Design receiving, storage and picking flows supporting AI and analytics in supply chains.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management
Move AI and analytics in supply chains from general awareness to a repeatable, reviewable practice.
Course Overview
Inventory tied up in AI and analytics in supply chains is capital the organisation cannot use elsewhere. A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside supply chains. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of the procurement and supply operations capability and prepares them for it. Most organisations already have a policy on AI and analytics in supply chains; far fewer can show it working. It suits anyone whose decisions touch this aspect of procurement and supply operations, in large organisations and small ones alike. This programme builds supply chains from first principles, without padding and without omitting what matters. Across sectors, teams that rehearse AI and analytics in supply chains outperform teams that only plan it. They gain the ability to sequence improvements to supply chains in an order their organisation can absorb. Participants leave with a plan for the practice within procurement and supply operations sized to what their organisation can realistically absorb.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Establish what evidence would demonstrate that supply chains is under control.
Build the approval and segregation controls preventing procurement fraud in AI and analytics in supply chains.
Assess continuity risk in supply chains and build a proportionate mitigation.
Measure procurement performance on AI and analytics in supply chains beyond savings claimed.
Distinguish the parts of supply chains that must be standardised from those that require judgement.
Assign clear ownership for each element of AI and analytics in supply chains across the functions involved.
Who Should Attend
Logistics and distribution staff moving material in AI and analytics in supply chains.
Internal auditors examining controls over supply chains.
Contract managers administering agreements covering AI and analytics in supply chains.
Operations staff who encounter the consequences of supply chains directly.
Those responsible for briefing external stakeholders on AI and analytics in supply chains.
Warehouse and stores managers operating supply chains.
Course Modules
AI and analytics in supply chains: inventory policy and working capital
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Comparing AI and analytics in supply chains with recognised practice
- Prepare the summary of AI and analytics in supply chains that senior management will read.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates supply chains is under control.
- Remove steps in AI and analytics in supply chains that add effort without adding assurance.
- Segment spend on supply chains by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
Session 2The cost of supply chains and how to present it
- Build the internal briefing that explains AI and analytics in supply chains to those affected.
- Establish the boundary of supply chains and record what sits outside it.
- Agree the escalation route when supply of AI and analytics in supply chains is disrupted.
- Validate claimed savings on supply chains against actual invoiced spend.
Supply chains: supplier performance and relationship management
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The approval control on supply chains that prevents fraud
- Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in AI and analytics in supply chains.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around supply chains are understood.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for AI and analytics in supply chains.
- Set out the decisions in supply chains that require sign-off and by whom.
Session 2Choosing the right sourcing approach for supply chains
- Compare the cost of AI and analytics in supply chains with the cost of its absence.
- Map the physical flow of supply chains through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Confirm that those complying with AI and analytics in supply chains understand why it exists.
- Set the consequence for failing service levels on supply chains, and apply it.
Supply chains: sourcing strategy and market approach
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Moving supply chains from approval to execution
- Review whether inventory policy on AI and analytics in supply chains still matches actual demand.
- Anticipate the objections supply chains will raise and prepare the answers.
- Reduce the variation in how AI and analytics in supply chains is carried out between teams.
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in supply chains.
Session 2Making supplier performance on AI and analytics in supply chains mean something
- Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside AI and analytics in supply chains and decide its fate.
- Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for supply chains.
- Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in AI and analytics in supply chains.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether supply chains is improving.
Supply chains: warehouse layout, flow and handling
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Laying out the warehouse around how supply chains actually moves
- Set the stock count cycle for AI and analytics in supply chains and act on discrepancies.
- Benchmark the organisation's supply chains against comparable operations.
- Write the specification for AI and analytics in supply chains so two suppliers would price it the same way.
- Identify single-source dependencies in supply chains and cost the alternatives.
Session 2Releasing working capital trapped in supply chains
- Evaluate AI and analytics in supply chains on total cost of ownership across the full life.
- Record what was learned when supply chains did not go as planned.
- Rank the weaknesses in AI and analytics in supply chains by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on supply chains.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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