Supply Chain Strategy & Management

1 Supply ChainStrategy &ManagementImproving Performance through Supply Chain integration Optimized sourcing & make-buy decisions IT&decision support systems Deploying an effective logistics network Strategic partnering and Supply contracts Integrating Supply Chain design withconcurrent engineering A Two-Day Program for Senior Managementin Cambridge, MassachusettsJuly 24-25, 2002 November 11-12, 2002 April 7-8, 2003 MITS loan SchoolExecutive Series on Management & only oneexecutive education programin Supply Chain Management ,saying, (The MITS loanprogram) is where to look to learn about slashing timeand costs and increasingproductivity. Strategic Approach to Supply Chain Design and ManagementIn this intensive, two-day, senior faculty-ledprogram, we ll explore issues that include:State of the art practices: What are the bestsupply Chain practices for surviving the rapidchanges in markets, product innovation and otherdevelopments that challenge senior Supply chainmanagers today?

2 Technology sourcing: Where will your companyacquire the product and process technology itneeds to remain viable and competitive in thefuture? Will you develop it yourself or will yououtsource? Strategic make/buy analysis: If you dooutsource, how will you develop a Supply chainstrategy that will: position your company for future growth? ensure timely Supply of components? allow you to survive the fierce competition, theshorter product life cycles and the heightenedcustomer expectations in today s globalmarkets?You will learn about a new MIT framework forstrategicallymanaging Supply chains in today'srapidly changing markets. You ll also learn how recent developments ininformation systems and communicationtechnologies, together with sophisticated decisionsupport systems, have created the opportunity forrevolutionizingmanufacturing and Should AttendThis program is for senior managers responsiblefor the general business and strategic managementof product Supply and development, including:VPs of manufacturing, product development,transportation, logistics, inventory, and purchasingand distribution; general managers, ITmanagers,strategic planners, senior Supply Chain managers,and project Management executives.

3 Attendance is appropriate for firms involved inimplementing information system and decisionsupport systems, those engaged in strategicpartnering, and those which manufacture ordistribute products, as well as financial servicecompanies and retailers who would like to controlmore of the Supply This is the premier program that bridges the business of Supply Chain Management with newsupply Chain tools. They cover what works versus what s new and untested. Ron Volans, Customer Marketing Planning Manager, McNeil Consumer Healthcare Important perspective on the relative importance of Supply Chain Strategy in developing or revisingbusiness models. Mark Proft, Director, Strategic Marketing, Pitney Bowes Document Factory SolutionsAProgram materials include two widely-recommended faculty-authored texts:Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age ofTemporary Advantage, byMITS loan Professor CharlesFine: "A new lens for rethinking your business and thetools to mine your Supply Chain for fresh gold.

4 " Atlanta Business Chronicle Designing and managing the Supply Chain :Concepts,Strategies and Case Studies, by MITE ngineeringProfessor David Simchi-Levi. Very few books onsupply Chain Management succeed as both aninstructional vehicle for the student and hands-onresource for the practitioner. Designing and Managingthe Supply Chain is the happy exception. Supply Chain Management Reviewhis is an MIT-led, practice-oriented program that will help you to learn .. Important strategic concepts about Supply Chain Management , including: The next generation of Supply Chain ideas How to better structure your Supply chainstrategy Guidelines for making strategic sourcing andmake-buy decisions How to integrate eBusiness thinkinginto Supply Chain Strategy and Management How the speed of industrial change is driving new approaches to Supply chainmanagement and product development Clockspeed benchmarking, a tool for derivingcritical business insights and Management lessons from industries with the highest obsolescence rates of products, process technologies and organizational structures (industrial fruitflies ).

5 Effective Supply Chain strategies, including: Creating value through Supply Chain integration Identifying the right Supply Chain Strategy for a specific product and a particular eBusiness model The integration of information and decisionsupport systems in the Management of thesupply Chain Purchasing, production and distributionstrategies in the global environment Strategic partnering and outsourcing3 TSpecial Program Features Participants will have an opportunityto use a computerized simulation of amultilevel Supply Chain to demonstratethe effect of demand variability, Supply lead times and centralizedinformation and decision making onsystem performance. Real-world case studies will be usedto illustrate and analyze importantconcepts such as strategic partneringand outsourcing.

