The Global Supply Chain
  • CODE : MARG-0009
  • Duration : 90 Minutes
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Marilyn Gettinger owns and manages the consulting firm, New Directions Consulting Group. Marilyn created the organization in 1993 with the mission to assist companies in making the most of their precious resources. She designs customized training programs and consulting services to support organizations that must change to meet the demands of the 21st century. Her workshops present theory and then relate that theory to meeting the challenges of the organization. Participants are encouraged to take on intra-company projects that address upgrading and re-engineering of existing business and manufacturing processes. Her consulting services offer a team approach to streamlining existing processes using all of the skills and experiences of staff members. She has consulted with organizations to improve purchasing, inventory, and supply chain processes.

NEW DIRECTIONS CONSULTING GROUP works with organizations both in the service and manufacturing sector. The client base includes medical institutions, pharmaceutical, medical device, food, and cosmetic manufacturers, mold manufacturers, warehouse and distribution companies. The firm has developed workshops for companies with as few as thirty employees to large multi-national corporations. Class participants may include direct labor personnel all the way to top executives.

Ms. Gettinger is program coordinator and instructor for the Middlesex County College Institutes and the Wired Grant program Supply Chain certificate programs and chair and instructor for the Project Management Certificate program at Union County College. She taught the Institute for Supply Management Certificate preparation courses at both Union County College and also on-site at company locations. She has been a presenter at the Institute for Supply Management International Conferences in 1998 through 2010. She has presented workshops at the American Production and Inventory Control Society’s International Conference in 2000, 2002, and 2003 and 2009. Marilyn has also presented several workshops throughout the country for local and regional affiliates, groups, and forums of ISM on Benchmarking, Supply Chain Management, Supplier Evaluation, Best Practices, and Strategic Sourcing. She recently facilitated an online course for the Institute for Supply Management and led a Satellite Seminars on inventory and finance. She teaches International Trade and Importing at Baruch University. She presents courses in all areas of supply chain management and is an active instructor for the federal government LINCS program and the Talent Development Center preparing students to pass the Council for Supply Chain Management ScPro test. She is also teaching the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional test preparation program.

Marilyn helps promote other businesses through her involvement at both Bergen Community College and Kean University’s Small Business Development Center’s smallbusiness workshops. She holds a C.P.M and a CPSM and has completed her master’s degree and is certified in Materials Management from Bloomfield College.

This webinar explores supply chain management in a global environment. It discusses the macro level of global trade, global quasi-government institutions, trade agreements, and the challenges and opportunities in international business.

Students will identify global supply chains, transportation links, government entities, economic factors, regulations, and challenges of procuring and moving materials in and out of countries.

The presentation defines the importing and exporting processes including requirements, documentation, compliance issues, payment methods, customs duties, shipping terminology.

The program reviews total landed cost factors and identifies the real cost of importing and exporting. Students will work with the Harmonized Schedule of the United States to identify customs duties and units of measure.

The course explains the International Commercial terms that define responsibilities and costs when moving freight internationally, various payment methods, international documentation, and regulatory compliance in a post-World Trade world.

Areas Covered

  • The global supply chain
  • International trade in the 21st century
  • Opportunities in global supply chains
  • Challenges in doing business internationally
  • The economic impact of global trade
  • Global organizations such as the World Trade Organization
  • The importing process
  • The exporting process
  • Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
  • International Commercial Terms (Incoterms)
  • Nine factors in global supply chains
  • Trade agreements
  • Total landed cost calculation
  • International documentation
  • Payment methods
  • Logistics of global trade
  • Intermediaries
  • Foreign and Free Trade Zones
  • The future of global supply chains

Course Level - This webinar is a good review for those at advanced levels and critical to anyone at the intermediate and fundamental levels

Who Should Attend

  • Supply management personnel (purchasing, procurement)
  • Anyone in an organization who is involved in purchasing services or materials
  • Engineers
  • Research and Development
  • Safety Managers
  • Human Resource Managers/Supervisors
  • Finance
  • Transportation Staff
  • Customer Service

Why Should You Attend

Organizations buy and sell internationally with over 170 countries. If an organization is not directly importing, they are most likely dealing with a supplier or suppliers who are importing. Understanding the global perspective of supply chain management, its challenges, its opportunities, and its cost impact is critical to anyone working to streamline and manage their organizations supply chains.

Supply chain professionals are work in a global community in which what happens in one area of the world has far reaching impact on organizations in other parts of the world. No one can be successful without understanding global supply chain management and its impact on economies and businesses.

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