Daniel Penn Associates Course Catalogue

Purchasing & Materials Management
Introduces the fundamentals of purchasing, bid packages and negotiation process in establishing a contract. Course addresses unique characteristics of materials, transportation, warehousing and third party logistics contracts and functions; and strategies for success in effective buying techniques.

Rail Supply Chain Management
Imparts working knowledge of the current and upcoming technology in supply chain management and vendor managed inventory programs for the rail mode. Demonstrates new services and systems for managing the rail mode; practical examples of rail supply chain management in a variety of industries; and Internet applications of customer service in rail.

Domestic Logistics/Traffic Management
Academic and practical knowledge on all five (5) modes of transportation. Discussions on reducing transportation costs, improve transportation efficiency and service, negotiate with carriers and manage transportation within a deregulated environment.

Electronic Commerce Opportunities in Logistics
Practical knowledge of opportunities using Internet and Intranet applications to improve logistics performance.

International Logistics/Traffic Management
Present academic and practical knowledge to reduce international transportation costs and increase service in the global marketplace. This course is designed for those who are trying to master the variety of modes, procedures, and intermediaries, regulations and services available to the domestic company conducting business internationally.

Corporate Safety Leadership –- OSHA and Responsible Care Compliance
(Certification Course)
Implementation of the Responsible Care Code of distribution practices and compliance with OSHA standards and DOT regulations in transportation and distribution. Practical techniques and tips for keeping employees and vendors safe during the handling of hazardous chemicals.

Developing Stronger Shipper-Carrier Relationships
Obtain working knowledge of the growing trend in single sourcing and master partnerships.

Freight Claims
What constitutes a freight claim; how to file a freight claims, laws, rules and regulations governing a carrier's liability; special rules for concealed loss and damage; bill of lading terms and conditions; and liability of transportation brokers and third parties.

Making Warehousing Technology Payoff
Making practical use of recent improvements in software, equipment and operations for greater productivity in warehousing and lower costs for warehouse customers.

Operations Asset Management Planning & Scheduling Workshop
How to develop a comprehensive asset management strategy (equipment, time, labor, and production) designed to reduce total operational costs and improve production, operational effectiveness and efficiency in both maintenance and operational functions.

Opportunities in Bulk Packaging & Distribution
Provides practical knowledge as well as product and service references for the exploitation of potential savings in bulk packaging, transportation, termination and distribution; and examples of new packaging and transportation achievements.

Transportation Law
Provides a working knowledge of transportation contract law, negotiation options, state, federal and international regulations affecting transportation; practical techniques and reference documents for contract negotiation; and drafting regulations. Variations in modal requirements and classifications are discussed.

Warehousing
Familiarize participants with the ever-changing role of warehousing as it relates to the transportation function, including detailed presentation of layout, operation and proper uses of storage and handling equipment. Site selection, labor, productivity are also discussed. Public vs. private warehousing also is examined.

Corporate Safety Leadership – OSHA & Responsible Care Compliance
(Certification Course)
Implementation of the Responsible Care Code of distribution practices and compliance with OSHA standards and DOT regulations in transportation and distribution. Practical techniques and tips for keeping employees and vendors safe during the handling of hazardous chemicals.

DOT Hazardous Materials Certification
Provides an awareness of current regulations. Working knowledge of Hazardous Material Table, documentation, general awareness, function specific requirements, and safety. Safety overview for threefold compliance with CFR 49 172.704. Detailed practical steps to reduce costs and comply with OSHA standards.

DOT Hazardous Materials Trainer Course
Provides an awareness of current regulations. Working knowledge of Hazardous Material table, documentation, function specific requirements. Safety overview for threefold compliance with CFR 49 172.704. Detailed practical steps to reduce costs and comply with OSHA standards.

Hazard Communication Standard Compliance
Explains OSHA standards on labeling, marking, signs, and training to meet the objective of avoiding injury; detailed practical steps to comply with OSHA standards.

