The Supply Chain
- The value chain: physical flows, information flows, financial flows.
- The logistics pipeline: players, products and constraints, business issues, processes, mapping, regulations.
- The impact of Incoterms on the Supply Chain.
- Production, trading and storage.
- Purchasing and supplier management.
Example
Illustrations from different sectors.
Supply chain optimization
- The key elements of the five macro-processes of the supply chain.
- Identification of optimization levers.
- Process reengineering.
- Flow mapping.
- Hunting for worthless tasks.
Group discussion
Discussions between trainees on their flow maps.
Overall performance, resource allocation, and customer satisfaction
- Vertical integration.
- The planning and procurement process.
- Inventory management and JIT.
- Inventory costs.
- Supply Chain flexibility and Make or Buy analysis.
- Make to Order or Make to Stock.
- Warehousing and transportation: cost drivers.
Exercise
Identify costs based on an international flow scenario.
Performance management and measurement
- Management of suppliers and procurement flows.
- Warehouse management.
- Management of transporters and distribution.
- The information system and the tracking-tracing of the flows from the supplier's supplier to the customer's customer.
Example
Illustration through real cases from different business sectors.
KPIs and dashboards
- Key supply chain indicators.
- Dashboards.
- Visual management.
- Identifying supply chain disruptions.
Group discussion
Illustration through real cases from different business sectors.
Comprehensive logistics approach
- Continuous improvement.
- The 5S in the management of logistics flows.
- The 5S audit. Supply chain PDCA.
Group discussion
List the best practices of the trainees' companies.
2d
- 14h00 
