BASICS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT is an introductory course for production and inventory management personnel and CPIM candidates. This course provides basic definitions and concepts for planning and controlling the flow of materials into, through, and out of an organization. It explains fundamental relationships among the activities that occur in the supply chain from suppliers to customers. In addition, the course addresses types of manufacturing systems, demand management and forecasting, master planning, material requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control, purchasing, inventory management, physical distribution, quality management, lean/just-in-time manufacturing, and the theory of constraints

SESSION 1: Introduction to Supply Chain Management
SESSION 2: Demand Management
SESSION 3: Master Planning
SESSION 4: Materials Requirements Planning
SESSION 5: Capacity Management and Production Activity Control
SESSION 6: Aggregate Inventory Management
SESSION 7: Item Inventory Management
SESSION 8: Purchasing and Physical Distribution
SESSION 9: Lean/JIT and Quality Systems
SESSION 10: Theory of Constraints

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