Our Corporate Customized Training Program
The Keychain offers customised training courses that is developed by supply chain professionals and academic staff to qualify graduates deliver on the first day of the job. While most offerings in the market focus on either academic and technical aspects or specialises in specific activities within the end to end supply chain, our curriculum integrates case studies, best in class practices, simulation scenarios and workshops to ensure technical knowledge is translated to field experiences to enable our candidates create value from their first day on the job.
Our curriculum spans a variety of topics that are fundamental to supply chain professionals. We also offer different packages to different audience based on their experience, career plans and industry.
We regularly revise our course content to ensure our curriculum meets the changing market needs and offers updated content with the latest practices from different industries.
Training Packages
1 Day Course - 4 Hours
This package focuses on 1 topic from the listed curricula below. It enables attendees get a solid understanding of all the fundamentals related to this topic. This is suitable for supply chain professionals with 0-2 years of experience in a particular area.
2 Days Course - 8 Hours
This package focuses on a certain part of the supply chain. 2 day courses cover a number of topics related to a specific area of the supply chain (for example warehouse management module cover inventory management, warehouse management and ERP/MRP II).
8 Days Supply Chain Management Fundamentals - 24 Hours
This certification focuses on qualifying candidates on end to end supply chain knowledge. The course covers all the supply chain fundamentals. This is the course to attend if you are looking to pursue a career in supply chain management.
SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS FUNDAMENTALS COURSE - 15 HOURS
Grant you TheKeyChain Certificate as the course covers the Supply Chain fundamentals modules. The course is enriched with case studies and hands-on exercises.
Supply Chain Modules covered:
- Supply Chain Overview
- MRP & ERP II
- Demand Planning and Forecasting
- Capacity, Production and Material - Planning
- Transportation and Warehousing
- Inventory Management
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT - 4 HOURS
Procurement Management cover the Procurement Steps, types and tools. At the end of the course you will gain the needed knowledge to deliver the value equation with your Key Suppliers and turn it to documented agreement with key metrics.
Course Content:
- Purchasing vs. Procurement
- Planning Process
- Selection Process
- Strategic Sourcing Process
SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS OVERVIEW
Introduction to supply chain & logistics definitions. Understand the different elements of the end to end supply chain and the value created by supply chain management. The course includes a number of videos and examples from different industries.
Course Content:
- Supply Chain Management Evolution
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics Definitions
- Supply Chain Department Impact
- Supply Chain Management Framework
- Supply Chain Challenges & Key Success
Factors
CAPACITY AND PRODUCTION PLANNING - 4 HOURS
Introduction to production planning with focus on capacity management, short term & long term production plan development to meet requirements.
Course Content:
- Capacity Planning Definition, Horizon and process
- Production Planning and Scheduling
- BOMs and Material Planning
- Simulation Exercise
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - 4 HOURS
Introduction to key inventory concepts. The course covers different inventory elements & drivers. It also gives a top line overview on inventory management and optimization.
Course Content:
- Why Carry Inventory?
- Inventory Buckets & Key Drivers
- Bullwhip Effect
- Inputs to consider when setting inventory parameters
- Business Execution - Exercise
- Setting Inventory Parameters
- Inventory Loss Analysis
DEMAND PLANNING AND FORECASTING - 4 HOURS
Demand Planning and Forecasting - 4 hours
Introduction to demand planning and forecasting with focus on the different methods to develop demand forecast (qualitative vs. quantitative) and how to translate finished product forecast to material requirements.
MRPII AND ERP SYSTEMS
Introduction to the manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) process to deliver efficient and effective planning across the different functions of the organization. The course also covers Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems with focus on functionality, value creation and the most famous tools on the market.
SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT - 3 HOURS
The course focuses on key gap analysis tools to enable proper root causing that drive sustainable results through eliminating root causes.
COMMUNICATION AND TOUCHPOINTS - 3 HOURS
Training material covering the communication cycle with focus on measures definition.
