The next offering of this program will be held at The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University. The dates and fees will be announced at a later time.

Through Supply Chain Strategy for Enterprise Growth and Innovation, a joint effort with The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, executives will release the traditional cost-focused view of the supply chain, and adapt and share a mindset which views the supply chain as a strategic lever for achieving additional organizational goals of growth, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. The course provides a foundational core understanding of critical supply chain characteristics and competencies that can dramatically impact business results. Participants will improve their abilities to interact with key supply chain stakeholders inside and outside their own organizations, as well as employ the supply base as the source of a strategic growth initiative. The program offers integration among these critical, value-adding components to enhance global competitiveness.

• Senior business unit general and functional managers seeking to utilize the supply base as a vehicle for enterprise growth and innovation.
• Senior managers involved in the supply chain management process and those executives from related functions.
• Senior executives seeking to understand how to design contemporary high-performance supply chains.
• Executives from product, service, government, or not-for-profit organizations.

For speedier internalization of key learnings and optimized initiative impact, small multifunctional teams are encouraged to attend.

Participants will:

• Apply field-tested frameworks and diagnostics to their own organizations.
• Better appreciate the factors that affect “total cost of ownership” in the supply chain.
• Build the proper mindsets and tools to move in the direction of building and managing the supply chain as a growth operation.
• Grasp a sound understanding of some key supply chain challenges and opportunities associated with Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability, and “green” supply chains.
• Expand market opportunities through improved supply base design and supplier relationships.
• Help ensure the right fit among business unit strategic goals, approaches to innovation, and supply chain design and management.
• Identify and leverage key supplier capabilities to gain a competitive advantage through the supply base.
• Increase organizational competitiveness through improved supply chain management practices.
• Learn to design contemporary high-performance supply chains.
• Mitigate and manage risk across the supply chain network.

• Alliances, Trust, and Innovation
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Risk Mitigation
• Limitations to Growth
• Growth Strategies—How Structure, Culture, and HR Policies Impact Growth
• Innovation and Alternative Business Models for Growth
• Innovation Partnerships
• Performance Measurement and Metrics
• Supply Chain Design
• Supply Chain Trends—2010 and Beyond

• Through “live” cases with executives and speakers from both sides of prominent supply chain relationships, participants will interact with and learn from the leaders in successful supply chain growth strategies.
• Participants will return to the workplace with field-tested frameworks and diagnostics to apply across their organizations.

Edward W. Davis
Oliver Wight Professor of Business Administration, The Darden School, University of Virginia.

Edward D. Hess
Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence, The Darden School, University of Virginia.

Steven A. Melnyk
Professor, Production/Operations Management, Supply Chain Department, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University.

Joseph Sandor
Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor of Practice in Supply Management, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University.

Robert E. Spekman
Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and Area Coordinator, Marketing, The Darden School, University of Virginia.