Course Summary:

Optimizing Capacity, Lead Time and Inventory

Course #K339
March 24-25, 2009
Pyle Center*, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Course Fee: $1195 Discount Is Available

Benefits

This practical two-day course provides a broad perspective on the trade-offs among multiple sales and operations decisions to optimize overall equipment effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and inventory turns.
You will gain an understanding of:

The value of leveraging value-stream maps during the project selection process
How optimizing production and inventory depends upon lot size selection; domestic and overseas sourcing decisions; supply chain predictability; production predictability; technology selection; performance measures and feedback systems; and participation among many processes.

Topics

Reducing Lead Times and Cost
Improving Quality and On-Time Delivery
Calculating Inventory Turns
Calculating Raw, WIP and Finished Goods Inventory Values
Order Fulfillment Cycle Time Impact on Inventory Levels
Impact of Lot Sizes and Setup Times on Inventory
Value-Stream Maps to Identify Highest Priority Inventory Improvement Projects
Considerations to Reduce Demand Variability

Audience

For leaders, managers and continuous improvement professionals responsible for improving the utilization of human and capital assets to reduce costs while improving inventory turns, product quality and on-time delivery of product. The content will be of particular benefit to:

VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations
VPs, Directors, and Managers of Production
Production Planning Managers
Inventory Managers
Directors and Managers of Continuous Improvement
Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 12 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

General Information

Fee Covers Notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.

Cancellation If you cannot attend, please notify us by March 17, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

Accommodations We have reserved a block of sleeping rooms ($99/single; $114/double, including parking and Madison Taxi's silver cab from the airport) for course participants at the Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code 80227. Room requests made later than March 2 will be subject to availability.

Course Location This course will be held at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. 608-262-1122

Course Discount Team Discount Fee: $1095 each, if two or more people from the same organization enroll in the course. Save $100 per person.

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