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Successfully
Managing Your
Distribution
Inventory
OPEN EnrolMENT • Management & Leadership
Upcoming
Sessions:
October 21 - 22, 2013
May 12 - 13, 2014
What
Participants Say:
“This course will add to
my toolbox of knowledge
to better understand and
look for efficiencies in my
workplace.”
J. Pugsley,
Distribution Supervisor,
Lanxess Inc.
Learn the fundamental issues in distribution
inventory management in order to optimize your
inventories and maximize profits for your business.
“Great content – well
tailored and precise for
course duration.”
S. Airey,
Managing Working
Capital Strategies,
Husky Injection
Molding Systems
Inventories are the lifeblood of the
supply chain. When inventories are
managed well, companies are more
profitable.
But it can be a balancing act. Sales wants lots of
inventory on hand to fill orders, while Finance wants to
carry the least amount of inventory possible in order to
free up cashflow for other needs.
Successfully Managing Your Distribution Inventory
provides you with the methods and thinking necessary
to optimize your inventories and improve your
company’s profitability and return on assets.
“Very informative and
easy to understand, both
an insightful and great
refresher. Lots of relative
topics and group work to
stimulate the experience.”
K. Foster,
Supply Chain Director,
CML Healthcare
Enrol today to earn
your certificate.
See back for three
ways to register.
The Best Part:
The course provides a mix of concepts and methods.
It gives you the framework and techniques you need to
manage your distribution inventories most effectively.
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for complete
program
content and
what you
will learn!

What You Will Learn
1. The critical links between good inventory
management and good financial results
2. The key issues and methods of
distribution inventory management
3. How to measure inventory performance
4. How to improve your forecasting
5. How to choose the best order quantities
6. How to set safety stocks that work
Successfully Managing
Your Distribution Inventory
Who Should Attend
• y VPs, directors and managers with hands-on
inventory responsibility
• y Inventory planners and analysts
• y Financial analysts with inventory responsibility
• y Managers from manufacturing, distribution, retail
and 3PL companies
Learn how to
rightsize your
distribution
inventory
7. How to decide how much inventory to
carry and rightsize your inventory
8. How to identify inventory problems
and opportunities
Course Requirements
Please bring your laptop computer with CD-ROM drive and your laptop
power cord. Basic computer skills required.
9. How to take advantage of the ABC
principle
10. How to optimize your inventory
distribution network
11. Learn practical ideas that you can use
in your business right away
SEEC
Learning Path
Program
Inquire as to how this short program or any other
regular series short program (2-5 days in duration)
can become a Learning Path complimentary
program. Call 416.736.5079 and ask to speak to
a Senior Education Adviser today.
“The best supply chains aren’t just fast
and cost-effective. They are also agile and
adaptable, and they ensure that all their
companies’ interests stay aligned.”
Hau L. Lee, US Professor of Operations,
Information and Technology in Harvard
Business Review, Oct. 2004
Integrate your management of the supply chain from supplier to customer.

Next Session: October 21 - 22, 2013 • See back panel for three easy ways to register
Program Content
Day 1
Course Overview
• y What kinds of inventories we are
managing?
• y What kinds of systems we are using?
Introduction to Inventory Management
• y Inventory forms and functions
• y Financial impact
• y Benchmarks
• y Control vs. optimization
• y What makes it tough
Technical Basics
• y Core process and metrics
• y Inventory turns
• y The ABC Principle
Forecasting Sales or Usage
• y The forecasting process
• y Good forecasting practices
• y Working with customers
• y The value of a good forecast
• y Measuring forecast accuracy
• y Assessing and improving forecasting
Control Systems
• y Requirements planning
• y EOQ/ROP system
• y Min/Max system
• y The three inventory costs: acquisition,
carrying, stock out
Order Quantities
• y Factors that determine order quantities
• y Economic order quantities and models
• y How to handle freight costs
Case Study
Working on Participant Inventory Issues
Day 2
Safety Stock
• y Working with the normal distribution
• y Fill rate targets
• y Role of safety stock
• y Lead times and review times
• y Calculating safety stocks
• y How to set safety stocks that work
Deciding How Much Inventory to Carry
• y Setting fill rate targets
• y Setting turns targets
• y Building and using inventory turns
models
Inventory Networks
• y Today’s network opportunities and issues
• y Framework for analysis
• y Combining two inventories into one
• y Central stocks versus direct to field
stocking points
Case Study
Working on Participant Inventory Issues
Unique
Course
Features
• y Learn in an interactive workshop format
• y Receive presentation slides and a CD with course
exercises and materials
• y Work through exercises and examples on your laptop
• y Class time is set aside for working on participant
company’s inventory issues
Instructor Profile
Alan Saipe, M.A.Sc, Ph.D.
Alan Saipe has been involved with supply chain and logistics management for most of his
working career – as a consultant, an educator and a line manager. As director of operations at
Connaught Laboratories Limited he rightsized the company’s insulin inventory. As an educator
he has taught logistics and inventory management in MBA, executive MBA and in executive
education programs. And as a consultant he has worked with dozens of clients to improve and
optimize their distribution inventories. Alan has also had a long affiliation with Supply Chain &
Logistics Canada. He is a past chairman of the Association, having been on its National Board
of Directors for nine years.
In-Company Training
This and all SEEC programs
can be delivered on-site or
customized for your group’s
needs. Please e-mail your
custom program inquiry to
customseecprograms@schulich.
yorku.ca. For more information
call 416.360.8850 or visit
www.seec.schulich.yorku.ca.

