Welcome to our practical class of Inventory management in disruptive times.

The main goal of the class is for you to learn: how to control your inventory levels and maintain service.

To start we will cover the theory basics to create a base of knowledge and common understanding of the main concepts.

Then we will be focusing on highlighting the exact controllables that professionals have over their inventory and how to influence them.

We will spend most of the time of the class on real practical examples to showcase the strategies and tactics of inventory management that could be applied during disruptions.

To conclude we will synthetize the knowledge we have shared so that you can apply it to your company and industry.

1) Introduction – 14 min

I.Intro

II.What is a Disruption?

III.What is Inventory Management?

2) Theory – 23 min

IV.Inventory Management Basics

V.What can you control?

3) Practical cases – 21 min

VI.Inventory reduction (Manufacturer + Distributor + Retailer)

VII.Broken supply (FMCG)

VIII.High waste (Grocery Retail)

4) Final case and conclusions – 22 min

IX.Inventory Policy (Manufacturer + Distributor)

X.Conclusions and final considerations

Who are the instructors:

Jorge Serrano P a former partner in the big 4 PwC and EY, executive at IBM and SAP, and planner for industrial manufacturers. He has lead teams of Supply Chain, Operations and IT having help many customers improve their operations.

Jorge Serrano C Jr, a former planner in the industry for Unilever and consultant in Supply Chain for PwC and Relex. He has worked a lot in implementing the latest supply chain solutions.