Inventory Management In Disruptive Times

Learn how to control your inventory levels and maintain service.

What you’ll learn
Understand what is inventory management
Manage the controllables of your inventory
Know which levers to use in different situations
Review the case studies that show different inventory management strategies during disruptions
Requirements
No prerequisites.
We suggest students to have at least some industry or academic experience.
Description
Welcome to our practical class of Inventory management in disruptive times.The main goal of the class is for you to learn: how to control your inventory levels and maintain service. To start we will cover the theory basics to create a base of knowledge and common understanding of the main concepts.Then we will be focusing on highlighting the exact controllables that professionals have over their inventory and how to influence them.We will spend most of the time of the class on real practical examples to showcase the strategies and tactics of inventory management that could be applied during disruptions.To conclude we will synthetize the knowledge we have shared so that you can apply it to your company and industry.1) Introduction – 14 minI.IntroII.What is a Disruption?III.What is Inventory Management?2) Theory – 23 minIV.Inventory Management BasicsV.What can you control?3) Practical cases – 21 minVI.Inventory reduction (Manufacturer + Distributor + Retailer)VII.Broken supply (FMCG)VIII.High waste (Grocery Retail)4) Final case and conclusions – 22 minIX.Inventory Policy (Manufacturer + Distributor)X.Conclusions and final considerations1)Introduction – 14 minWho are the instructors:Jorge Serrano P a former partner in the big 4 PwC and EY, executive at IBM and SAP, and planner for industrial manufacturers. He has lead teams of Supply Chain, Operations and IT having help many customers improve their operations.Jorge Serrano C Jr, a former planner in the industry for Unilever and consultant in Supply Chain for PwC and Relex. He has worked a lot in implementing the latest supply chain solutions.

Overview

Section 1: INVENTORY MANAGEMENT in DISRUPTIVE TIMES

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Theory

Lecture 3 Practical cases

Lecture 4 Final case and conclusions

Lecture 5 The PDF guide

Supply Chain professionals,Consultants,Graduates,Buyers,Anyone who wants to know how to manage inventory,Entrepreneurs