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Module 3

Supply Chain Planning and Analysis

What can you expect?

Organizations face an environment that is changing faster and faster, in the meantime the scope of the planning process is also increasing because products and services become more complex and involve more participants.

An effective planning process in a Supply Chain context can be an important source of competitive advantage. It is nevertheless a very complicated endeavor. In this module we will present different models to gain a deeper understanding of how operational performance can be affected by the planning. We will also review techniques making it possible to build a planning process that will make a strong link between strategy and operations.

The learning objectives of the module include :

• Developing some basic models to understand the fundamental link between performance and planning
• Presenting the different techniques that can be used in the global planning process
• Developing efficient means to reduce the effects of congestion
• Analyzing how an organization can be put in place to effectively support the planning process.

This module will cover subjects such as demand planning and forecasting, the role of ERP systems and APS systems, how to analyze variability and its congestion effects, the Sales and Operations Planning process, network planning,... In order to face effectively the increased complexity, the need for coordination and for the optimal conception, drive and control of their Supply Chain, many companies implement integrated management systems.

This module will study three categories of systems most frequently used in an industrial or service context:

• Integrated systems linking Sales forecasts and Production planning and scheduling, like S & OP applications
• Transactional IT systems of manufacturing resources planning which respond to the needs of standardization, management, and update of the information distribution within the organization, And
• Advanced Planning and Scheduling systems which are analytical
• IT systems which respond to the needs of coordination and optimization of the conception and planning decisions.

Prof. Philippe Chevalier
Envisaged case study and visit: "DOW CORNING"
Location: Seneffe (B)
Date: March 14-16, 2013