OSHA Compliance Workshop
Presents OSHA Standards from log and documentation requirements to auditing and personal protective equipment; detailed practical steps to comply with OSHA standards.

Workplace Safety Auditing
Present OSHA standards on auditing and analysis of working conditions to determine the need for training, engineering and personal protective equipment; detailed practical steps to comply with OSHA standards.

Preventive Maintenance Workshop
How to develop and implement a comprehensive preventive approach for detecting and correcting equipment degradation and failure prevention practices.

Reliability Centered Maintenance
Presents an objective approach to determining the most appropriate maintenance policy.

Master Production Scheduling
Covers methods and techniques of the MPS process, the "driver" for detail materials and capacity planning systems in make-to-stock, assemble-to-order and engineer-to-order manufacturing. Course includes key concepts; available-to-promise; planning bills and interfaces to rough cut; as well as materials execution systems. Upon completion, participants should be fully qualified to pas the APICS CPIM test on Master Planning.

Material Requirement Planning
Presents scheduling logic for material items including data requirements, integration of service, inter-plant and production requirements and techniques for structuring bills-of-materials in various environments; and gross-to-net logic, pegging and reporting. Reporting covers the variety of MRP formats available to assist planning and problem solving. Upon completion the participant should be fully qualified to pass the APICS CPIM test on Material Requirements Planning.

Cycle Counting
Without a high level of data accuracy in the MRP system, resulting decisions may be faulty at best, and at worst fatally dangerous. This course covers the techniques for achieving and maintaining a high level of inventory record accuracy, including item selection, counting/measuring, reconciliation, root cause analysis, and management reporting techniques. In addition, bill-of-material auditing also is reviewed to ensure the accuracy of engineering data.

Inventory Control & Management
Course covers development of inventory strategies appropriate for different environments; aggregate inventory plans; various stock keeping system; inventory transactions; ABC analysis and replenishment ordering systems, including physical control, MRP and reorder point systems. Forecasting for inventory control also is covered, as well as modeling of the inventory parameters to ensure that the "drivers" minimize inventory investment while maximizing customer service. Upon completion, participants should be fully qualified to pass the APICS CPIM test on Inventory Management.

Shop Floor Scheduling & Control
Course covers the order or schedule release mechanisms, infinite and finite, as well as backward and forward scheduling techniques to establish valid schedule priorities based on appropriate scheduling rules. Shop floor data collection, bar coding, dispatch lists, performance reporting, and linkages to MRP and master production schedule to support customer service reporting are also presented. In addition, the development and evaluation of the capacity requirements plan (a pre-condition for generating valid schedules in certain environments) also is covered. Upon completion, participants should be fully qualified to pass the APICS CPIM test on Shop Floor Control.

Capacity Planning
Course presents systems of resource planning for labor, materials and equipment for aggregate production planning and rough-cut for master schedule validity as well as capacity requirements planning to support operations scheduling in various manufacturing environments. This course, taken together with the courses on Shop Floor Scheduling and Control & Master Production Scheduling comprise the essential features of a closed loop ERP system. Upon completion of this course, participants should be fully qualified to pass the APICS CPIM test on Capacity Planning.

Just in Time
Course topics include the elimination and prevention of waste emanating from manufacturing processes, policies, operating systems, maintenance systems, and poorly trained workers. Demand-pull techniques using several types of Kanbans for scheduling production and vendors as well as techniques for integrating JIT with MRP systems also are covered. Upon completion of this course, participants should be fully qualified to pass the APICS CPIM test on Just in Time.

Consulting Process Workshop

Based on our years of experience, we have developed a specialized program called The Consulting Process Workshop. It is a comprehensive 20-hour workshop for experienced internal and external consultants. The workshop teaches skills based on a formal, defined methodology that we've found to produce the best results – in terms of accuracy, completeness and quality – in the least amount of time.