Duration
0.5 Day.
Price
Public training: CHF 400.- excluding VAT / participant.
Corporate training : CHF 3’200.- excluding VAT (basis: 8 participants)
Objectives
This course provides all segments of the visibility in the supply chain and opportunity to discuss new implementation strategies and learn about the latest industry-wide efforts to advance these technologies. Fundamentally, traceability is about collecting and understanding data to make informed and critical decisions and maximise environmental performance.
Participants profiles
This course is a must-attend for intermediate or senior managers seeking to explore and discuss implementation strategies and the latest industry developments surrounding the use of track-and-trace technologies in the supply chain.
Prerequisites
This program focuses on efficient design, management and optimization of complex supply chains within a global context and the analysis of gains derived from visibility in real time.
It is aimed to students with a concrete working experience and good background of supply chain principle and associated IT technology.
Themes
Creation of an electronic chain of custody
- EPCIS event driven interactions versus request/reply interactions. Association between product identity and business event. Creation of an electronic chain of custody. Creation of specific requests for tracking information.
- Discovery principle; how to find other trading parties who have data of interest?
- Business intelligence, Master data, transactional data segregation and XML exchange. Core Business vocabulary for collaboration rules among the supply chain stakeholders.
- Understand the business drivers and define the expected benefits (ROI). Assess visibility derived gains.
- Living case: Reverse supply chain (Product recall, container management, cold chain…).
- Living case: Chain of custody identification from producer to point of sales.
Progress
Each plenary session is taught with help of PowerPoint material. Learning manual and PowerPoint slides are electronically available to the student. The student teams up with a group for living case and other group exercises.
Documentation
The complete documentation, corresponding to the visual presentation is given.
Acknowledgement
Individual marking is done through Questions with Multiple Choices. The student is also encouraged to formulate and propose QMC questions which are assessed. Relevant questions sent to the lecturer, apart from plenary session are also gauged. Groups are awarded a note for group sessions (i.e.: living cases).
Place
Geneva