Supply Chain, Sourcing & NPI Program Management

Supply-chain design, inventory and capacity, supplier qualification, and NPI program management — connecting sourcing to DFM and PPAP.

Private cohorts & on-site
Format: 2-day (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.)
Level: Intermediate
Location: Scheduled on demand · on-site at your facility or a regional venue
Date(s): Not yet scheduled for open enrollment. Get notified when it is, or book it privately for your team.
Includes: Certificate of Completion · printed slide binder · take-home reference text

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Faculty

Faculty details for this seminar will be announced with the full schedule.

Fees

Early: $1,895 (payment 4+ weeks ahead)
Standard: $2,095 (check/ACH) · $2,165 (card)

Group discount: $200 off per attendee for 3+ from the same organization.

Also Available

  • Corporate on-site delivery at your facility
  • Private cohort sessions
  • Digital curriculum licensing

Seminar Overview

Parts don't ship on engineering alone — they ship on sourcing, planning, and program execution. Built from MIT OpenCourseWare's operations and supply-chain curriculum, this seminar teaches supply-chain design, inventory and capacity planning, sourcing and supplier qualification, and new-product-introduction program management. It directly supports the engineering managers, sourcing teams, and program leaders your playbooks already target — and connects naturally to ETS's DFM and PPAP discipline on the procurement side.

Ideal Learner

  • Sourcing, supply-chain, and supplier-quality engineers
  • NPI and program managers launching new products
  • Purchasing and supplier-development professionals
  • Operations managers responsible for cost and continuity
  • Engineers coordinating with suppliers and plants

Learning Objectives

  • Design supply chains and manage inventory and capacity trade-offs
  • Qualify and manage suppliers with engineering discipline
  • Run new-product-introduction programs from RFQ to launch
  • Connect procurement decisions to DFM and PPAP
  • Balance cost, continuity, and quality in sourcing decisions

Consulting Sessions

Seminar attendees can sign up for individual consulting sessions with the instructor. Sessions are free for registered attendees, first-come first-served — sign up when registering by calling 248-539-0473 or during the seminar.

Seminar Outline

  • Flows, nodes, and network design
  • Make/buy, sourcing, and total-cost thinking
  • Resilience, tariffs, and reshoring realities
  • Demand, buffers, and the bullwhip effect
  • Inventory models and service levels
  • Aligning capacity to ramp and variability
  • Qualifying suppliers with engineering evidence
  • Supplier DFM, PPAP, and quality flow-down
  • Managing supplier risk and second-sourcing
  • The NPI lifecycle and stage gates
  • Coordinating engineering, sourcing, and launch
  • Escaping the launch-delay traps
  • Connecting sourcing to design and DFM
  • Cost-down through part consolidation
  • The sourcing and quality interface (PPAP)
  • Attendees frame a sourcing and NPI plan for a program
  • Balance cost, continuity, and quality
  • Present the program plan

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