Topics Covered:

1. Overview of Deterministic and Stochastic Inventory Management methods
2. Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)  review
3. Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization methods and techniques
4. Discussion around Base Stock and Re-order Point policies in a Period Review and Continuous Review setting
5. Economic Order Quantity, Economic Manufacturing Quantity and Batch size determination
6. Issues and challenges of distributed inventory management in supply chain

Topics Covered:

1. Review of Statistical Forecasting techniques
2. Leveraging market data to accurately forecast demand
3. Issues around collaboration with partners, customers and suppliers to forecast demand
4. Measuring Demand Planning performance
5. Approaches to fusing demand intelligence data into accurate demand forecast

Topics Covered:

1. Design of supply chain network for greater flexibility and responsiveness
2. Sourcing and Transportation decisions in global supply chains
3. Postponement Strategies with strategic placement of inventory
4. Overview of methods and algorithms for Supply Chain Planning (Linear Programming, Genetic Algorithms, Heuristics, Goal Programming)
5. Lean Methods in supply chain management

Topics Covered:

1. Closed-loop Demand and Supply Planning cycle
2. Integrating operational plans with financial projections
3. The Aggregate Planning problem with capacity and supply constraints
4. Collaborating with vendors and customers to match demand and supply
5. Managing Financial and Operations Performance in a dynamic world

Topics Covered:

1. The meaning of Perfect Order
2. Committing to customer orders with ATP/CTP techniques
3. Overview of Order Scheduling methods and algorithms
4. Best-practices for Customer Order Visibility in a global supply chain
5. Tracking and Monitoring delivery performance with KPIs