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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SERIES
Identifying a Supply Chain Strategy
Targeted Skill Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Building an efficient retail supply chain or improving the efficiency of an existing one requires an understanding of the demand for the end product. Some products are functional; others are innovative. Both require different types of supply chains.
This course demonstrates strategies for identifying and solving supply chain mismatches by improving the quality and quantity of information shared among suppliers, distributors, and retailers.
This course was developed in collaboration with The John Olin School of Business at Washington University and Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management, Panos Kouevelis, an authority and extensively published author on supply chain management.
GOALS
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Distinguish between innovative and functional supply chains and products.
- Recognize mismatches between supply chains and the products they serve.
- Identify supply chain strategies and solutions for functional and innovative products
CASE STUDY
In the case study, Anheuser-Busch executives return from Supply Chain Challenges. You hear how they identified and executed solutions to the supply chain problems that dogged the brewing company as the marketplace changed and the company diversified its product line.
INSTRUCTIONAL PATH CONTENT
- Strategies for Information Distortions: Information Sharing
- Strategies for Information Distortions: Vendor-Managed-Inventory Systems
- Strategies for Order Batching: Reduce Batch Size
- Strategies for Price Fluctuations: Stabilize Prices
- Strategies for Shortage Gaming: Allocations and Contractual Arrangements
- Strategies for Innovative Products and Responsive Supply Chains
- Strategies for Long Lead Time Products: Overview
- Product Redesign with Accurate Response Programs
- Strategies for Short Lead-Time Products: Overview
- Strategies for Innovative Products and Responsive Supply Chains: Summary
JUST-IN-TIME CONTENT
- Articles from:
- Harvard Business Review
- Supply Chain Management Review
- Management Science
- Economist
- Glossary
Presented in the Interactive Directed Learning Model™
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