Supply Chain Short Courses

Courses in 2009-2010

Supply Chain Management - Agenda for the Future

A two-day course presented by Dr C. John Langley and Lew Roberts

Melbourne: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 June 2010, Citigate Hotel, City

Sydney: Late 2010 / early 2011 (dates to be advised)

Key Topics

• Issues and Challenges in Supply Chain Management
• Leveraging Logistics Value into Marketing Strategy
• Supply Chain Relationships
• Demand Management
• Distribution Management
• Transportation Management
• Customer Satisfaction Through Third Party Logistics
• Sustainable Supply Chain Design

Dr. Langley has been actively involved in supply chain management and business logistics for over 30 years. He is a former President of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and is a past recipient of the Council’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Langley is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer, and regularly attracts audiences of leading executives from the foremost companies. In 2004 he was honoured as one of the profession’s top five logistics executives at the Richmond Events Logistics and Supply Chain Forum. Dr. Langley has co-authored a number of books including The Management of Business Logistics: A Supply Chain Perspective, published in 2003.

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Courses Proposed for 2010-2011

CSIRO is working with the Logistics Association of Australia and other peak bodies in Australia and overseas, to construct a varied series of short courses on supply chain and logistics topics.

The following courses are proposed for 2010-2011: we are currently inviting expressions of interest from potential participants and presenters.

• Introduction to Logistics - run over a series of evening sessions, and covering the fundamentals of logistics theory and practice in Australia.
• Optimised warehousing and distribution - a short course concentrating on advanced topics in warehouse design, layout, picking processes/systems and inventory management. At the heart of this course will be the material delivered by Professor John Bartholdi at our Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Management course in May 2008.

• Business cases for distributed energy generation - are you part of a manufacturing or logistics operation that is interested in adopting localised, alternative energy sources? Need help in establishing a business case for investment in low-carbon energy technologies such as cogeneration, solar and wind power? In this course, CSIRO scientists and other Australian experts aim to provide you with the necessary tools for examining and quantifying the potential for distributed energy generation in your business.

Courses in 2008

The Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Management course was held in May 2008. It was a new executive education course that aimed to provide a comprehensive coverage of the supply chain configurations and decision making processes that distinguish high performance supply chain oriented enterprises. CSIRO and the Logistics Association of Australia were proud to offer this three day executive education programme, that featured Lew Roberts and Professor John Bartholdi (see biographies and news about the activities and achievements of the course presenters).