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The Cisco-Fudan-Stanford (CFS) Supply Chain Leadership Institute officially launched its first program this week, welcoming as its first participants about 40 senior executives from multinational and local companies in China seeking ways to improve their supply chain management capabilities and sharpen their competitive edge in the global marketplace.Based at Fudan University, the CFS Supply Chain Leadership Institute is sponsored by Cisco and jointly developed as a collaboration between Cisco, the School of Management at Fudan University (FDSM) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Institute offers advanced management training to leaders of Chinese companies, with the primary objective of driving thought leadership in supply chain management. This week-long program provides intensive training designed to help participants gain the skills necessary to operate as truly global leaders.China's economy is accelerating its pace of globalization and driving to build an innovation-based economy at a time when world-class supply chain management has evolved beyond simply manufacturing and shipping products. Supply chain leaders are confronted with new complexities and more challenges than ever before. Continuous learning has become essential for them to keep abreast of the latest trends and best practices in order to succeed in the global marketplace. The CFS Supply Chain Leadership Institute is an acknowledgement of this need.Milestone for Cisco in ChinaInstitute participants will have the opportunity to learn and share best practices in lifecycle management and logistics, as well as in managing strong relationships across global networks of suppliers and other supply chain partners. They will discuss the key issues facing supply chain organizations today, such as corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability. A major emphasis will be on what is required to transform the traditional supply chain that makes and delivers products into a "value chain" that provides competitive advantage to a company and its customers.Participants will focus on seven modules, including Supply Chain Management Strategies, Supply Chain Operations Best Practices, Supply Chain Logistics Best Practices, New Product Introduction and the Supply Chain, Emerging Supply Chains, Supply Chain Partnerships, and Managing Change. Cisco experts and Fudan and Stanford professors will deliver the modules. Participants who complete the program will obtain a certificate jointly awarded by Cisco, FDSM and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Qi Chengyuan, deputy director general of the High-Tech Industry Department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, called the official opening of the institute a milestone for Cisco's commitment made in a memorandum of understanding signed between NDRC and Cisco."In today's world, supply chain management has become critical to competitiveness of not only companies, but also economies," Qi said. "The philosophy and operation of supply chain are undergoing dramatic transformation. Today, we see businesses, universities and research institutes from China and abroad join hands to best leverage each others' advantages and deliver advanced training to supply chain executives. This will play a positive role in Chinese companies' transformation, growth and competition on the international arena."Encouraging Supply Chain Excellence"By combining Cisco's best practices with valuable academic insights from Fudan and Stanford, we are able to provide today's supply chain executives in China with an unrivaled learning experience," said Angel L. Mendez, senior vice president for customer value chain management at Cisco. "We want to continue to support China's ongoing development by helping supply chain organizations achieve operational excellence, increase customer satisfaction and gain competitive advantage not only in China but also around the world." ____________________________________________________________________________________ jncia questions, cissp questions and comptia network+