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Assessing Resilience for Future-Proofing Supply Chains

(MASTERCLASS ON RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS)

Introduction

The growing emphasis on building resilient supply chains reflects the necessity for businesses to establish strong supply chain systems in response to increasing uncertainty and global change. Due to the current uncertain global conditions resulting from the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, inflation, and climate change, the significance of resilient supply chains has significantly increased. However, many companies may lack the internal skills and knowledge needed to address this, such as data and information management for gathering and using data, planning and reviewing supply chain risk and resilience strategies, disruption risk analytics, and technology scanning skills, particularly related to supply chain resilience.

This masterclass aims to assist employees of companies in learning about supply chain resilience and developing a high-level plan to enhance their supply chain capability. Participants will receive an overview of current supply chain resilience trends and will be able to apply the acquired knowledge within a corporate environment. The programme spans 16 hours and is conducted over two consecutive days. Participants will be equipped to create a strategic action plan to enhance an organisation’s supply chain resilience.

The 2-day course is divided into four carefully structured sessions:

Session 1: Introducing the concept of resilience for future-proofing supply chains, including future-proofing supply chains in Industry 5.0, trends, challenges, and case studies from EU and worldwide perspectives.
Session 2: Teaching supply chain disruption risk and resilience assessment practises.
Session 3: Focusing on supply chain resilience assessment case studies.
Session 4: Covering hands-on practises for supply chain resilience assessment using Resilience+.

Who Should Attend

This masterclass is recommended for:

Top Management Officers: These leaders can drive organisational resilience initiatives. The training can equip them with the knowledge to integrate resilience in supply chain management and make data-driven decisions. It can also help them understand the importance of strategic planning and collaboration.
Chief Risk Officer, Enterprise Risk Manager: These professionals can benefit from learning how to manage risk in supply chains. The training can help them identify risks, analyse their impact, and develop a risk management plan.
Supply Chain Manager/Executive: These individuals can learn how to strengthen supplier collaboration and relationships, create a resilient supply chain, and achieve end-to-end visibility.
Operation Manager/Executive: These professionals can benefit from understanding the critical elements of a secure supply chain and how different distribution and order management components can build resilience.
Production Manager/Executive: These individuals can learn how to balance resilience and efficiency to secure the network during a disruption. They can also discover how implementing sustainable practises can improve the strength of the supply chain.
Logistics & Warehouse Manager/Executive: These professionals can learn how to respond swiftly and effectively to unforeseen disruptions, maintain operational continuity, and safeguard revenue streams.

Programme Agenda

Day 1

Session 1 (Morning)

INTRODUCTION TO RESILIENCE CONCEPT FOR FUTURE-PROOFING SUPPLY CHAINS
- By Prof Rosanna, CRF (Italian Council of Research), Italy and Dr Allan Zhang, A*STAR SIMTech
- Introduction to future-proofing Supply Chains in Industry 5.0
- Trends, challenges, and case studies from EU/Worldwide perspectives

Session 2 (Afternoon)

SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION RISK AND RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT PRACTICES
– By Dr Allan Zhang, A*STAR SIMTech
- Supply chain disruption and risk management practices: Relations between supply chain resilience with supply chain disruption risk management practices.
- Supply chain resilience assessment framework: technologies, tools, and methods are used to analyse and assess supply chain resilience.
- Assessing supply chain vulnerabilities and capability: vulnerability classification, qualitative assessment method, and information gathering based on questionnaires provided by Resilience+

Day 2

Session 3 (Morning)

SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT CASE STUDIES – By Dr Allan Zhang & Dr Le Van Dang, A*STAR SIMTech
- Case study 1 - MedTech
- Case study 2 – FMCG

Session 4 (Afternoon)

HANDS-ON PRACTICE ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT USING RESILIENCE+ - By Dr Allan Zhang & Dr Le Van Dang, A*STAR SIMTech
- Assessing and reviewing vulnerabilities and capabilities using Resilience +
- Gap identification and prioritisation
- Road-mapping for capabilities and technologies
- Group sharing

Trainers' profile

Dr Rosanna Fornasiero is the Director of Research at CNR (Italian Council of Research) and works in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Innovation Management, and Technology Roadmapping. She serves as the Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator for various EU projects such as Reschape and NEXT-NET, which focus on defining new industrial policies for the supply chain of the future, as well as developing sustainability and resilience in collaborative networks. Dr. Fornasiero is involved in European partnerships like EFFRA, ALICE, and A-SPIRE. Since 2013, she has been the Coordinator of the Roadmapping group of the National Cluster of Intelligent Factories in Italy and of the 7 Technical Groups of the cluster. Additionally, she is a contract Professor at the University of Padova, teaching operations management.

