TABLE OF CONTENTS
PURCHASING & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
Inventory Management Techniques: Planning,
Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices
Replenishment and Activities Control SEMINAR #4206
SEMINAR #4115
in Import and Export Operations
Improve your inventory turnover ratio and transform frozen assets into cash. Cutting-edge inventory control techniques are delivering results that go far beyond initial expectations.
HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT Identify strategies for reducing inventory investment while optimizing responsiveness to customer needs ■ Discover techniques for making scheduling and shop loading more efficient ■ Determine tactics for narrowing the sales and stock replenishment gap ■ Fine-tune your recordkeeping capabilities ■ Improve the effectiveness of cycle counts and physical inventories ■
Master your international supply chain with the most up-todate skills and tactics. With import/export costs accounting for up to 20% of bottom-line expenses for many U.S. corporations, there is an urgent need for global supply chain professionals to have the most current skill sets available. This course offers you a comprehensive and contemporary foundation in these issues. Explore regulations, procedures, global security, documentation, dealing with customs and other government agencies, trade compliance, HTS classifications, managing freight and much more. You’ll interact with a recognized expert course leader in global trade to gain both strategic and tactical skills and explore valuable, real-world case studies.
HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT
WHAT YOU WILL COVER
Learn how to drive risk and spend out of your global supply chain Recognize e-commerce (direct to consumer) options ■ Know how to investigate the viability of near-sourcing ■ Understand landed-cost modeling and apply metrics to the decision-making process ■ Select and negotiate with freight carriers to lower costs ■ Know the implications of trade compliance ■ Learn how to develop the best operating procedures for your imports and exports ■
Developing an effective inventory management strategy ■ Identifying and establishing optimal inventory levels ■ Forecasting and demand management tools ■ Inventory planning and replenishment systems: order point, MRP, MRP II ■ Managing, measuring and reporting inventory accurately ■ Distribution Resource Planning and warehouse management ■ Tactics for eliminating excess and obsolete stock ■ Lead time analysis and reduction techniques ■ Just In Time philosophy and its applications
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WHAT YOU WILL COVER Global trade opportunities, risks and operational concerns The terminology, players and logistics of import and export supply chains ■ Dealing with carriers, 3 PLs, freight forwarders and customhouse brokers ■ Managing inbound supply chains from Asia ■ Bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones ■ Creating leverage to reduce risk and spend in the global supply chain ■ Successfully working with U.S. and foreign government agencies ■ Navigating free trade agreements and NAFTA ■
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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Factory and inventory control professionals, manufacturing and production control managers, industrial engineers, plant managers, material and purchasing managers, factory supervisors and customer/technical service managers. Inventory Management Techniques: Planning, Replenishment and Activities Control may be accepted as eligible for professional development points toward maintaining the APICS CPIM and CFPIM designations.
I thought the course was well
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
rounded and provided insight
New, mid-level and experienced purchasing professionals including global supply chain executives; import and export operations personnel; traffic and logistics managers; purchasing professionals; legal and finance professionals (controllers).
into multiple ways for managing inventory.” —Dana L.
3-Day Classroom Schedule 1.8 CEUs/18 PDPs
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March 9-11.......................... Chicago, IL.......................................................... 4206-00391 April 15-17.......................... New York, NY..................................................... 4206-00392 June 22-24........................... Arlington, VA...................................................... 4206-00393 July 27-29............................ San Francisco, CA............................................... 4206-00394 Sep. 23-25........................... Chicago, IL.......................................................... 4206-00395
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2-Day Classroom Schedule 1.2 CEUs
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$2,195/AMA Members $1,995 AMA Members Save $200
April 9-10............................ New York, NY..................................................... 4115-00022 June 8-9............................... Chicago, IL.......................................................... 4115-00023 Sep. 24-25........................... Houston, TX........................................................ 4115-00024
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