MGSC is principally designed for:

• Senior executives in procurement, supply-chain management and operations
• Cross-company teams in charge of customer-supplier relations
• Business development executives responsible for supply-chain and sustainability improvements
• Consultants involved in supply-chain management

What

It is increasingly hard to achieve supply-chain excellence in today’s changing market where resources are scarce and customers are more demanding. Raw material shortages, market volatility, new financial regulations, political instability, and greater scrutiny on sustainability − all these factors are constraints on your efforts to maximize productivity and build shareholder value.

Managing the Global Supply Chain (MGSC) addresses these constraints. It helps you to exploit supply-chain efficiencies, manage the risks associated with cyclical variations in economic activity, and improve the visibility of costs and profitability. It explores issues such as: aligning the supply chain with your company’s value proposition, consolidating distribution for efficient working capital management, reorganizing the supply chain after a merger or acquisition, and the merits of a combative or a collaborative relationship with suppliers.

You will discover how to leverage the power of organizational networks and manage the internal changes needed to make it happen. You will also be introduced to leading-edge practices that have proven effective in improving growth, flexibility, responsiveness and efficiency.

MGSC will help you to:

• Understand and manage global supply-chain complexity and risks
• Protect sales and revenue growth through efficient execution
• Anticipate surprises and avoid problems within your global material, information and financial flows
• Explore collaboration and various forms of integration that allow you to take advantage of uncertainty

A typical MGSC schedule includes sessions such as:

• Supply-chain coordination and network configuration
• Competing on information flows
• Supply-chain strategy
• Supply-chain portfolio management
• Consolidating distribution and managing working capital
• Leveraging business flexibility and standardization
• Global supply-chain footprint
• Customer orientation and supply-chain
• Supply-chain change management 

How

MGSC combines rigorous learning and intense interaction with your industry peers and Faculty members. You will apply diagnostic tools to your own company, analyze international case studies, carry out simulations and benchmarking exercises, and engage in wide-ranging, challenging discussions. You will also examine best practices from some of the world’s most successful global companies.

Examples of topics covered:

The new face of competition

• Building a network of collaborative partners
• Changing the price/value relationship
• Creating a free flow of information across organizational boundaries
• Competing on the strength of the entire supply chain
  

Strategic value chain design

• Exploiting innovation opportunities along the entire value chain
• Capturing the value of product and process innovation
• Strategic sourcing and capability development

Creating and leveraging supply chain flexibility

• Managing global supply-chain portfolios
• Resilience via redundancy
• Resilience via flexibility derived from information
• Resilience via flexibility derived from suppliers
• Resilience via flexibility derived from culture
• Organizational innovation
  

Matching global demand with available supply

• Using real options to match supply and demand
• Moving from buyer-centric to seller-centric 
• Creating service and coordination capabilities
  

Leading a supply chain turnaround

• Putting customer needs first
• Identifying partners in the chain
• Benchmarking the competition
  

Corporate social responsibility in the supply chain

• Identifying the source of problems
• Consequences of supply-chain-partner misconduct
• Ensuring compliance by supply-chain partners
• Orchestrating desired behaviors from third parties
  

Management of change in complex supply chains

• New forms of organization
• Strategic, political, and cultural issues
• Resistance to change
• Sources of power and influence
• Leveraging the power of organizational networks
  

Our Faculty

Our Faculty members are recognized world authorities in their fields. They divide their time between teaching, research and acting as consultants to international companies. They remain on top of the latest management trends.

You can expect timely, innovative learning activities, materials and content in all IMD programs.

In this section, you will find important information on the program fee, application, invoicing, cancellation and transfer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our program advisors.

Fee

The program fee (which is mentioned on the overview page) excludes accommodation but includes tuition, teaching materials, and lunch on weekdays. Travel or living expenses are not covered. You must settle your own hotel bills, both when in Lausanne and on off-campus assignments, as well as all dinners and lunches on weekends when applicable. IMD reserves the right to modify the program fee at any time.

Tentative reservation

To make a non-binding reservation, send us a completed tentative reservation form. This carries no obligation and is not a substitute for the formal application form.

For IMD sessions, the following information applies:

Application & invoicing

Your application is forwarded to the program director who will evaluate it to ensure that the program corresponds to your objectives and profile. This can take approximately 1 week.

The information & registration office will notify you of the outcome of your application. If you are accepted, they will send your acceptance letter and invoice fee together by priority mail. From this point, your enrollment will be considered firm by both you and IMD.

Please pay the program fee within 30 days of the invoice date and no later than the commencement of the program. If you register within 1 month of the start of the program, you must settle the invoice immediately without exception.
Payment can be made by bank transfer or credit card.

Up to six weeks before the program start date, a program coordinator will contact you with information on hotels and pre-program preparation. Please note that IMD reserves enough rooms for each participant on the program.

If accepted, you understand that you must be completely free of professional duties while attending this program and that you must attend all scheduled sessions and activities.

Substitution

A participant can be substituted on the same program session without incurring any fees. The substitute needs to apply and be admitted.

Note: Once you have paid the program tuition fee, if you do not attend another program within 24 months, the program fee will be forfeited.