Supply Chain Training Resources.

This is a collection of supply chain training resources to help SCM professionals increase their knowledge in a quick and efficient manner.

Supply Chain Training By Process.

End To End Supply Chain Management Process

• Plan it:  Supply Chain Planning and Strategy
• Buy it:  Supplier Management and Procurement
• Store it:  Distribution, Warehouse and Inventory Management
• Make it:  Manufacturing
• Ship it:  Transportation, Logistics and Shipping
• Return it: Return and Reverse Logistics

Key Supply Chain Training Links

• SCM Chain Training & Overview
• SCM Collaboration Resources on Social Media.
• Supply Chain Resources by Topic & Supplier
• Supply Chain and Strategy Key Concepts

Explore SCM Processes. What is…

Agile Supply Chain Capacity planning Customer service Demand forecasting Distribution Eliminate Cost in SCM Freight management Industry 4.0 Inventory control Inventory management Inventory planning Kaizen/Improvement Material handling Negotiation Order fulfillment

Order placement Payment Postponement Strategy Procurement Production management Production planning Quality control Receiving and inspection Route optimization Sourcing and procurement Supplier selection Supply chain management Transportation and logistics Transportation planning Warehouse design and layout

SCM, Lean and Continuous Improvement. What is…

ABC Analysis Beer Game Explained Bullwhip Effect Design Thinking Gemba Walk Just in Time (JIT)

Lean Manufacturing Lean Pull Systems Postponement Strategy Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping

Supply Chain Collaboration and Cost Saving Strategies

• Emerging Technologies Improve Supply Chain: AI, AR, Blockchain, IoT, RPA, Robots…
• How to Eliminate Cost in the Supply Chain.
• Strategies to Reduce Procurement Costs with Suppliers.
• Supply Chain Collaboration on Social Media.

Explore Technology. What is…

Artificial Intelligence  AWS Big Data Blockchain ChatGPT Design Thinking

Emerging Technology Industry 4.0 IoT Machine Learning RPA Supply Chain Control Tower

Business Strategy Tools. What is…

Blue Ocean Strategy Competitive Advantage Core Competencies Disruptive Innovation

Pareto Principle: 80/20 PEST Analysis (PESTLE) Porter’s 5 Forces SWOT

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Lean, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement

• Best Continuous Improvement Quotes.
• Continuous Improvement Tools: Lean and Six Sigma.
• Deming’s 14 Points on Total Quality Management – TQM.
• Gemba Walk: the Path to Continuous Improvement.
• History of Continuous Improvement & Quality Gurus.
• How Toyota Changed Manufacturing – Lean Thinking,
• Introduction to Lean Manufacturing.
• Lean Manufacturing – Pull Systems.
• Lean Six Sigma In 8 Minutes.
• Toyota Way–‘The 14 Principles of the Toyota Way’.

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Supply Chain Robotics and Automation

• 5 Amazing Warehouse Robots for Fulfilment and Distribution Centers.
• Amazon’s Robotic Empire: Jeff Bezos’ Smart Warehouses.
• Artificial Intelligence Taking Supply Chain Jobs.
• Enabling the Autonomous Supply Chain with IoT, AI and Blockchain.
• Industry 4.0 Smart Factory
• Learn to Innovate Supply Chain in an Hour.
• Supply Chain Automation and the Next Level of Supply Chain Robotics.
• SCM Terms, Quotes and Training.
• Using AI and Robotics to Automate SCM.
• Videos on the Future of Supply Chain Automation: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
• What is ChatGPT and How You Can Use It.
• What Is RPA – Robotic Process Automation
• Will Robots and Artificial Intelligence replace Human jobs by 2030?

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Artificial Intelligence Business Tools

• 5 Mind-blowing Artificial Intelligence Tools.
• 12 Mindblowing AI Tools To Grow Your Business.
• Best ChatGPT Quotes
• ChatGPT Tutorial: 5 Mind-Blowing Ways To Use This AI.
• How Artificial Intelligence Could Empower Any Business.
• How ChatGPT Can Make You A Better Developer.
• It’s Time to Pay Attention to Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT and Beyond).
• OpenAI Learns and Plays Hide and Seek…and Breaks The Game!
• The Hype Over Art Made by Artificial Intelligence.

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Supply Chain Quotes

• “The supply chain stuff is really tricky.” ~Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla 
• “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain… What we will not do – and never have done – is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this you have my word.” ~Tim Cook, CEO of Apple 
• The first to fully integrate the following technologies will create a near autonomous supply chain: IoT, Big Data, Blockchain, 3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com
• “Supply Chain is like nature, it is all around us.” ~Dave Waters
• “New ways to improve the supply chain: artificial intelligence, IoT, big data, augmented reality, blockchain, drones, machine learning.” ~SupplyChainToday.com
• “The message of the Kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the company.” ~Masaaki Imai
• “Supply chains are everywhere. From the biggest company in the world to running your household. We all have supply chain experience even if we don’t know it.” ~ EverythingSupplyChain.com.
• “All we are doing is looking at the timeline from the moment a customer gives us an order to the point we collect the cash. And we are reducing that timeline in the value stream by removing non value-added wastes.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “The best supply chain companies are always evolving.” –Dave Waters

• “You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated.” ~Tom Preston-Werner