Title: Procurement in the New World of Manufacturing (CD)

2005

This CD addresses a variety of interesting and relevant questions.

If Toyota has solved their quality problems, why don't the American automotive manufacturers solve their problems in the same way?
How does McDonald's use postponement?
How does McDonald's use kanban?
How do you get benchmarking information?
Can we remove the paper invoice entirely and pay the vendor automatically for what we use?
Sessions included in the CD are:
1. Overview
2. The Increasing Manufacturing Challenge
3. Traditional Purchasing Traps
4. Supplier Differentiation
5. Rough-Cut Material Planning
6. Traditional ERP Scheduling; Shortening Order Fullfilment Time;e-Business Tools
7. Simplified Supplier Scheduling
8. Outsourcing
9. Partnerships: Setting Them Up
10. Partnerships: Making Them Work; Single Sourcing; Generating Solutions
11. Getting Started
Non-members can purchase this CD for £23.00 Inc. VAT