Seed Business 1. 01 Seed Biotechnology Center. Core Curriculum. The goal of Seed Business 1. The course is designed to focus on the optimum operations of the five major functional areas of a seed company. Plant Breeding Research. Production. Operations. Sales and Marketing. Administration. The course offers participants a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed companys operations and a cross departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability. Four case studies have been custom designed to immerse each participant in decision making roles in all five functional areas of a fictitious seed company. The course is designed to maximize interactive participation and team building. Monday. Participants are introduced to the fundamentals of genetics and plant breeding, variety life cycle, supply chain and production planning, profitability, financials of the seed and trait business. The context for the case studies is provided by introducing the company history, organizational structure, sales history and financials. The first case study is dealing with marketingsales is introduced in the afternoon. AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIAYW2E6VOLDTI35A&Expires=1538338381&Signature=RCg2E12V3H5EY%2Bjjbeu4M8KX4YY%3D' alt='Consulting Case 101 Pdf Reader' title='Consulting Case 101 Pdf Reader' />Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Participants will be divided into several working groups for Cases II, III and IV to study critical processes in a seed companys daily life inventory managementgearing up to enter a new marketdecision on the future of the Company. Additional information on production, operations, production research, inventory management, R D and budgets, specific to the company activities is introduced with the additional case studies. Univers 47 Condensed Font on this page. Guest speakers, industry experts in the areas of the case studies, present before the group work. At the end of each case study, each group will present the optimum strategy, followed by discussion and instructors recommendations. An off site visit will be made to a local seed company, a university or other business related to the seed industry on one of these days. Friday Team presentations on the last case study and instructor critiques are conducted, followed by a course recap, final Q A and course evaluation. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to each successful graduate. Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications. Download free trials and updates for all products including Creative Cloud, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro DC and many more.