FINeX is a new branch of Future Insights Network, focusing on Executive Education for supply chain leaders and their teams.
Through collaboration with Professor David Simchi-Levi of MIT we have now created a unique training course at the intersection of technology, innovation and change in supply chain. Together, we will deliver material that addresses the realities of the modern supply chain in a VUCA world.
Professor Of Engineering Systems and Head of the Data Science Lab at MIT
Future Insights Network is collaborating with David Simchi-Levi to deliver practical training courses based on the research of a distinguished professor and leading mind in Supply Chain to prepare you for the future of Supply Chain.
It’s a VUCA world.
What is your business doing right now to protect your supply chain from costly, unexxpected turmoil and disruption? In a time of do or die are you investing in the necessary upskilling to ensure your business thrives no matter what new, unprecedented precedent is set tomorrow? Resilience and agility are more than buzz words. They are non-optional principles that any supply chain today needs to implement as a matter of urgency. Future Insights Network has led the way in connecting thought leaders and industry professionals to address these challenges. Now we are offering FINeX training. An efficient way to drive that crucial knowledge of how to transform your supply chain right into the heart of your business.
FINeX is excited to offer this new executive training course module for supply chain professionals. It has been designed with the most pressing issues for the SC industry in mind. Our course convener Dr. David Simchi-Levi (Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, Head of the MIT Data Science Lab) is an industry leader and widely regarded as having some of the most data led and practical approaches to today’s supply chain challenges.
This first course module will focus on digital transformation. This refers to the use of Data, Analytics and Automation, which have been applied by a few innovative companies, from Apple to Amazon to Dell, to transform their businesses and achieve significant increase in revenue and profit while decreasing costs. In all these cases, the objective is to apply business analytics to transform the way the organization manages its business, from manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, and revenue optimization all the way to understanding consumer’s preference and innovating new products.
The course module itself is 3 hours per session over 4 weeks. Each weekly session will cover a key area for development Supply Chain Fundamentals, Digitization, Resiliency and Sustainability respectively.
April 12th, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Fundamentals
Case Studies: Global retailer
Case Study: PC Manufacturer
Case Study: CPG network optimization
Case Study: High-Tech Manufacturer
April 19th, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Digitization
Case Study: Global retailer
Case Study: CPG transformation
April 26th, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Resiliency
Case Study: Automotive Manufacturer Risk Management Strategy
Case Study: Risk Management at Energy and Automation Manufacturing Company
May 3rd, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Sustainability
Case Study: CPG transformation through flexibility (PepsiCo)
Case Study: CPG transformation through redundancy
Case Study: Supply Chain Sustainability at a large CPG company
These course modules have been designed both as standalone, for the supply chain professional looking to focus on a particular area, and also as a modular series that logically integrate with each other. Each course module is individually certified upon completion by MIT Professor David Simchi Levi. In addition if you complete all four modules you will receive a Certificate of Supply Chain Mastery. Several start dates and rotating modules make this an incredibly flexible qualification to fit around your other commitments. Our first two modules are already available to book and modules three and four will be scheduled for next year.
Completion of this course module bestows a Supply Chain Digitization and Resiliency certificate signed by MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi.
The course is based upon these texts –
FINeX is excited to offer this new executive training course module for supply chain professionals. It has been designed with the most pressing issues for the SC industry in mind. Our course convener Dr. David Simchi-Levi (Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, Head of the MIT Data Science Lab) is an industry leader and widely regarded as having some of the most data led and practical approaches to today’s supply chain challenges.
This second course module will focus on supply and demand analytics. With the increasing availability of broad and deep sources of information — so-called “Big Data” — using this abundance of data to make better supply chain and business decisions is becoming an even more critical capability for enterprises of all types and sizes. In this course, you will learn to identify, evaluate, and capture supply chain and demand business analytics opportunities that create value. Towards this end, you will learn basic analytics methods and analyze case studies on organizations that successfully deployed these techniques in their supply chains.
Our focus is on the applications of optimization and machine learning techniques to improve demand forecasts, especially for new product introduction, supply chain segmentation, network planning, inventory positioning, transportation mode selection (e.g., air vs. ocean), and supply chain resiliency.
We have three goals in this course. The first is to help you think critically about data and the analyses based on those data — whether conducted by you or someone else. The second is to enable you to identify opportunities for creating value in your supply chain using business analytics. The third is to help you estimate the value created using data and analytics to address an opportunity.
