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Online Supplier Evaluation Tool

Features of the Online Supplier Evaluation Tool

• You can evaluate your suppliers or vendors online
• There are 20 supplier evaluation criteria
• You can give a weight to each of the supplier criteria
• You can give a score for each of the supplier criteria
• A total score will be calculated, and the result of the supplier evaluation can be printed out
• This tool will help you with your supplier or vendor selection

Get access to the Online Supplier Evaluation Tool

Add comment July 29th, 2008

Supply Chain Management Coaching

In order to help businesses transform their supply chain, we provide the Supply Chain Coaching Membership Website.

A Membership will give you immediate access to:

• The Downloadable Supply Chain Management Powerpoint Presentation (172 slides)
• The Downloadable Advanced Planning and Scheduling Powerpoint Presentation (41 slides)
• Free Tutorials
• Selected Articles and Reports (PDF)
• Selected Websites
• Audio Interviews
• Training Videos
• Case studies
• Interactive Spreadsheets and Graphs
• Checklists
• Product Reviews

Membership Benefits:

• Save time: the best resources have been searched for you
• Extend supply chain management knowledge and skills
• Gain insight into the latest best practices
• Get ideas to improve your supply chain performance

The Membership Fee is $ 15.95 / month, and membership can be cancelled anytime.

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Add comment June 5th, 2008

Supply Chain Management Presentation

The Supply Chain Management Guide is a Powerpoint  Presentation consisting of 8 chapters and 170 slides:

1. Introduction

1. Key Concepts

1. Supply Chain
2. Logistics
3. Supply Chain Management (2 slides)

2. Principal Issues

1. Supply Chain (2 slides)
2. Elements of Logistics
3. Logistic goal
4. Logistic steps
5. Evolution in logistics
6. Supply Chain Management goal
7. Supply Chain Management focus
8. Drivers of Change (2 slides)
9. Supply Chain Management activities

3. Analysis

1. Diagram
2. Understand the customer (2 slides)
3. Understand the products
4. Understand the process
5. Understand the information flow

4. Performance indicators

1. Performance indicators (4 slides)

2. Purchasing and Procurement

1. Key Concepts:  purchasing - procurement

2. Principal Issues

1. Evolution in purchasing
2. The procurement process (2 slides)
3. Elements of Supply Uncertainty
4. Selecting a supplier
5. Trends in Purchasing and Procurement (2 slides)

3. Analysis

4. Suggestions

5. Performance indicators

1. Delivery to Schedule
2. Quality to Specification

3. Sales Forecasting

1. Key Concepts

2. Principal Issues

1. Elements of demand uncertainty
2. Components of demand
3. Sales forecasting methods (5 slides)
4. Major uses of sales forecasts (3 slides)
5. Advantages of better forecasting (2 slides)
6. Factors that influence forecast accuracy

3. Checklist

4. Suggestions (4 slides)

4. Production planning and control

1. Key Concepts

1. Production planning and control

2. Principal Issues

1. Production as a goal or means (2 slides)
2. Economies of Scope vs Scale (2 slides)
3. Order Decoupling Point
4. Planning hierarchy
5. Production control systems

3. Suggestions

5. Material Handling

1. Key Concepts

1. Material Handling (2 slides)

2. Principal Issues

1. Tasks of a Materials Handling Manager (2 slides)
2. Material Handling System Design
3. Material Handling System components (5 slides)
4. Most cost-effective means of transport (3 slides))
5. Warehousing (4 slides)

3. Suggestions

6. Inventory Management

1. Key Concepts

2. Principal Issues

1. Types of inventory (2 slides)
2. Functions of inventory (2 slides)
3. Elements of inventory (2 slides)
4. Reasons for holding inventory
5. Inventory costs (2 slides)
6. Inventory management (4 slides)
7. ABC-Analysis (6 slides)
8. Inventory Management Systems (4 slides)
9. How much to order (4 slides)
10. When to order (2 slides)
11. Safety stock
12. Excess Inventory
13. Inventory Counting Methods (2 slides)

3. Suggestions

1. 6 step Action Plan
2. Inventory Matrix
3. Rationalize Products
4. Reduce Excess

4. Performance indicators (2 slides)

7. Distribution

1. Key Concepts (5 slides)

2. Principal Issues

1. Functions of Physical Distribution
2. Distribution Decisions
3. Transport Modes (7 slides)
4. Outsourcing
5. Distribution warehouses

3. Performance indicators

8. Customer Service

1. Key Concepts

2. Principal Issues

1. What Customers Look For (4 slides)
2. What Customers Experience (2 slides)
3. What Customers Want
4. Customer Service Issues
5. Service Levels

3. Analysis

1. Customer Analysis (3 slides)
2. Know the Customer
3. Customer Service Levels
4. Customer Response

4. Suggestions

5. Performance indicators (5 slides)

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Add comment May 9th, 2008