Directing Lean Supply Chains
£1,195.00 + VAT
Designed for Executives – Delegates will gain fluency in the language and principles of the lean supply chain, from inventory management and supplier relations, through manufacturing and warehousing to managing the links with customers.
2 DAY Course
Please email info@supplychainacademy.org.uk for course dates.
Overview
The need for understanding and leading change has never been greater. As organisations become leaner and more competitive, supply chains become more effective and integrated, and as information systems and communications become faster and more sophisticated it is vital that managers need to be able to lead and manage change at all levels in their organisation.
By the end of the course, participants will:
- Why businesses change
- How businesses are structured and change their structures
- How the supply chain can operate and change effectively
- How to diagnose the need for change
- How to develop the vision and the plan
- How change affects people and teams and how best to manage them through the change
- How to measure success
Session 1
Understanding Change and why it occurs
- What drives Change in Supply Chain Organisations
- Different varieties of Change
- The evolution of businesses and their structures
- Leadership for Change
- Culture and Power in Organisations
- Dealing with Conflict
- Individual and Team Change – different approaches
Session 2
Diagnosis and Preparation
- Diagnosing the need for Change
- Hard and Soft Change
- Kotter’s eight steps for Change
- Creating the Coalition
- Creating the Vision
- Creating the Plan
- Choosing the Agent for Change
Session 3
Making the Change
- Avoiding conflict and building on progress through communication and feedback.
- Managing the change at all levels, personal, team and organisational – different approaches, different strategies, Push/Pull, Levers for Change
- Monitoring and managing staff morale, consultation and team building
- Personal Transitions – how people respond to Change
- Sustaining and managing the plan
- Monitoring progress and adapting the plan
- Conclusions
Directing Lean Supply Chains
Designed for Executives – Delegates will gain fluency in the language and principles of the lean supply chain, from inventory management and supplier relations, through manufacturing and warehousing to managing the links with customers.
Delegates will benefit by gaining an understanding of what businesses should commit to if they are looking to implement lean processes in a real and valuable way.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the differences between traditional and lean supply chain management
- Measure and manage the performance of suppliers according to lean metrics
- Derive a lean transformation plan for their supply chain
- Provide guidance to clients and suppliers interested in forming lean business relationships
2 Day Course
Course Outline
- Lean basics – waste and value adding
- Lean tools and techniques
- Supply chain thinking
- The hydraulic analogy and its relation to muda, muri and mura
- Supplier strategy and rationalisation
- Amplification and inventory issues
- Supplier partnerships and supplier associations
- Lean approach in the links of the supply chain
- Manufacturing – planning, purchasing and operations
- The customer supplier interface between each link
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Lean measures of performance