Effective Supply Chain Planning and Inventory Management

Improving the performance of your company's supply chain will have a positive impact on financial performance.

The most common areas to look for improvement are an increase customer service, lower inventory levels, decreases in direct cost of manufactured goods, and increased capital equipment utilization. The problem that most companies run into is figuring out where to start and how to have a structured approach to improving supply chain performance. This on-demand webinar helps professionals gain an understanding into the basics of supply chain planning. It gives a best in class process for the key areas of supply chain planning including S&OP planning, demand planning, inventory planning and supply planning. It takes a quick look at each of these areas in order to give the attendee the background in each of these areas that is necessary to understand how they all fit together. The material in this program summarizes the insights that have been gained in working with more than 100 companies in many different verticals. Although the details of each of these verticals may be different the same essential principles are needed in order to have a best in class planning process, and they are examined in this on-demand webinar. The understanding gained from this on-demand webinar will enable a person to go back and do a better job analyzing how their own company is performing in the areas outlined and how to put in place a structure for improvement. Learning Objectives: •You will be able to discuss the best supply chain performance measures to target. •You will be able to explain 7 basic steps for S&OP Planning. •You will be able to identify master production scheduling and replenishment planning essentials. •You will be able to describe fundamentals of plant level sequencing.