January 23-24, 2007
Sunnyvale, CA
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Workshop
Agenda
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Have
you missed shipments because you
did not have the right product available?
Do you have pressure to reduce the
amount of cash trapped in inventory? |
For years, companies have struggled to find the right balance between having enough flexibility to respond to customer demand and trying to avoid excess inventory risk. There have been industry initiatives to reduce lead-times and implement kanban or other pull mechanisms but these efforts only deal with some of the issues. Until now, there has not been a comprehensive approach to address the fundamental factors that drive inventory exposure in a multi-tiered supply chain.
In this 2-day workshop, "Flexibility and Inventory: Creating LEAN Solutions for an Outsourced Supply Chain," Symphony Consulting will give you a solution that allows you to create a Lean inventory profile throughout your supply chain. In addition, our approach addresses some of the broader, cross-functional issues that are critical to inventory performance. We give you the tools, techniques, and best practices to create a comprehensive solution that will increase your company's product flexibility while reducing inventory liability. In the end, you will have better protection for your revenue stream and less inventory exposure. |
| WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: |
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Solutions
to address a Lean inventory approach throughout your supply
chain |
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Methods
to determine how much flexibility your business requires and
the cost of that flexibility |
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Techniques
to analyze lead-time profiles and determine areas of leverage
and risk |
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Models
to understand the link between product strategy and inventory
exposure |
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Tools to calculate potential inventory exposure throughout various layers in your supply chain |
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Inventory drivers and strategies to mitigate their effect |
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Best
practices and strategies to increase flexibility and decrease
inventory liability at the product, sub-assembly, and component
level |
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Business
agreement language and approaches to support your flexibility
and inventory initiatives with EMS providers and component suppliers |
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Metrics
for tracking progress and highlighting areas that need attention |
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| WORKSHOP BENEFITS: |
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Increase
your company's ability to capture upsides in product demand |
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Reduce
the amount of inventory it takes to run your business successfully |
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Accelerate your improvement process to support LEAN and other initiatives |
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Improve
the cohesiveness between product strategy and supply chain support |
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Create
a consistent set of metrics that allow you track improvement |
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| WHO
SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP: |
This workshop is designed
to span functional boundaries. Managers and individual contributors
in the following areas should attend:
| Operations and Materials: |
Program Managers
Planning
Purchasing
New Product Introduction
Commodity
Management
Production Management
Supplier Management
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| Marketing and Sales: |
Product Marketing & Management |
| Finance and Accounting: |
Product Cost Accounting
Operations Finance
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| ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: |
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John
Holton
John Holton is a principal at Symphony Consulting, Inc. a supply chain consulting company based in northern California . John has over 20 years of experience in strategic procurement, supply chain, and operations management. He started his career at Hewlett-Packard where he worked in a variety of management positions in a range of environments from low-volume, complex RF products to high-volume consumer products.
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| During his tenure at HP, John was involved early in what later became popular industry initiatives like postponement manufacturing, electronic Kanban, and outsourcing. John is a skilled negotiator and has a strong background in developing and implementing supply chain enhancement programs that are tied directly to the bottom line. He holds a BS in Operations Management and an MBA from the University of Arizona , Tucson . John is involved in industry groups and teaches, writes, and speaks extensively on advanced supply chain topics. |
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| REGISTRATION
AND LOGISTICS: |
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DATES:
January 23-24, 2007
LOCATION:
Meeting Center at Symphony Consulting
440 N. Wolfe Rd
Sunnyvale, CA
View maps and directions
COST:
Early Registration Rate: $1,695 (Expires January 10, 2007)
Regular Rate: $1,895
REGISTER HERE
Questions? Call 408-597-6322 or email service@symphonyconsult.com
Private sessions are also available.
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| WORKSHOP
MATERIALS |
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Exercises,
case studies, and handouts
A
printed copy of PowerPoint slides presented at the workshop
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| What
others are saying about Symphony Consulting: |
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“I
have attended two Symphony workshops and have been very impressed
with both of them. The solutions and methodologies they offered
were directly applicable to the challenges that we face in
our business.”
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–
Chris Sjerven, Senior Commodity Manager, Advanced Energy Inc.
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| About Symphony
Consulting: |
| Symphony
Consulting is a Silicon Valley-based company that provides strategic
supply chain and manufacturing outsourcing expertise to help high
technology companies reach their financial and operational goals.
Symphony's strategic consulting services and in-depth workshops on
advanced supply chain methodologies show companies how to enhance
revenue potential, increase profitability, and reduce inventory liability. |
