Classification of company processes/organization in the supply chain (SC).
• Objectives of SC projects.

Structuring supply chains

Develop strategies, optimize procurement, production and logistics networks

• Strategy development, instruments, analysis methods.
• Analyze company networks, identify optimization potential; reduce procurement, production, distribution costs and inventories.
• Strategies for manufacturing networks: production footprint, make or buy.
• Strategies for supplier networks: bundling strategies, collection concepts, etc.
• Strategies for distribution networks: centralized/decentralized concepts, etc.
• Simulation models.

Supply chain strategy workshop

• Application of a model for structuring the supply chain; recognizing the effects on one's own SC.

Supply chain planning

• Demand planning, scheduling, inventory management.
• Inventory strategies: make to order, make to stock, push/pull strategies, etc.
• SC Forecasting: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment etc.
• Modern planning tools: Overview, benefits, limits, costs.
• The bullwhip effect - smoothing out fluctuations in demand.

Putting the supply chain strategy into practice

• Procurement: optimal integration of suppliers , EDI, Kanban; use of supplier logistics centers, etc.
• Development of a differentiated disposition.
• Warehouse: storage levels, delivery concepts, modern warehouse organization, "lean warehouse".
• Production: Basic principles of modern production organization.
• Distribution: optimize the delivery service, reduce transport costs.

Supply chain controlling, working capital management

• Define key figures.
• Cost/value management, economic value added (EVA).
• Target costing, activity-based costing.
• Benchmarking, working capital management.