The course module itself is 3 hours per session over 4 weeks. Each weekly session will cover a key area for development Supply Chain Analytics Fundamentals, Digitization, Data Science and Planning respectively.
There will also be an optional onboarding and networking online session ahead of the course start date to ensure all participants are able to use the Zoom events platform and able to get the most out of the course.
Feb 1st 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Analytics Fundamentals
Feb 8th, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Digitization
Feb 15th, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Data Science
Feb 22nd, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Planning
These course modules have been designed both as standalone, for the supply chain professional looking to focus on a particular area, and also as a modular series that logically integrate with each other. Each course module is individually certified upon completion by MIT Professor David Simchi Levi. In addition if you complete all four modules you will receive a Certificate of Supply Chain Mastery. Several start dates and rotating modules make this an incredibly flexible qualification to fit around your other commitments. Our first two modules are already available to book and modules three and four will be scheduled for next year.
Completion of this course module bestows a Supply and Demand Analytics certificate signed by MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi.
The course is based upon these texts –
FINeX is excited to offer this new executive training course module for supply chain professionals. It has been designed with the most pressing issues for the SC industry in mind. Our course convener Dr. David Simchi-Levi (Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, Head of the MIT Data Science Lab) is an industry leader and widely regarded as having some of the most data led and practical approaches to today’s supply chain challenges.
This second course module will focus on supply and demand analytics. With the increasing availability of broad and deep sources of information — so-called “Big Data” — using this abundance of data to make better supply chain and business decisions is becoming an even more critical capability for enterprises of all types and sizes. In this course, you will learn to identify, evaluate, and capture supply chain and demand business analytics opportunities that create value. Towards this end, you will learn basic analytics methods and analyze case studies on organizations that successfully deployed these techniques in their supply chains.
Our focus is on the applications of optimization and machine learning techniques to improve demand forecasts, especially for new product introduction, supply chain segmentation, network planning, inventory positioning, transportation mode selection (e.g., air vs. ocean), and supply chain resiliency.
We have three goals in this course. The first is to help you think critically about data and the analyses based on those data — whether conducted by you or someone else. The second is to enable you to identify opportunities for creating value in your supply chain using business analytics. The third is to help you estimate the value created using data and analytics to address an opportunity.
The course module itself is 3 hours per session over 4 weeks. Each weekly session will cover a key area for development Supply Chain Analytics Fundamentals, Digitization, Data Science and Planning respectively.
TBC 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Analytics Fundamentals
TBC, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Digitization
TBC, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Data Science
TBC, 2023, 2 – 5 PM GMT
Supply Chain Planning
These course modules have been designed both as standalone, for the supply chain professional looking to focus on a particular area, and also as a modular series that logically integrate with each other. Each course module is individually certified upon completion by MIT Professor David Simchi Levi. In addition if you complete all four modules you will receive a Certificate of Supply Chain Mastery. Several start dates and rotating modules make this an incredibly flexible qualification to fit around your other commitments. Our first two modules are already available to book and modules three and four will be scheduled for next year.
Completion of this course module bestows a Supply and Demand Analytics certificate signed by MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi.
The course is based upon these texts –
Professor of Engineering Systems
David Simchi-Levi is a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and serves as the head of the MIT Data Science Lab. He is considered one of the premier thought leaders in supply chain management and business analytics.
His Ph.D. students have accepted faculty positions in leading academic institutes including U. of California Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon U., Columbia U., Duke U., Georgia Tech, Harvard U., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U. of Michigan, Purdue U. and Virginia Tech.
Professor Simchi-Levi is the current Editor-in-Chief of Management Science, one of the two flagship journals of INFORMS. He served as the Editor-in-Chief for Operations Research (2006-2012), the other flagship journal of INFORMS and for Naval Research Logistics (2003-2005). He is an INFORMS Fellow, MSOM Distinguished Fellow and the recipient of the 2020 INFORMS Impact Prize; 2014 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice; 2014 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award; 2009 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize and Ford 2015 Engineering Excellence Award.
He was the founder of LogicTools which provided software solutions and professional services for supply chain optimization. LogicTools became part of IBM in 2009. In 2012 he co-founded OPS Rules, an operations analytics consulting company. The company became part of Accenture in 2016.
In 2014, he co-founded Opalytics, a cloud analytics platform company focusing on operations and supply chain intelligence. The company became part of the Accenture Applied Intelligence in 2018.
