What You Will Learn:
- Overview of Logistics and Materials Management. Discover the strategic value of logistics and materials management.
- Supplier Categorization & Segmentation. Determining the type of supply relationship you are in with your supplier, and the appropriate approach and behaviors given each type activity.
- Total Cost. Identifying the useful components of total cost for the category you manage, how to gauge total fixed, variable and semi-variable costs activity.
- Strategic Cost Analysis & TCO. Create awareness within an organization to establish best known cost strategies.
- Risk Management. Identification, analysis, and mitigation for what could go wrong within a given process or entity.
- Engagement and NPI. Consider engagement strategies through the product life cycle with expanded focus on new products and services.
- Stakeholder Management. Managing stakeholders leading up to and during a negotiation and influencing them.
- Logistics. The efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of raw materials, in-process inventory and finished goods.
- International Transport. Understand multiple variables to successfully moves materials across the globe.
- Expedited Freight. How to deliver products or services in a crisis mode.
Virtual Class Schedule:
Day 1 - 10:00 am ET - 1:30 pm ET / 7:00 am PT - 10:30 am PT (3.5 hours), Break for Lunch
Day 1 - 2:30 pm ET - 6:00 pm ET / 11:30 am PT - 3:00 pm PT (3.5 hours)
Day 2 - 10:00 am ET - 1:30 pm ET / 7:00 am PT - 10:30 am PT (3.5 hours), Break for Lunch
Day 2 - 2:30 pm ET - 6:00 pm ET / 11:30 am PT - 3:00 pm PT (3.5 hours)
Who Should Attend:
This supply management training is ideal for foundational and proficient level professionals involved in the various aspects of logistics, materials management and inventory optimization. Discovering and leveraging these blended techniques can improve organizational performance and costs.