COURSE CONTENT

SESSION 1

INTEGRATED ENTERPRISEPLANNINGTo achieve a competitive advantage,demand driven plans must be integratedwith the supply and financial sides of thebusiness.

This session will address the philosophy ofIntegrated Enterprise Planning and itsrelationship to other improvement initiativessuch as Sales & Operations Planning(S&OP), Lean Thinking and EnterpriseResource Planning systems.

SESSION 2

SALES AND OPERATIONSPLANNINGWhile it is certainly true that mostmanufacturing companies are doingsomething with S&OP, just what they aredoing generally falls far short of what theycould be doing, or what they thought theywould be doing when they launched into it.In this session of the day, Chris and Phil willdiscuss what S&OP really is, what kinds ofprocesses are run by best practice S&OPusers, as well as functions that must bepart of a software package to truly call it an S&OP system.

SESSION 3

LEAN MANUFACTURINGA company that is lean will have processesin place to produce to the takt time, createcontinuous flow wherever possible, rightsize equipment, disentangle value-streams,develop the ability to make ‘every partevery day’ and more.

In this session, Phil and Chris will outlinethe basic concepts and structure of leanmanufacturing, what constitutes leanthinking, and how software can contributeto the objectives of lean manufacturing.

SESSION 4

PERFORMANCEMEASUREMENT AND KEYPERFORMANCE INDICATORS(KPIs)An effective performance measurementsystem with the right metrics can help you drive on-going improvement by raisingstandards and expectations of superiorperformance while concurrently tracingproblems back to the real root causes so they can be addressed.

This session is about the components ofan effective performance measurementsystem, how you can use specificmeasurements to drive improvedperformance, what to do and what not to do when designing a measurementprogram for your own company. The focus is on driving your supply network to be both leaner and more agile.

SESSION 5

IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATEDENTERPRISE PLANNINGA recent supply chain survey indicated thatmost companies are dis-satisfied with theirS&OP process as well as their IT solution(email phil@heenan.com.au for a copy). Inthis session, Chris and Phil will outline aproven approach to achieve success withboth the S&OP process but also a newERP system.

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SYDNEYSaturday 15 August 2009

MELBOURNESaturday 22 August 2009

One Day Seminar conducted by: Chris Gray (USA) & Phil Heenan (Australia)

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL BONUSRegister before 01 August 2009 and receive a CD of Chris Gray’s video course: ‘An Overview of Lean Manufacturing’

All attendees will also receive a CD of Chris’ video course ‘Performance Measurement and Assessment’

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Guide your company to lowerinventories and shorter lead timeswith higher shipping reliability andprofits through proven businessimprovement initiatives.Recommended for any key playerinvolved in the Sales & OperationsPlanning process, managersinvolved in; planning, purchasing,manufacturing, distribution, IT,inventory management, customerservice, demand management,implementation team membersand product rationalisation. It isparticularly suitable for SeniorManagers wanting an overview of which initiatives really changethe organisational culture forsustainable benefits.

Learn how the best companies around theworld utilise proven business improvementinitiatives to increase company profits.Improving performance doesn’t have to becomplex and often requires no new tools.Sometimes the tools you already own aresufficient for the job – if you can use themdifferently. Learn the kind of approachesneeded to get the best results.

OVERVIEW OF THE DAY Integrated Enterprise Planning

principles & the role of software Principles of Sales & Operations

Planning (S&OP) Principles of lean manufacturing Measuring company performance Implementing a computer based

management system

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COURSE PRESENTERSChris Gray (USA) has been at the forefront ofapplying proven manufacturing managementmethods and concepts for four decades. Hisideas about resource planning software(MRP II and ERP) have influenced the designof nearly every major supplier in the field, andhis concepts of how lean manufacturing canbe supported by software have been usedby the leading supplier of enterprisesoftware to the automotive sector to developa comprehensive lean manufacturingsystem. He has authored 6 books on

software design and functionality, softwareselection, and management best practices,as well as over 30 in-depth evaluations ofERP software packages, and 30 publishedarticles on ERP, enterprise software, andcomputers in manufacturing.

Phil Heenan has been a pioneer of MRPII,ERP, S&OP and IEP within the Asia Pacificregion. He has assisted small, medium andlarge organisations complete businessimprovement programmes with outstandingresults for nearly 25 years. As the Full TimeMRPII/S&OP/DRP Project Manager at

Beatrice Confectionery he led the team thatachieved cultural, process and computersystem changes that achieved outstandingbenefits. It is this experience that allowshim to pass on these proven, practicalapproaches for improving a company’sbottom line. Phil is a contributing author to the Gower Handbook of LogisticsManagement and the S&OP Best Practicebooks and is the current Victorian President,and immediate National Past President, ofthe Australasian Production & InventoryControl Society.

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