LEAN Supply Chain Management Workshop

Synerflex Consulting

Trainer Profile:

Andrew Cheah Director - Asia Pacific

Lean Advisors Inc.

Andrew is the director for Asia pacific region of Lean Advisors Inc. He has successfully trained and implemented Lean to both multinational corporations and local SMEs. He has worked with various multinational corporations for more than 10 years in areas of material, supply chain management and production and operational planning. He is highly regarded for his ability in setting up material and production planning system for fast-paced electronics manufacturing operations.

Furthermore, Andrew has conducted trainings in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam,

Thailand, Mauritius, United Kingdom, China, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Egypt, Jordan and United Arab Emirates. He is known for his effective results-oriented training solution. He has successfully helped both multinational corporations and local SMEs from various countries implement Lean initiatives within a short time (less than 6 months) successfully.

Andrew is a Certified Professional Business Coach from the International Managers Association, UK. He is also a founding member of the International Association of Coaches, and a member of CoachVille, the largest coaching organisation in the world. He holds a MBA from Winona State University, Minnesota, USA and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from Northern University of Malaysia.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. The ultimate goal of any effective supply chain management system is to reduce inventory. (with the assumption that products are available when needed).

Lean supply chain management is for many companies. It is not just for manufacturers who practice lean management. It is also for non-manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and others. Companies have a number of areas in their supply chain where waste can be identified as time, costs or inventory. To create a leaner supply chain companies must examine each area of the supply chain. (ie: Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Transportation and etc )

Lean is how a properly designed and operated supply chain should function. A lean supply chain process has been streamlined to reduce and eliminate waste or non-value added activities to the total supply chain flow and to the products moving within the supply chain. Waste can be measured in time, inventory and unnecessary costs. Value added activities are those that contribute to efficiently placing the final product at the customer. The supply chain and the inventory contained in the chain should flow. Any activity that stops the flow should create value. Any activity that touches inventory should create value.

Objectives:

After attending the workshop, the participants will be able to understand more on:

· the concepts, objectives and processes of supply chain management;

· good grasp of the issues, challenges and opportunities for a modern enterprise operating in a global environment;

· working knowledge of business finance and risk management essential to managing cost and service performance of complex supply chains;

· good understanding of the fundamental principles and methodology in developing a best-practice supply chain strategy to support an enterprise's marketing objectives;

· an update of the technology that is reshaping the way modern supply chains are designed and managed for maximum business performance.

· application of Lean concepts throughout the supply chain

Workshop Methodology:

The 2-day training programme also adopts a 'learn-analyse-apply' model. This model provides participants with adequate opportunities to:

· Apply the newly acquired Lean SCM knowledge and techniques in the systematic development of supply chain solutions.

· Learn about the various dimensions of supply chain processes in determining competitive advantage for their companies;

· Analyse how the key components of SCM can be integrated to provide value for customers as well as to lower business costs; and

· Participants will be stimulated to participate with active interaction in team activities like group discussions & presentations, business games & modeling and Harvard business case studies.

What Our Customers Say:

“Excellent games to demonstrate the concept.”-- Komag USA

 “….different from other consultants, where simulations are good to prevent attendees from  sleeping.” -- B.Braun

“On the first day, my people are very skeptical on this program, but I don’t know what you do to them because on the second day, they are all so excited and talk non-stop about what they can do with Lean…” -- Eric (Managing Director), Sofap Ltd, Mauritius

“The program is UNREAL cause it is so simple that even illiterate operators can understand and wanting to do it” -- Maxime (CEO) Xpanda Mauritius Ltd

“Andrew’s Lean training is different because he can motivate the participants to take action besides impart the technical knowledge” -- Cheah (Director), MATAC Malaysia

“He explained and gave simple examples that can be applied to our work place” -- Franklin Mint Porcelain Manufacturing Sdn Bhd

 

ES Teoh, Senior Advisor - Asia Pacific

Lean Advisors Inc.

ES Teoh brings with him over 18 years of working experience in SME (Small Medium Enterprise) as well as Fortune 500 MNC (Multi-National Corporation) in the area supply chain management, enterprise resources planning, capacity planning & scheduling and computer added engineering. His key areas of expertise include Lean, Operations Service and Manufacturing and Project Management.

He has facilitated Lean Manufacturing, Lean SCM, Lean Office and Leadership Development workshops for cross-functional teams and executives in a variety of manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries.  He also provides training and advisory expertise in Lean principles and implementation: Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, TPM, Kanban, Visual control and 5S.

ES Teoh holds an Honours degree in Computer Aided Engineering from the University of John Moore Liverpool, United Kingdom. He is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.

For more detail information, please contact Mr Teoh at 65-97302048 or email to info@synerflexconsulting.com