Minimize Waste, Improve Efficiency, Increase Savings and Accelerate Delivery With Lean Supply Chain Training!
Lean has become one of the hottest topics in supply chain management (SCM) today, as companies strive to do more with less. Lean Supply Chain Management will show you how organizations in every industry are achieving substantial cost savings, lead-time reductions and quality enhancements with proven Lean practices – and how you can apply these same tools and strategies to develop your own world-class Lean supply chain.
USF’s eight-week, 100% online advanced specialized training course is led by a team of expert Lean and supply chain practitioners. Their valuable tips, case studies and best practices provide a comprehensive understanding of Lean SCM, while their focus on practical applications empowers you to lead changes that will have an immediate positive impact on your supply chain. Plus, learn how to leverage “coopetition” to attain economies of scale that can drive profits to an all-time high!
Who Should Register?
This Lean supply chain management training program provides valuable learnings for functional specialists and supply chain managers interested in leveraging Lean principles, as well as suppliers competing for customers in an increasingly Lean-oriented industry. Six Sigma and Lean practitioners will learn essential SCM concepts, enabling them to apply their skills to the supply chain and turn it into a competitive advantage.
What You’ll Learn
Introduction to the Lean Supply Chain
- Analyzing the Lean supply chain maturity model
- Evolution of the Lean supply chain
- Essential problem-solving skills for the Lean supply chain professional
- Value-stream mapping for the Lean supply chain
Understanding and Responding to the Market
- Indispensable Lean “Voice of the Customer” tools
- Expert tips for Lean demand-management planning and target costing
- Top Lean tools and techniques for product and process design
Physical and Virtual Lean Supply Chain Design
- Vital risk management factors
- Lean sourcing: applying Lean thinking and leveraging supplier capabilities
- Lean logistics planning: integrating the logistics; 3PL, cross-docking, milk runs and proximity
Lean Suppliers, Channels and Customers
- Impact of globalization on the Lean supply chain
- Must-know enterprise resource planning (ERP) vocabulary, structure and principles
- Leveraging ERP in supply chain planning
- Successful sales and operations planning
- Proven Lean supply chain tools for the perfect order
IT and Communications for the Lean Supply Chain
- Crucial Lean IT elements for the Lean supply chain
- Key business-process management (BPM) tools to support Lean supply chain control and execution
Lean Demand Management and Execution
- Transforming your organization into a Lean SCM culture
- Fundamentals of TAKT time, flow and changeover
- Lean data management
- Leveraging “theory of constraints” thinking in the Lean supply chain
Lean Supply Chain Execution
- Assuring the quality of products, services and information in the Lean supply chain
- Lean inventory optimization
- Lean supply chain accounting and metrics
Continuous Improvement in the Lean Supply Chain
- Powerful Kaizen programs for Lean SCM
- Dot Company Lean simulation
- Human development in Lean SCM: getting the “people” part right