This workshop will begin with positioning APS in the perspective that it
may not be necessary for all customers and suppliers. APS must be integrated
into a stable ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. Stand alone APS
systems have had little success. Even with those selected businesses, APS
may not be necessary for all materials and products. On the other hand, some
businesses will have to incorporate APS to maintain the service delivery
performance required by their key customers. Readiness and accuracy of your
business master data is at the foundation for capability to operate an APS
system. Identification and strengths of your current supply capability has
to be aligned with your strategic customer values and brand identities. APS
will allow detailed system optimization of your order fulfillment process
after the strategic priorities are set. This will be a critical success
factor. The workshop will concentrate on understanding what APS means,
establish your capability to benefit from APS and to establish if your
customer offering requires us of APS. A key learning will be the
identification of those business practices that must be in place to have a
successful implementation. Skipping these fundamentals will results in a
disappointing deployment of APS.
After this workshop you will
be able to:
- Approach problems in the Advanced Planning and Scheduling space
with more confidence of how to be successful
- Better understand the breadth of Supply Chain Management versus
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
- Have more confidence about what tools are available and how to
use them successfully
- Introduce the tools in an organization to gain adoption and help
drive success
- Understand why traditional waterfall methodologies may not be
the best project management approach to successful supply chain
management applications
David J.
Biddle
Dave has 29 years of experience working in the
petroleum, chemical, consumer goods, and paper industries. He has
worked with a broad spectrum of computer application technologies,
both commercial and best of breed products, as well as custom
application projects, in guiding and facilitating the transformation
of companies’ business processes and tools. Dave has worked as a
client advocate to represent the clients’ best interests in
collecting and documenting the business opportunities and functional
requirements, mapping requirements to available technologies, vendor
identification and selection, and project requirements definition
and execution. Additionally, Dave has built and deployed
computer-based decision support systems, supply chain management
applications, including linear programming applications and model
development and support, design and development of process control
applications, and additional computer based engineering work. Dave
is currently employed by Logexsoft, Inc., a Richmond, Virginia based
planning, scheduling, and decision support company which works
closely with its clients to build solutions which adapt to and align
closely with their business needs.
