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Supply Chain Management Basics: An MBA style course to boost your career as a business operations & logistics manager

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.6

- Become the Supply Chain Guru in your team! Master this essential area of Business Operations
- Gain a total overview of Supply Chain Management for your Manufacturing or Service business
- Aims and Objectives of a good Supply Chain

What you'll learn

Become the Supply Chain Guru in your team! Master this essential area of Business Operations
Gain a total overview of Supply Chain Management for your Manufacturing or Service business
Aims and Objectives of a good Supply Chain
Match your Product to your Supply Chain's Design Type
Segment your Stakeholders and Tailor your Relationships
Forecasting Demand: Quantitative Methods and why we need more Collaborative Forecasting
Demand Management: Internal and External Methods
Bullwhip Effect: What it is and how to Control it
Improve a Supply Chain by reducing Delays
Uncertainties and Decision Tiers
Sales & Operations Planning Structure > MRP
ERP and Software integration
Inventory Management: The needs and costs of inventory
Performance Metrics - learn the essential Supply Chain KPIs to keep your "finger on the pulse"
Increase Profitability
Improve Delivery and Use your Resources more Efficiently
Boost your Career: Increase your Confidence to see and Lead Change
Impress your own Boss and Become a Better Manager

* Requirements

* Only an appetite to improve yourself and enhance your supply chain
* A desire to master this fundamental area of Business Operations Management; from total beginner to a competent professional.
* Ready to take control of your supply chain with the right principles and tools

Description

  • Become the Supply Chain Guru in your team! Master this essential area of Business Operations
  • Gain a total overview of Supply Chain Management for your Manufacturing or Service business
  • Aims and Objectives of a good Supply Chain
  • Match your Product to your Supply Chain's Design Type
  • Segment your Stakeholders and Tailor your Relationships
  • Forecasting Demand: Quantitative Methods and why we need more Collaborative Forecasting
  • Demand Management: Internal and External Methods
  • Bullwhip Effect: What it is and how to Control it
  • Improve a Supply Chain by reducing Delays, Uncertainties and Decision Tiers
  • Sales & Operations Planning Structure > MRP, ERP and Software integration
  • Inventory Management: The needs and costs of inventory
  • Performance Metrics - learn the essential Supply Chain KPIs to keep your "finger on the pulse"
  • Increase Profitability, Improve Delivery and Use your Resources more Efficiently
  • Boost your Career: Increase your Confidence to see and Lead Change , Impress your own Boss and Become a Better Manager

Course content

16 sections • 86 lectures

Introduction 4 lectures

A Life Changing Supply Chain Preview 02:42

Welcome Preview 02:23

The Supply Chain of Life - An Example Preview 03:13

Any Questions Preview 00:42

Overview 4 lectures

Why is Supply Chain Management Important? Preview 02:50

What is Supply Chain Management? Preview 01:18

Aims and Objectives of a Good Supply Chain Preview 01:35

Key Activities in Supply Chain Preview 01:28

Stakeholders and Relationships 7 lectures

The Main Stakeholders Preview 00:57

Suppliers, Producers and Distributors Preview 01:35

Retailers and End Customers Preview 01:50

Stakeholders and their Relationships Preview 01:33

Vertical and Horizontal Relationships Preview 02:03

Segmentation of Suppliers Preview 03:38

Transactional vs Collaborative Relationships Preview 05:53

Components of a Supply Chain 4 lectures

Components of a Supply Chain - Introduction Preview 00:18

OEMs, Supplier Tiers and Internal Functions Preview 02:58

Other Components of a Supply Chain Preview 01:52

A Typical Supply Chain Preview 01:03

Types of Supply Chain 2 lectures

Efficient vs Responsive Supply Chains Preview 04:02

Matching Supply Chain Type to Product Type Preview 01:21

Value Stream Mapping 2 lectures

Value Stream Mapping Preview 02:02

VSM - An Example Talk-Through Preview 03:27

Forecasting Demand 13 lectures

Forecasting Demand - Introduction Preview 02:09

Why do we Need a Forecast? Preview 02:12

The Golden Rules of Forecasting Preview 02:25

Collaborative Forecasting - What Preview 02:48

Collaborative Forecasting - Why Preview 03:07

Collaborative Forecasting - How Preview 01:27

Forecasting Methods Preview 09:27

Quantitative Forecasting Preview 00:59

Forecasting using Moving Averages Preview 02:23

Forecasting using Weighted Averages Preview 02:53

Forecasting using Exponential Smoothing Preview 05:55

Calculating Forecast Error Preview 06:17

Spotting Trends from Noise Preview 04:01

Demand Management 6 lectures

Waiting for the Barber - Story Preview 01:32

Demand Management - Introduction Preview 00:20

What is Demand Management? Preview 02:20

Causes of Demand Variation Preview 02:26

External Demand Management - Methods Preview 03:42

Internal Demand Management - Methods Preview 04:14

Summary Quiz 1 1 lectures

Summary Quiz 1

Multiple choice quiz on the 1st half of the course

The Bullwhip Effect 8 lectures

Bullwhip Effect - Introduction Preview 00:55

Demand Management through the Supply Chain Preview 01:46

The Bullwhip Effect - Background Preview 03:41

The Bullwhip going up the Supply Chain Preview 02:06

Why Does It Happen? Preview 01:44

Reducing Delays to Improve a Supply Chain Preview 01:49

Reducing Uncertainty to Improve a Supply Chain Preview 01:40

Reducing Decision Tiers to Improve a Supply Chain Preview 01:18

Sales and Operations Planning 9 lectures

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) - Introduction Preview 00:56

What is S&OP for? Preview 01:22

S&OP - Planning Structure Preview 05:49

Independent vs Dependent Demand Preview 01:15

Bill of Materials (BOM) Preview 01:51

Materials Requirements Planning - Overview Preview 02:48

MRP continued Preview 01:24

Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP Preview 03:58

Supply Chain Management Software Preview 01:21

Inventory Management 10 lectures

Inventory Management - Introduction Preview 00:52

What is Inventory? Preview 01:02

Types of Inventory Preview 02:23

Why do we Need Inventory? Preview 02:53

Why Else do we Hold Inventory? Preview 04:52

Costs of Inventory Preview 00:37

Financial Costs of Inventory Preview 02:36

Ordering Costs of Inventory Preview 00:49

Holding Costs of Inventory Preview 01:18

Operational Costs of Inventory Preview 02:03

Measuring Performance 11 lectures

Measuring Performance - Introduction Preview 02:26

What are Metrics? Preview 00:46

Business's Perspective on Performance Preview 04:19

Categories of Supply Chain KPIs / Metrics Preview 01:10

Selected Metrics / KPIs for Supply Chain Preview 00:41

Inventory Turns / Turnover Preview 01:04

Days On Hand / Days Inventory Outstanding Preview 01:02

Cash to Cash Cycle Time Preview 03:39

Customer Lead Time Preview 01:33

On Time In Full % (OTIF) Preview 00:57

Fill Rate % Preview 02:10

Summary Quiz 2 1 lectures

Summary Quiz 2

Test yourself with this multiple choice quiz on the 2nd half of the course.

Conclusion and Congratulations 2 lectures

Wrap Up Preview 01:37

Congratulations Preview 01:35

BONUS SECTION 2 lectures

What's Next - Recommendations Preview 02:16

How to Get Your Certificate Preview 00:52