Learning Modules

Procurement

A world-class procurement staff must continuously work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of what we call the procurement process.

Inventory Management Models

Firms can help minimize the need for inventory by carefully managing those factors that drive inventory levels up.

Approaches to Forecasting

Forecasting efforts are incomplete unless we measure and track forecasting accuracy.  Most of the time will be spent developing forecasts for the “difficult few,” such as new products or markets with little or no demand history.

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)

CPFR is a business practice that combines the intelligence of multiple trading partners in the planning and fulfillment of customer demand. The objective is to increase availability to the customer while reducing inventory, transportation and logistics costs.

Of Current Interest

Supply Chain Metrics

The Profit-Leverage Effect in Supply Chains

Six Steps to a Successful VMI System

What is Evaluated Receipt Settlement?

Taming the Bullwhip Effect

Cash to Cash: Toyota, Inventory Management and Heijunka

Do Organizations Consider Strategic Cost Management When They Outsource To China?

The SCOR Model for Supply Chain Strategic Decisions

Finding a Place for Logistics Management

Leading Change in Supply Chain Management

Success with Hub and Spoke Distribution

In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina:  Lessons Learned through the Lens of Supply Chain Disruptions - Part 1

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI): Three Steps in Making It Work

Response to a Proponent of Reverse Auctions

The RFID Power Play

E-Commerce vs. E-Business

The Road to Lean Manufacturing

Problems Facing the New Pharmaceutical Industry: Part I

Best Practices in the Procure to Pay Cycle: Perspectives from Suppliers