Strategic Supply Chain Management programme 2019 wrap up
The Strategic Supply Chain Management programme has wrapped up for another year. The group traversed a wide variety of topics and discussed the successes and challenges of a range of very different organisations and projects.
For those who want to delve deeper, this has been our programme content this year.
Module One: Global and national views of strategy, supply chain strategy.
- Markets, strategy and competitive advantage
- Value creation and supply chain financials
- Business strategy that provides the context for supply chain strategy
- Supply chain design and dynamics
Module Two: Networks and Collaboration
- S&OP and alignment across the value chain
- Operational efficiency – metrics, analytics and optimising physical flow
- Improving and leveraging information flow across the business to increase collaboration and visibility
- Developing sustainable supply chain partnerships
- Dealing with uncertainty, risk and change in the supply chain
- Business case financials - key metrics and what drives them
Module 3: Supply Chain Performance & Technology
- Global and national perspectives on supply chain disruption
- Understanding the power of Blockchain to transform supply networks
- Develop an understanding of IoT and its value to supply chain optimisation
- Gain insights about the Air NZ experience of innovating across the supply chain
- Gain insights about what it takes to lead supply chains in complex times
- Review ten behaviours and how to develop mastery based on individual goals and plans
- Collaborate with others to progress project outcomes
Module 4: Operationalising Opportunities
- Presentation of projects and discussion with Advisory Group Panel
- Sustainability leading to circular economies - David Robb, Julia Fehrer
- Leading supply chains; leading companies; leading boards - what I've learnt over decades - Mark Powell.
- The supply chain 'profession' - opportunities, challenges and how do you see your future - Chris Johnson
- Your brand and why it matters - Suzanne O'Leary
- Programme review and next steps.
As you can see it is a fulsome list. The experience of being in the programme is not just one of gaining knowledge or sitting in a ‘classroom’. Participants engage with mentors, academic advisers and selected senior leaders and specialist speakers; work with their peers on issues, in simulations and case studies; construct a strategic project that they work on with their manager through the
programme.
In the programme next year we will be taking the opportunity to join with our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer colleagues for specific multi-disciplinary sessions on decision making in complex situations, collaboration and enterprise-level change. This will enable the individual cohorts to interact with each other and broaden their networks across the different fields.
Once again, our stellar Advisory Group members were very active – speaking, hosting site visits, mentoring and serving on the final presentation panels. A BIG thank you to them for their generosity and inspiring stories and experiences.
If you are interested in finding out more about the programme or wondering what development you may need to further your supply chain career, please get in touch with Felicity Lawrence.
f.lawrence@auckland.ac.nz
021492388
www.exec.auckland.ac.nz/c-suite/strategic-supply-chain-management/