The Association for Operations Managemement (APICS) has offered a new course on supply chain management: "Basics of Supply Chain Management" . This course covers industry fundamentals and provides a comprehensive overview of successful manufacturing strategies. Examine the basic concepts and language as well as the relationships among master planning, inventory management, forecasting, Just-in-Time manufacturing, material requirements planning, capacity management, distribution, production activity control, total quality management, and purchasing. Industry newcomers and those seeking to advance into management roles will benefit from this course.

The program will be held on these dates in Alexandria, VA:

January 17-19, 2006
May 16-18, 2006
September 12-14, 2006
December 5-7, 2006

The registeration can be done through this link : http://www.apics.org/Education/Workshops/registration.htm