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Supply Chain Management
A practical beginner’s introduction to how goods, information and money move from suppliers to customers, and how to manage that flow as one system. Learn demand and supply planning, the bullwhip effect, sourcing, where to hold inventory, warehousing, transport and Incoterms rules, and how to measure performance, manage risk and make the chain more sustainable, with simple worked examples.
Taught by iCompetent
- Modules
- 6
- Lessons
- 28
- Duration
- 4h 29m
- Level
- Beginner
- Quizzes
- 6 graded
Course content
6 modules · 28 lessons · 4h 29m
What a supply chain is, what managing it means, how to match the chain to the product, the trade-offs that run across it, and the people and functions who make it work.
- What a Supply Chain Is: Three Flows and Many TiersPreview9 min
- Supply Chain Management: Goals and the SCOR View9 min
- Efficient or Responsive: Matching the Chain to the Product10 min
- Trade-offs Across the Chain and Total Cost Thinking10 min
- Roles in the Supply Chain Function and Its Interfaces10 min
- The Supply Chain and How It Is Managed — quiz8 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Supply Chain Management
Demand Planning
Logistics
Inventory Management
Sourcing
Supply Chain Risk
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