Webinar Mastering the Art of Date Management for Smooth Supply Chain Operations

Mastering the Art of Date Management for Smooth Supply Chain Operations

Catalog: Webinar
Short name: Mastering the Art of Date Management for Smooth Supply Chain Operations

Description

One of the most common customer inquiries is: When will my order be shipped? Similarly, suppliers frequently ask: When will we receive our materials? And on a daily basis, production teams face the challenge of when will products be ready? At the heart of these questions lies a critical element: dates. A company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system relies on accurate dates for material planning, capacity planning, and available-to-promise logic to ensure smooth operations.

The way an organization manages and maintains these dates directly impacts on-time shipment performance, supplier reliability, and production timelines. To ensure the system's effectiveness, everyone involved in the supply chain — from planners and schedulers to buyers, customer service reps, and production personnel — must understand how these dates affect the entire workflow. If these dates become inaccurate or are misused, system data can no longer be trusted, leading to reduced performance.

In this session, we will break down the three key date types — request, promise, and current — and discuss important distinctions such as on-dock vs. off-dock dates and the role of transit times. You’ll learn how to properly capture these dates in an ERP system, the essential user-defined fields, and how to handle date-change rules. Most importantly, we will share a proven methodology for ensuring date accuracy and discuss performance metrics for tracking shipping, supplier deliveries, and production completion.


Activity

Mastering the Art of Date Management for Smooth Supply Chain Operations

Video Video
1
Content Type
Webinars
Author
John Boyer
Author Bio

John Boyer, CPIM, CPIM-F

John E. Boyer, Jr., CPIM, CPIM-F, is president of J. E. Boyer Company Inc., a manufacturing and education consulting company that has been in operation since 1988. He has worked with 67 companies in a wide variety of industries including metal fabrication, electronics, sporting goods, aerospace and medical equipment. He has led 45 sales and operations planning designs and implementations. For ASCM and previously APICS, he has served as the APICS Salt Lake City Chapter president and a member of the chapter's board of directors, a member of the certification committee, a member of two international conference committees, and a committee member and chairman of the Remanufacturing Specific Industry Group. Boyer has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Lehigh University, an MBA from Utah State University, and ASCM Certified in Production and Inventory Management and Certified in Production and Inventory Management — Fellow designations. He also is a frequent professional organization speaker, having presented at eight Institute of Business Forecasting conferences and 31 ASCM conferences both domestically and internationally.

Member Content
Yes
ASCM Resource Center Content
No
Instructor Development Program
No
Supply Chain Knowledge Center Content
No
Duration In Seconds
2604

Tags

Operational Excellence Scheduling Supplier Relationship Management Supply Chain Management Synchronized Planning Transportation