Operations and Supply Chain Management

Overview

The course introduces high-level strategy and concepts while giving practical tools necessary to solve operations and supply chain problems.  You will gain insights into how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage.  We will look at the dangers of poor operations and supply chain management, and how it can damage an organization’s overall health and performance.  Using a strategic framework, we work through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including operations, facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding operations and the supply chain
• Achieving strategic fit in the supply chain
• Supply chain drivers and metrics
• Network design
• Demand forecasting
• Aggregate planning
• Sales and operations planning (S&OP) or integrated business planning (IBP)
• Managing economies of scale - cycle inventory
• Managing uncertainty - safety inventory

This course is offered by the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC), hosted by Southwest Research Institute.

Schedule
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00am – 12:00pm, for 5 weeks
Starts September 17 and ends October 17, 2024

Platform
Zoom

Cost
$499 per registrant

For more information, please contact Sandra Hawkins.