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Inventory Management Techniques

 

Dates 24 - 28 October 2010 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2010
Location Dubai Oman
Fees US$3,850 US$3,850
CPE Credits 30 30

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Introduction

Knowledge of Inventory Management is critical for the effective management of procurement and the supply chain, however Inventory it is commonly not understood. Therefore too high levels of inventory are held with attendant increases to costs, product obsolescence etc.
The purpose of this seminar is to:

  • enable delegates to evaluate current procedures
  • examine how lead time builds up
  • change methods of managing inventory.
  • provides practical skills to eliminate wasteful costs.
  • avoid those internal problems that limit performance.
  • understand and implement the "world class" tools for managing inventory in the supply chain.

Seminar Objectives

This seminar will help you learn how to:

  • Appreciate that time is cash
  • See that movement to the customer is all that adds value
  • Work with all of the supply chain players pays
  • Look “outside of the box”
  • Use the appropriate  methods
  • Apply the 8 Rules for Effective Supply Chain Management

Training Methodology

  • Expert tutor input using power points
  • Delegate discussion and involvement
  • Case studies
  • Exercises
  • Best practice examples
  • Supportive comprehensive course manual enabling practical application and reinforcement

Organisational Impact

  • Examine the link of inventory in the company supply chain operations and activities
  • Analyse the key areas of operations
  • Identify and understand key performance indicators
  • Succeed in improving operation
  • Apply the right cost and service balance
  • Gain a competitive advantage

Personal Impact

  • How to analyse stock and inventory
  • How to make productivity improvements
  • Understand the role of inventory in the supply chain
  • Balancing cost and service requirements
  • A framework for continual improvement
  • Best in class practices

Who Should Attend?

  • Those new to managing inventory
  • Those non inventory people who need to gain an awareness of the issues and key drivers of stock control operations
  • Inventory, Stock, Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehouse and Distribution Professionals

Seminar Outline

Day 1: Inventory and the Supply Chain

  • Inventory management definition
  • Types of stock
  • Demand amplifications
  • Demand replenishment in networks
  • Managing the flows
  • Type I and II supply chains
  • The Supply Chain Rules
  • Inventory and statistics
  • Concept of service level

Day 2: Inventory Key Concepts

  • Key Component: Demand Analysis
  • Key Component: Demand Forecasting
  • Key Component: Supply Lead Time
  • Key Component: Cost & Benefits
  • Inventory benefits
  • Inventory polices
  • Inventory in organizations

Day 3: Inventory Replenishment Methods and Systems

  • Basic mechanics of inventory systems
  • The stock time curve
  • Stock components
  • Stock investment
  • Free stock
  • Fixed order quantity systems
  • Fixed order time cycle systems
  • Requirements planning systems

Stock Control and Checking

  • Inventory receipts
  • Identifying inventory
  • Surplus and obsolescent stock
  • Stock control and records
  • Stock checking programs
  • Reviewing current procedures and polices

Day 4: Inventory Performance

  • Inventory Assessment
  • Assessing the stock level
  • Models for implementing inventory control
  • Determining stock targets
  • Inventory questions
  • Inventory KPI’s in warehouses/stores

Inventory Strategies

  • Push/pull
  • Quick response (QR)
  • Efficient consumer response (ECR)
  • Collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR)
  • Lean and agile approaches
  • Quality Management
  • Postponement
  • Cross Docking
  • Consolidation
  • Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
  • Consignment stocking
  • Co Managed Inventory (CMI)
  • Direct product profitability (DPP)
  • Economic value added (EVA)
  • Collaborative supply chains

Day 5: Inventory Improvements

  • Using the Supply Chain
  • Using the Theory of Constraints
  • Practical inventory improvements
  • Call offs and Telemetry
  • EDI and ICT
  • Keys to reducing stock levels
  • The 7 Rules for planning inventory
  • Model for planning inventory