This seminar gives you the technology review you need to make the most of your supply chain. Review the different kinds of supply chain software and the strategies for planning and implementing systems and technologies to support your processes. Learn how to link your organization, customer, and supplier operations. Learn techniques for justification, improvement, and implementation.

Attend this course if you need to:

* Improve information systems in support of sales, distribution, production, sourcing, and planning

* Organize and manage a successful supply chain integration program

* Determine the systems you need (and these you don't)

* Design innovative business practices and systems in parallel

* Quickly select the right software vendors

* Plan your systems so they all work together

* Justify new systems and technologies

* Reduce cost, risk, and implementation time

Knowledge you will gain

* The value of an integrated supply chain

* Critical processes, practices, and systems

* The impact of the Internet and EDI

* Leading software vendors: who they are, what they offer

* 10 criteria for selecting a winning software vendor

* Examples of leading system implementations

* Ways to increase the acceptance of your supply chain integration proposal

* 12 common mistakes (and how to avoid them)

You will learn how to:

* Determine your need for enterprise resource planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, network modeling systems

* Take advantage of the newest technologies

* Use a practical, quick assessment framework to identify your systems needs

* Build agreement through appropriate involvement

* Minimize the cost, risk, and time of your systems projects

           Dates  December 8-10, 2003

Registration Fee  IIE Member: $1195
                  Non-member: $1345

  Course Details  3 days / 2.4 CEUs