Dr Allan Zhang is currently a Senior Principal Scientist at SIMTech. He has an extensive career in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for operations research, spanning over three decades. His expertise involves utilising AI methodologies to optimise decision-making processes. His research covers diverse areas including knowledge management, data mining, machine learning, computer security, software engineering, enterprise information systems, and logistics supply chain risk and resilience modelling and optimisation. In addition to his role at SIMTech, he also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Dr Loe Van Dang is a Scientist at A*STAR ARTC . He obtained his PhD in Computer Engineering from the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT) at Thammasat University in Thailand. His areas of expertise include process optimisation, algorithm development, and mathematical programming. His work and research interests primarily revolve around supply chain resilience, risk management, supply chain digital twin, network optimisation, and the application of AI in supply chain management. Prior to pursuing research and earning his PhD in 2019, Dr Dang gained over 3 years of industry experience, working as a Development Engineer, Technical Lead, and Plant Assistant Manager.

Upon Completion

Participants will be awarded with a Certificate of Attendance (COA) by SIMTech and/or ARTC if they achieve at least 75% course attendance.

Full Course Fee

The full course fee for this course is $1,600 before funding and prevailing GST.

Nett Course Fee

International Participants	Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders	Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above (MCES) ²	SME-sponsored local employees (i.e Singapore Citizens, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders) (ETSS) ¹
$1,744	$523.20	$203.20	$203.20

All fees are inclusive of GST 9%.

Please note that fees and funding amount are subject to change.

LONG TERM VISIT PASS PLUS (LTVP+) HOLDERS

The LTVP+ scheme applies to lawful foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens with (i) at least one Singapore Citizen child or are expecting one from the marriage, or at least three years of marriage, and (ii) where the Singapore Citizen sponsor is able to support the family.
All LTVP+ holders can be identified with their green visit pass cards, with the word ‘PLUS’ printed on the back of the card.

ENHANCED TRAINING SUPPORT FOR SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SMEs) SCHEME (ETSS)

The ¹Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS) is for company-sponsored participants who are subject to the eligibility criteria shown below:

SMEs that meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

Registered or incorporated in Singapore
Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million

SME-sponsored Trainees:

Must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents.
Courses have to be fully paid for by the employer.
Trainee is not a full-time national serviceman.

Further Info: This scheme is intended for all organisations, including non-business entities not registered with ACRA e.g. VWOs, societies, etc. Only ministries, statutory boards, and other government agencies are NOT eligible under Enhanced Training Support for SMEs Scheme. Sole proprietorships which meet all of the above criteria are also eligible.

SKILLSFUTURE MID-CAREER ENHANCED SUBSIDY (MCES)

The ²SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) is meant for employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above.

SkillsFuture Credit

All Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit (Opening SkillsFuture Credit and One-off SkillsFuture Credit Top Up) which can be used to offset course fees (for self-sponsored registrations only).

For more information on the SkillsFuture funding schemes you are eligible for, please visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg

How course fees are calculated

TYPE	CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS
	International Participants	Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders	Employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above	SME-sponsored local employees (i.e Singapore Citizens, Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders)
	FUNDING SOURCE
	Not applicable for SkillsFuture Funding	SkillsFuture Funding (Baseline)	SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) ²	SkillsFuture Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) ¹
Full Course Fee	$1,600	$1,600	$1,600	$1,600
SkillsFuture Funding	Not Applicable	($1,120)	($1,440)	($1,440)
Nett Course Fee	$1,600	$480	$160	$160
GST 9%	$144	$43.20*	$43.20*	$43.20*
Total Nett Course Fee Payable to Training Provider	$1,744	$523.20	$203.20	$203.20

* Based on 30% of Full Course Fee

Contact Us

For technical enquiries, please contact:

Dr Allan ZHANG,
Email: nzhang@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

For general enquiries, please contact:

Mr Alex TAY,
Email: Alex_Tay@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

Registration

Please register for this course through our Course Registration Form for Public Classes.
For the first question, please select "MasterClasses".
Applicants will be placed on our waiting list if the course does not have an upcoming scheduled intake.
Once the next intake is confirmed to commence, SIMTech will contact the applicants to share the class information.

Collaterals

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Schedule

Module	Skills Course Reference Number	Next Intake(s)'s Training Period (Click on the dates to view its schedules)	Registration Status
Assessing Resilience for Future-Proofing Supply Chains (MasterClass on Resilient Supply Chains)	TGS-2024046339	19 & 20 Nov 2024	SIGN UP Now

Note: SIMTech and ARTC reserve the right to change the class/schedule/course fee or any details about the course without prior notice to the participants.

Announcement:

From 1 Oct 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)'s funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. More information may be viewed here.

Sessions

: Full day

: Morning