Inventory and Portfolio Management

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Free Online Course: Inventory and Portfolio Management provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Inventory and Portfolio Management is taught by Andrés Felipe Velandia Venegas.

Overview
  • Inventory is also company money, materialized in supplies towards the elaboration of products in-process, finished and for sale.

    Keeping an organized and updated inventory will allow you to save time and resources. Also, knowing that type of product you have available and what state it is in helps in organizing what you already have, so you will not have waste and you will be able to sell as you produce.

    Inventory is a hidden treasure for companies. In this online course you will learn to properly manage it and meet your clients’ expectations while optimizing time, money, avoid waste and make the right decisions on your investments.

    Portfolio and inventory management is very important, regardless if your organization is a Micro, Small, Medium or Large company.

Syllabus
  • Module 0: Welcome

    • Inventory and portfolio management

    Module 1: Designing a product portfolio

    • What is a product portfolio?
    • Product segmentation
    • Planning product demand

    Module 2: Inventory management

    • How to manage inventory?
    • Inventory strategies
    • Calculating policies and inventory curves

    Module 3: Collaboration and technology in inventories

    • Collaboration in inventories
    • Vendor Managed Inventory - VMI
    • Collaborative planning, replenishment and forecasting – CPRF
    • Electronic product and data interchange – EDI
    • Product preparation

    Module 4: Storage management

    • Managing a storage
    • Layout
    • How to perform Slotting?