Inventory Management Techniques: Planning, Replenishment and Activities Control
AMA - American Management Association
Course description
Inventory Management Techniques: Planning Replenishment and Activities Control
Cutting-edge inventory management techniques deliver results that go far beyond initial expectations. Explore the latest inventory management methods for saving money, satisfying customers and speeding up the flow of inventory. Learn how to take days—not hours—out of the manufacturing and distribution cycle. Discover how to apply today’s most exciting stockless production techniques.
Who should attend?
Factory and inventory control professionals, manufacturing and production control managers, industrial engineers, plant managers, material and purchasing managers, factory superintendents and customer/technical service managers who can benefit from enhancing their inventory management techniques.
Training content
- Developing an effective inventory management strategy
- Identifying and establishing optimal inventory levels
- Forecasting and demand management tools
- Inventory planning and replenishment systems: order point, MRP, MRP II
- Managing, measuring and reporting inventory accurately
- Distribution Resource Planning and warehouse management
- Tactics for eliminating excess and obsolete stocks
- Lead time analysis and reduction techniques
- Just in Time philosophy and its applications
Costs
The course is priced as follows: $2445 - Non-members
$2195 - AMA members
$2079 - GSA price
Certification / Credits
- Identify strategies for reducing inventory investments while optimizing responsiveness to customer needs
- Discover techniques for making scheduling and shop loading more efficient
- Determine tactics for narrowing the sales and stock replenishment gap
- Fine-tune your record keeping capabilities
- Improve the effectiveness of cycle counts and physical inventories
About AMA
About American Management Association International
For over 90 years, American Management Association International (AMA) has been a world leader in professional development. AMA supports the goals of individuals, organizations, and government agencies with a complete range of corporate talent transformation solutions, including public open-enrollment seminars...
