Basics of Supply

Chain Management

Highlights of this learning experience:

• Introduction to Supply Chain Management
• Theory of Constraints
• Just-in-Time (JIT)
• Capacity Management
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Purchasing
• Demand Planning & Forecasting
• Warehousing
• Inventory Management 
• Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

Course Instructor:  Mark K. Williams, CFPIM, CSCP, CPSM; Executive Vice President, South Florida APICS chapter; President, Williams Supply Chain Group, Inc.

Date: Begins Saturday, June 13, 2015; Continues June 20 and 27

Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location:   Doubletree by Hilton – Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton, 100 Fairway Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL. 33441

Cost:          SFMA, APICS, ISM Members: $795.00 per person

                    Non-Members: $895 and Students $795

Explore the basic concepts of managing the flow of materials in a supply chain. In this course, you get a complete overview of material flow, from internal and external suppliers, to and from your organization. Basics of Supply Chain Management will introduce you to the internationally recognized APICS Certified Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) programs. According to the latest APICS salary survey, individuals with an APICS certification earn 20% more than their colleagues without one – in the same jobs!

The benefits of attending this course include learning…  

• About the conflict that exists between Sales, Operations & Finance and how to mediate it 
• The fundamentals of Forecasting and how to improve your forecasts
• How your MRP/ERP system determines how much you need
• How to conduct and apply the principles of ABC inventory management
• Why your boss wants you to reduce inventory and how to calculate inventory carrying costs
• How to calculate capacity and what to do when you have too many orders (or too few)
• How your Bills of Materials are developed and their most important characteristic
• Different ways to set up a warehouse
• How to improve the accuracy of your inventory counts
• How to use Pareto Charts and Fishbone Diagrams to find root causes to inventory problems

AND

Leave prepared to take the first test of the internationally recognized CPIM certification.

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