Here is a presentation I recently created after completing a Lynda certification on supply chain foundations.

1. Supply Chain Foundations
Hunter Martin

2. Understanding parts of a supply chain
• Supply chains buy things, make things, and move things in order to
get a product or service from point A to point B through
procurement, operations,and logistings.

3. The changing nature of supply chain
management
• Its not really supply chain management without integration of
different departments, communication, and continual analysis of
data.

4. Establishing SCM goals
• Create great products that arrive on time and control costs by
eliminating waste.

5. Understanding SCM across industries
• If you are make something, buying, storing, or moving products in
the most efficient way possible, you are managing a supply chain.

6. Understanding inventory
• There are many costs associated with inventory such as,
purchasing, delivery, storage, and insurance.

7. Choosing a supplier
• Consistency, high-quality, availability, and price are all factors
that need to be considered when choosing a supplier

8. Developing good buyer and supplier
relationships
• Buyers and suppliers share needs, observe each other, discuss
their level of happiness, work together to innovate, and are not
exclusive

9. Understanding manufacturing and operations
• It is important to understand communication, goals, and the
connection between marketing, design, and supply chain
management

10. Marketing and designing your product
• When choosing a location you need to keep in mind the cost of
labor, taxes, finding reliable partners, and building business.

11. Managing quality
• Involves many aspects such as design, business processes,
employee skills, employee training, reliability, consistency,
manufacturing quality, long-term quality control, facilities,
equipment, raw materials, and logistics

12. Understanding logistics
• The coordination of a complex operation involving a large amount
of people, facilities, or suppliers

13. Packaging your product
• The best companies start planning their packaging strategies and
planograms from the moment the product is designed

14. Containerization
• The invention of the standard cargo container has made
loading/unloading easier, fewer hands touch the products, and
they are easily maneuverable from truck to ship to warehouse

15. Transporting and distributing your product
• Supply chain modes consist of trucks, trains, airplanes, ships,
pipelines, and digital distribution

16. Delivering your product
• The uses of warehouses include picking, packing, labeling,
returning, and repairing

17. Delivering the last mile
• Delivering the last mile is another term for how distribution
centers are going to get products to the retail store or residences

18. Integrating and coordinating the entire
supply chain
• In order to integrate the entire supply chain you must be aware of
purchasing, operations, manufacturing, and logistics

19. Mitigating the bullwhip effect
• The bullwhip effect can be prevented by sharing data, establishing
truthful dialogue, developing relationships, and keeping customers
informed

20. Basic supply chain strategies
• The three basic supply chain strategies are the push, pull and
postponement strategies

21. Understanding lean systems
• Develop goals and priorities and always be willing to learn as much
as you can

22. Going global
• In order to go global certain skills are needed such as marketing,
international finance, trade agreements, language, culture,
purchasing, operations, and logistics

23. Creating and managing ethical supply chains
• You can create and manage an ethical supply chain by establishing
codes of ethics, hiring auditors, and conducting employee surveys

24. Creating sustainable supply chains
• Use the least amount of materials necessary, make only what is
needed, use the least amount of resources, deliver goods in the
most efficient way

25. Dealing with disasters
• Engaging in the act of humanitarian supply chain management
and/or assisting in natural disasters and complex emergencies is
one way you can deal with and be prepared for disasters