Warehouse and Distribution Management

Session Type: Recorded Webinar
Knowledge Element: Supply Chain Management
Speaker: Rob Handfield, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University, and Director, Supply Chain Redesign LLC.  
Duration: 30 minutes

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This Webinar is intended to provide an overview of transportation operations. The materials management module will focus on integrated logistics systems including the importance of managing the system as a whole rather than sub optimizing small portions of the supply chain; the importance of managing the total cost (understanding the implications of transportation choices); and some of the common barriers to integration.

Participants will learn logistics operations including the importance of coordinating other functions in the company due to their impact on transportation choices, and how inventory decisions impact transportation.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the function of warehouse and distribution management systems 
• Understand different types of transportation and logistics systems 
• Understand environmental storage and transportation controls for hazardous and non-hazardous materials

Who Should Attend:

• Professionals who are responsible for the implementation and management of inbound or outbound shipments 
• Suppliers and others involved in inbound or outbound shipments

Speaker Biography

Robert B. Handfield is the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University, and Director of the thought-leadership group Supply Chain Redesign LLC. He is a world-renowned researcher and consultant in supply chain management, new product development, and e-business. Handfield's research focuses on benchmarking best practices in supply chain business processes. He has written several research reports for the Center for Advanced Purchasing (CAPS), and has published research in journals such as the Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Science, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Logistics, and IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management, SCM columnist for APICS: The Performance Advantage, and serves on the editorial board of the Supply Chain Management Review, Decision Sciences and the Journal of Supply Chain Management. He is the author of five books on strategic sourcing and supply chain management. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and has extensive consulting experience with a number of international organizations.

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