6 State-of-the-art decision supportsoftware will be used to integratestrategic, tactical and operationaldecisions in the Supply Chain . I highly recommend it for Supply Chain specialists, general managers and anyone who wants tounderstand the impact of effective Supply Chain Management and how the Supply Chain functionshould be integrated into corporate Strategy . James Malakoff, Special Assistant to the President, Global Operations, Estee Lauder Companies Excellent explanation of the Supply Chain issues/challenges of today s markets. Stephen Safranek, National Account Manager, Rockwell Automationbout the programLed by two of the world s leading experts, Supply Chain Strategyand Managementpresents innovative strategies and best practicesfor improving Supply Chain performance.

7 Theprogram will focus on:I. DEVELOPING A Supply CHAINSTRATEGY1. ADynamic Framework for Developing Supply Chain Strategies Use the concept of technology clockspeed toidentify the strategic leverage of Supply chaindesign in your industry and to conduct astrategic assessment of end-to-end chaincapabilities. You will learn: How to distinguish and design yourcompany s fulfillment Supply Chain andits technology Supply Chain How to use a combined understanding ofbusiness cycle dynamics, value chainstructural dynamics and corporatestrategy dynamics to design a robustsupply Chain strategyKey skills include understanding The pitfalls of too much outsourcing The five key evaluation criteria requiredto conduct a strategic sourcingassessment How to build a sourcing strategydecision tree How to integrate make-buy decisionswith supplier relations Why strategic make-buy decisionscannot focus merely on the cost, qualityand time implications of the decision Plus how to use the clockspeedframework to draw Supply Chain maps oforganizational.

8 Technology and capabilitychains as a means of assessing theirdynamics. 2. Supply Chain EvolutionHow Supply structures change over ll learn about: Crafting strategies to exploit structuraldynamics Anticipating changes in opportunities forkey players in the chainA4 Make/Buy Case StudyThis case will illustrate strategic make-buy decisionsin both R&D and manufacturing. It will emphasizehow to leverage the core capabilities in your chainwith outsourcing of less essential functions. The casewill also illustrate the use of Internet connectivity toleverage capabilities, as well as how to apply theseprinciples in a very fast clockspeed environment. Helped me structure things I knew intuitively and develop arguments to convince others.

9 Sarita Kotek, Head, Next Generation Supply Chain Demand, GlaxoSmithKline Great opportunity to ground yourself and your company in .. the latest trends and strategiesbeing employed in Supply Chain decision and Management . Ray Hunt, Vice President, Logistics, Mast Industries How Supply Chain structures interact with product architectures, includingexamples of vertical industry structureswith integral architectures and horizontalindustry structures with modulararchitectures How Supply structure dynamics vary indifferent parts of the Chain , and how thesestructures are affected by the speed ofchange in their industry Volatility amplification in the bullwhipeffect Clockspeed amplification in the speedupeffect Industry examples include Supply chaindynamics in the automotive, aerospace,telecommunications, electronics and multipleservice sector Integrating Supply Chain design withproduct and process development In this segment.

10 We will articulate the three key components of strategic Supply chaindesign, and provide a framework forcoordinating and integrating productdevelopment, process development and supplychain development. How to integrate strategic outsourcing needswith suppliers and relations. Plus, key concepts of Supply Chain architectureand how to build your Supply Supply chains in the age of electronic connectivity How to design Supply chains for the age ofelectronic connectivity, and how to assesssupply Chain strengths and weaknesses in aneBusiness environment. How eBusinessdisruptions have forced companies to adjusttheir Supply Chain strategies and structures, andwhat the Supply Chain implications are for: retail on the Web business-to-business relationships end-to-end fulfillment integrationII.