Program Overview
Day 1:
- Introduction to Lean Supply Chain Management
- Importance and financial impact of the supply chain function
- Lean principles and how they apply to lean supply chain in a variety of industries
- Identifying waste in the supply chain system
- Introduction to Inventory Management in the Supply Chain
- How to manage inventories in an organization and across the entire supply chain
- Identifying which parts of the supply chain have too much inventory and which parts have too little
Day 2:
- Inventory Management in the Supply Chain System, Continued
- Pull systems for inventory management
- Inventory Management Distribution Simulation
- Managing Global Supply Chains
Day 3 (Morning):
- Partnering with Suppliers and Customers for a More Efficient Supply Chain/Logistics System
- Implementing Supply Scorecards
- Methods for Information Sharing with Suppliers and Customers
- Sourcing Strategies to Improve Supply Chain Performance
Day 3 (Afternoon):
- Lean Warehouse Facility Tour
- Gemba Walk of a local warehouse to see actual processes, understand the work, and ask questions
Day 4:
- Introduction to Lean Logistics
- Warehouse types based on “customer”
- Applying Lean principles in the warehouse
- Lean Warehouse Simulation
- Multiple-round simulation transforms a traditional warehouse into a Lean Warehouse
Day 5:
- Receiving and Put-away Functions; Application Exercise
- Basic Review of Storage/Retrieval Equipment; Application Exercise
- Order Picking Functions, Order Picking Accuracy: Pick-to-Light and Voice Pick
- Inventory Accuracy in the Warehouse; Case Study

- Yavuz Bozer, PhD
- Lead Faculty, Lean Manufacturing
- Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
- Bio

- Izak Duenyas, PhD
- Donald C. Cook Professor, Business Administration, Ross School of Business
- Faculty Director, Executive MBA Program, Ross School of Business
- Professor, Industrial & Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
- Bio