Supply Chain Management

Audience

Management for Logistics Production Sales & Distribution MRP Marketing Service and Purchasing and other areas touching the Supply Chain Management in the areas of Company Management and Controlling IT Management and IT Employees Project Managers and Project resources preparing for Supply Chain projects. Employees with appropriate background interested in other company areas. They should also be confident users of their PC Technology Windows (or other GUI environments in use at their location). A good foundation of knowledge of the logistic correlation within the company. Knowledge regarding the possibilities of a standard ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning). If possible first practical experiences within sections of the Supply Chain. Knowledge of the SAP system. The following course provides the education which will ensure most productive study of course 13169: 13181; Working with SAP R/3.

Objective

• What does Supply Chain Management mean?


• Supply Chain Management vision.


• Elements of the Supply Chain Management.


• Goals and possibilities.


• Solution starting points with SAP and examples for use.


• Principles of various system starting points.


• SAP a supplier of SCP Tools.


• SCP within company processes.


• Supply Chain Projects.


• Methodical starting points.


• Industry character.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Concept and Objectives

• What do we mean by Supply Chain Management?
• Logistics through the ages.
• Different views on the supply chain.
• What is new within about Supply Chain.
• Defining the position of Supply Chain Management.
• Supply Chain Management: A vision.
• Elements of Supply Chain Management.
• Objectives and Opportunities.
• Objectives.
• Opportunities.

Unit 2: Systems and Architectures

• IT-Based Approaches.
• Principles of ERP.
• Supply Chain Planning Tools.
• Customer Relationship Management.
• System architectures.
• Internet Basics.
• Applications.
• SCM Tools offered by SAP.
• Sales Force Automation (SFA).
• Business Information Warehouse (BW).
• Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO).
• APO in Business Processes.
• Demand planning.
• Supply Network Planning and PP-DS.
• Supply Chain Cockpit.

Unit 3: Supply Chain Projects

• Industries and Supply Chain Management.
• Perspectives.
• Methodical Approaches.
• Procedures.
• Performance Measurement.
• Benchmarking.
• Specific Industries.
• Hi-Tech and Electronics.
• Automotive Industry.
• Consumer Goods and Commerce.
• Logistics Services.
• SCM - a Case History of Success.

Duration

6

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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