Overview
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Get a primer on supply chain management. Learn how to connect and integrate the links of sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Supply chain for business professionals
- Parts of a supply chain
- Changing nature of supply chain management
- Establishing SCM goals
- Understanding SCM across industries
- Inventory management basics
- Choose a supplier
- Develop good buyer and supplier relationships
- Manufacturing and operations basics
- Choosing a location
- Managing quality
- Logistics management basics
- Packaging your product
- Standard containers
- Transporting and distributing your product
- Delivering your product
- Delivering the last mile
- Integrating and coordinating the entire supply chain
- Mitigating the bullwhip effect
- Basic supply chain strategies
- Understanding lean systems
- Going global
- Creating and managing an ethical supply chain
- Creating sustainable supply chains
- Dealing with disasters
- Next steps