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Successfully Managing
Your Distribution Inventory
Upcoming Sessions:
October 21 - 22, 2013
Executive Learning Centre
May 12 - 13, 2014
Nadal Management Centre
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Course Tuition & Registration Details
Program Tuition: $2,045 + applicable taxes. This includes instruction, all
seminar materials, lunches, refreshments, but not hotel accommodations.
Special Team Savings: Save $150 each when two or more team members
from the same organization register for this program at the same time.
Please Note: Fees, dates, speakers and applicable taxes are subject to
change. York’s liability is limited to reimbursement of paid tuition fees.
One free transfer is permitted, provided written notice is received at least
14 days in advance of the seminar start date. Late transfer requests, less
than 14 days in advance of the start date, will incur a $100 fee. Additional
transfers are $200 each. Cancellations received in writing at least 14
days in advance of the seminar start date will receive a full refund.
Written cancellations received less than 14 days prior to the seminar will
be subject to a $500 administration fee. Participants must attend all
program days and fulfill all program requirements in order to receive a
certificate. HST# R119306736.
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This is to certify that
HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CENTRE
SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DR. DEZsÖ J. HORVÁTH
Dean,
Tanna H. Schulich Chair in
Strategic Management
Signed at Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ALAN C. MIDDLETON
Executive Director,
Executive Education Centre
Your course will take place at
the following SEEC facilities from
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day:
October 21 - 22, 2013 session
Schulich Executive Learning Centre,
York University, 4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Tel: 416.736.5079
SEEC accepts Visa, MasterCard,
American Express and cheques.
If paying by mail, registration
forms can be sent to:
Schulich Executive Education
Centre, The Executive Learning
Centre, Schulich School of Business,
York University, 4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Includes a handsomely framed
Certificate of Course Completion.
This and all SEEC open enrolment
programs allow you to:
• y Rapidly update your education to
an executive level in areas key to
your success
• y Link theory to practice with a
hands-on, action-based learning
curriculum
• y Enjoy immediate ROI through
application of your learning right
away
• y Share experiences and knowledge
with other professionals in limitedsize
classes
• y Leverage the expertise and insight
of industry savvy, real-world
instructors
• y Network among graduating
colleagues to develop lasting
business friendships
May 12 - 13, 2014 session
The Miles S. Nadal Management
Centre, 222 Bay St., 5th Floor,
Ernst & Young Tower,
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1K2
Tel: 416.360.8850
Optional Accommodations
For sessions at the Schulich
Executive Learning Centre, join
us at The Schulich Executive
Residence. Call 416.650.8300 for
information and reservations, or
book at www.elc.schulich.yorku.ca.
For sessions held at The Miles
S. Nadal Management Centre,
please consider staying at the
InterContinental – Toronto Centre
at 1.800.422.7969 or www.ictc.ca
and provide the SEEC Corporate
ID: 100185088.
Please make cheques payable to:
York University – Schulich
Executive Education Centre
Contact Us
Call us at 416.736.5079
(1.800.667.9380 toll free), or email
execedinfo@schulich.yorku.ca.
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learning facilities
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