Supply Chain Management Tools and Techniques

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Free Online Course: Supply Chain Management Tools and Techniques provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 2-8 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. Supply Chain Management Tools and Techniques is taught by Mike Sheahan and Jorge Morales.

Overview
  • This course is part of the edX Professional Certificate program Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA), offered by ISCEA. This course prepares you for the ISCEA Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA) Exam on edX and is a requirement for becoming ISCEA certified. To become an ISCEA Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA), you must complete all three preparatory courses and successfully pass the CSCA Exam.

    Supply chains are complex and keeping them both operating and improving is a great challenge. This course is designed to provide a broad set of tools currently used in the industry to make their supply chains efficient and competitive.

    From the operations perspective, the course provides an introduction to Sales Order Fulfillment and Aggregate Planning, along with the planning strategies to produce what the market demands.

    From the continuous improvement perspective, the course explains the importance of Lean and Six Sigma and sustainability in the supply chain; including life cycle analysis and environmental considerations. The course concludes with team dynamics, covering customer-supplier relationships and best practices for engaging with customers.

    This course is part of the ISCEA CSCA - Certified Supply Chain Analyst - Internationally Recognized Certificate.

Syllabus
  • CSCA03.1 Aggregate Planning

    CSCA03.1.1 Aggregate planning fundamentals

    • Information required for aggregate planning

    • Strategies to absorb variations in demand

    CSCA03.1.2 Aggregate planning strategies

    • Chase strategy

    • Level strategy

    • Level & chase strategy examples

    CSCA03.2 Sales Order Fulfillment

    CSCA03.2.1 Fulfilling orders to satisfy customers

    • Sales order fulfillment terms

    • Customer Service Measurements

    CSCA03.3 Lean and Continuous Improvement Tools

    CSCA03.3.1 Lean fundamentals

    • What is Lean?

    • 5 Principles of Lean

    • Adding value

    • Toyota’s 7 Wastes

    CSCA03.3.2 Value-Stream Mapping

    • Overview of Mapping

    • Value-Stream Mapping examples

    CSCA03.3.3 Creating flow and leveraging pull

    • Pull vs Pull Systems

    • Pull System Benefits

    • Seeking Perfection

    CSCA03.3.4 Tools & Techniques

    • The 5S System

    • The 5 Why’s

    • Pareto Chart

    • Cause and Effect Diagram

    • Scatter Diagram

    • PDCA

    • Statistical Process Control Chart

    CSCA03.3.5 Six Sigma and the DMAIC Methodology

    • Six Sigma overview

    • DMAIC - Define

    • DMAIC - Measure

    • DMAIC - Analyse

    • DMAIC - Improve

    • DMAIC - Control

    • Six Sigma Project Team

    • Lean & Six Sigma

    CSCA03.4 Sustainability

    CSCA03.4.1 Sustainability fundamentals

    • What is sustainability?

    CSCA03.4.2 Product Life Cycle Management

    • Sustainable Design

    • Sustainable Manufacturing

    • Sustainable Packaging & Transportation

    • Sustainable Service

    • Sustainable End of Product Life

    CSCA03.4.3 Circular Supply Chain

    • Linear vs Circular

    • Corporate Buy-in

    • Why practice Sustainability?

    CSCA03.5 Team Dynamics

    CSCA03.5.1 Organizational Structures

    • Traditional organisational structures

    • Modern organisational structures

    • Teamwork

    CSCA03.5.2 Customer-Supplier Relationships

    • Managing Customer Relationships

    • Collecting Customer Information

    • Managing Supplier Relationships

    CSCA03.5.3 Understanding the people you work with

    • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

    • Creative engagement pyramid

    • How to deal with difficult people

    • Getting Recognised