Supply Chain Management Essentials

Course Overview

The Supply Chain Management Essentials course examines supply chain management (SCM), and discusses its importance and benefits to the overall strategy and competitiveness of firms of all sizes. Companies are evolving in an increasingly demanding and competitive local and global markets. The course explores all of the key elements that comprise SCM.

Learning Objectives

After you complete this course, you will have a thorough understanding of: -

  • Supply management long-term relationships with suppliers, finding alliance partners, supplier management, strategic sourcing; also known as purchasing.
  • Supply chain strategies, and how to achieve strategic fit
  • Operations forecasting and inventory responsiveness using techniques such as demand management; collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR); material requirements planning (MRP); enterprise resource planning (ERP); just-in-time production (JIT); and total quality management (TQM).
  • Logistics the logistics behind transportation, customer relationships, network (re)design, and service management; also known as distribution.
  • Integration linking and sharing critical information systems: coordinating/integrating responsive systems; global integration; measuring key performance indicators (quality, accuracy, timeliness, and cost).

Module 1: Supply Chain Management-An Introduction

Describe and explain supply chain management

Explain Supply Chain Management Structures

Module 2: Supplier Relationship Management

Describe what is meant by supplier relationship management

Describe logistics relationship and the types of relationships

Module 3: Supply Chain strategy

Describe strategic supply chain management

Explain the various organizational strategies in supply chain management

Module 4: Supply Chain Operations Reference Model

Describe the supply chain model

Understand the Supply Chain Council

Module 5: Logistics Management

Understand logistics in supply chain management

Describe logistics goals and strategies

Module 6: Value Chains

Describe the value chain and the value chain system

Explain the value chain mapping

Module 7: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Understand operations and supply chain management

Describe the planning and control steps for operations and supply chain management

Module 8: Global Supply Chain Management

Describe global supply chain management

Describe the management of global supply chains

Module 9: Personal Action Plan

Price: $275

This Course includes:

   Text-based content

   5 Weeks