Introduction to Supply Chain Strategy- Presented by Chuck Nemer
April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2022
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Virtual workshop, 20 hours of hands-on learning and activity
Qualifies for 16 Certification Maintenance Points!

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Introduction to Supply Chain Strategy and Alignment

Seminar Description:

We lose 40% of our labor dollars, direct and indirect, because our employees don’t know, or don’t work to, the supply chain strategy.  It isn’t because they don’t want to or can’t, but because they don’t know where “North on the Compass” is for their organization’s supply chain, they are making decisions that don’t support or align with our strategies.  Supply chain strategy and management is more than just buying, making, and shipping.  It is the integrated effort to have the right product, for the right customer, at the right quantity, at the right price, at the right time, in the right place, and in the right condition.  How many of us can actually say we do this successfully, consistently, and profitably?

For the time we are together, the themes we will teach and cover regarding supply chain strategy, alignment, and processes are as follows: Supply chain reliability, Batches and Frequencies to sell or produce, Desired speed and quality within and across the supply chain, Sales & Operations Planning decisions, External Collaboration, and KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators).

This seminar will teach you the following: 

• The importance of translating your business strategy into your supply chain strategy
• The competitive advantage you gain by aligning day to day decisions with your strategy
• The decisions to be made and the tradeoffs to be managed in a successful supply chain
• What deep and effective collaboration and decision making looks like

Put these practical new skills to work immediately:

In this seminar, you will learn the following:

• How to create your supply chain strategy
• How to align your daily work in support of your organizational and supply chain strategy
• How to construct a consistent set of supply chain decisions
• How to make good decisions when faced with the inevitable tradeoffs in the supply chain
• The process framework to follow in making aligned and supportive decisions as well as leading collaborative efforts

Your expert instructor: 

Chuck Nemer has 43 years of experience with organizations in all phases of manufacturing operations and supply chain. Their ability to lead, integrate business processes, and critically think out unique solutions, is used to successfully assist clients in understanding their supply chain dynamics and implement improvements.

Course Length: 20 hours

Syllabus

1. How to create your supply chain strategy
   1. What is supply chain strategy
   2. Why is it important
   3. Impact of a supply chain strategy
   4. Simulation Play
      1. Introduce situation
      2. Introduce decisions

• Introduce strategy creation process

1. Play Round 1 of simulation
2. Debrief results
3. Fill in the learning gaps

2. How to align your daily work in support of your organizational and supply chain strategy
   1. What is supply chain alignment
   2. Why is it important
   3. Impact of a supply chain alignment
   4. Simulation Play
      1. Introduce situation
      2. Introduce decisions

• Introduce strategy alignment process

1. Play Round 2 of simulation
2. Debrief results
3. Fill in the learning gaps

3. How to construct a consistent set of supply chain decisions
   1. How to stay consistent in decisions and decision making over time
   2. Why is it important
   3. Impact of staying consistent over time
   4. Simulation Play
      1. Introduce situation
      2. Introduce decisions

• Introduce strategy consistency process

1. Play Round 3 of simulation
2. Debrief results
3. Fill in the learning gaps

4. How to make good decisions when faced with the inevitable tradeoffs in the supply chain
   1. What are the tradeoffs in Supply Chain Management
   2. Why is it important to deal with tradeoffs
   3. Impact of good decision making with respect to supply chain tradeoffs
   4. Simulation Play
      1. Introduce situation
      2. Introduce decisions

• Introduce tradeoffs management process

1. Play Round 4 of simulation
2. Debrief results
3. Fill in the learning gaps

5. The process framework to follow in making aligned and supportive decisions as well as leading collaborative efforts
   1. What is a process framework
   2. Why is it important
   3. Impact of a process framework
   4. Simulation Play
      1. Introduce situation
      2. Introduce decisions

• Introduce process framework process

1. Play Round 5 of simulation
2. Debrief results
3. Fill in the learning gaps

Chuck Nemer is a trainer/consultant with 40 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Lean, Leadership, and ASCM. He teaches Operations Management at an urban based university in St Paul Mn. He is active both locally and nationally in his ASCM professional society as well, in the areas of instructor development and curriculum development.

Chuck has a second business where he is an educational support associate on behalf of InChainge, to universities who utilize The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, and The Blue Connection supply chain simulations within their classroom. He currently works with approximately 50 universities and 3,000 students annually in supporting the use and play of the simulations in the classroom.

Chuck has spent his career in various areas of Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Leadership. Within those 40 years, he has taught, and continues to teach, professional certification classes for APICS, professional development seminars and programs on his own, and on behalf of colleges in their outreach programs to local and regional manufacturing firms. He has a Bachelors degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota, a Masters degree in Leadership from Augsburg College in Minneapolis MN, CPIM, CSCP, and CLTD certification from APICS, CSSC certification from VCARE, CHSCA certification from ISCEA, an online curriculum development certification from the Wisconsin Technical College System, and continuing education in the Circular Economy.

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