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Technology & Operations >  Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management:
Strategy and Planning for Effective Operations

Related Programs
  Distribution Channel Management: Bridging the Sales and Marketing Divide
  The Science of Lean Six Sigma Operations
 

Upcoming Sessions
  February 24-27, 2009
$ 5,500
  June 7-10, 2009
$ 5,500

Operations Management Week
Combines our Science of Lean Six Sigma Operations and Supply Chain Management programs into a week-long executive series with a 10% discount!
Apply for OM Week

  February 22-27, 2009
$ 8,235
  June 7-12, 2009
$ 8,235
Key Benefits
During this course, you will:
Learn to design supply chains that improve supply chain profitability
Use product design, strategic sourcing, and contracts to most efficiently match supply and demand
Build and maximize supply chain coordination and collaboration
Identify supply chain risks and design risk mitigation strategies
Explore purchasing, production, and distribution strategies for a global environment
 
"This program will help me as I move into a more strategic role in my organization."

Senior Production Planner -
Avery Dennison
students in class
© Nathan Mandell
Academic Director Sunil Chopra
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Who Should Attend

The program is designed for senior and middle-level managers and consultants responsible for domestic and international supply chain and logistics systems. The program is valuable for operations, logistics, inventory control, and transportation managers who want to ensure smooth production with as little inventory as possible, high customer service levels, and low system-wide cost. The program is also useful for managers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the role supply chains play in a company's overall business strategy.

Team Attendance
Special study groups, pricing, and other arrangements are available to companies sponsoring four or more participants. Please contact us to learn more.

What Past Participants Say

"I was able to immediately apply the learning obtained in this program to my global project. After re-evaluating the strategy, the project became profitable with almost no capital investment, an ROI in less than a year."
Engineer Coordinator-International Projects, Alberto Culver Company

"Excellent high-level view of what supply chain is, how it works, and where improvement opportunities reside."  
Senior Consultant, Kepner-Tregoe, Inc.

"[This program] connects supply chain strategy to overall business strategy."  
Director of Operations, Vision Point of Sale

Find out more about The MMM Program (MEM+MBA)
Northwestern University's acclaimed MMM Program (MEM+MBA) is a full-time, two-year joint program that leads to a MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management and an MEM (Master of Engineering Management) degree from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Initiated in 1990, the program integrates a solid grounding in strategic management principles with the technical fundamentals of manufacturing. In industry-sponsored integration projects, The MMM Program (MEM+MBA) students work in faculty-supervised teams to generate solutions to manufacturing-related problems. Students also enjoy many opportunities to work closely with faculty in their research. The more than 600 MMM alumni have gone on to highly visible and successful management and consulting careers in the manufacturing sector. For more information on the program or opportunities for industry collaboration, contact Steve Fischer, Associate Director, at 847-467-1061 or mmm@northwestern.edu. You can visit the Web site at www.mmm.northwestern.edu.

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