Introduction to Supply Chain Management

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding the supply chain
    Supply chain performance: achieving strategic fit and scope
    Supply chain drivers and metrics
    Designing distribution networks and applications to e-business
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Network design in the supply chain
    Network design in an uncertain environment
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Demand forecasting in a supply chain
    Aggregate planning in the supply chain
    Planning supply and demand in the supply chain: managing predictable variability
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Managing economies of scale in the supply chain: cycle inventory
    Managing uncertainty in the supply chain: safety inventory
    Determining optimal level of product availability
    Transportation in the supply chain
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Sourcing decisions in a supply chain
    Pricing and revenue management in the supply chain
    Information technology and the supply chain
    Coordination in the supply chain