Course Overview
This executive-level course focuses on the strategic aspects of supply chain management. You will learn how to develop comprehensive supply chain strategies that drive competitive advantage, manage supplier relationships strategically, and build resilient supply networks.
What You'll Achieve
Develop comprehensive supply chain strategies
Build strategic supplier partnerships
Implement risk management frameworks
Align supply chain with business objectives
Lead supply chain transformation initiatives
Course Curriculum
Master the following skills through our comprehensive modules:
Supply Chain Demand Management & Forecasting
15 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to supply chains: value and balance
- Vertical vs. lateral integration
- Supply chain maturity stages (dysfunction to orchestrated)
- Manufacturing vs. service industry supply chains
- Market research and product portfolio management
- Product life cycle: introduction, growth, maturity, decline
- Real GDP and microeconomic supply/demand analysis
- Price elasticity and marginal analysis
- Demand forecasting methods: time-series forecasting
- Deseasonalizing, moving averages, exponential smoothing
- Reseasonalizing and associative forecasting
- Measures of forecast error and tracking signals
- Demand plan inputs and planning horizons
- Communicating demand across supply chain partners
- Supply and demand alignment
Global Supply Chain Networks
16 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Making supply chains resilient
- Supply chain IT requirements and tangible/intangible benefits
- Supply chain network optimization strategy
- Role of nucleus firm and cross-functional teams
- Comprehensive supply chain management systems
- ERP versus best-of-breed systems
- Warehouse management system (WMS) functions
- Information system architecture and configuration
- Electronic business strategy and e-business requirements
- Inventory ownership and benefits
- Data capture methods: wireless RDT, voice, pick-to-light
- Measurement system objectives: monitoring, controlling, directing
- Scorecards, dashboards, and performance metrics
- SCOR model performance measures
- Financial metrics: balance sheet, income statement, cash flows
- Altman Z-Score, strategic profit model, operational metrics
Sourcing Products and Services
17 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Aligning sourcing to demand
- Strategic sourcing process and procurement process
- Make-versus-buy analysis and site comparison
- Sourcing requirements and total costs analysis
- Landed costs, process change costs, ongoing costs
- Category strategy and portfolio analysis
- Supplier segmentation: market, relationship, partnership, alliance
- Supply base analysis and right-sizing
- Spend analysis and product design influence
- Benefits of design collaboration with suppliers
- Component standardization and commonality
- Supplier selection criteria and total cost of ownership
- Supplier value-added services
- Negotiation principles and tactics
- Contract payment considerations and purchase orders
- E-procurement: auctions, reverse auctions, portals
- Invoice reconciliation and order tracking
Internal Operations & Inventory
18 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Planning operations and master scheduling
- Manufacturing planning and control for SCM
- Master production schedule: planned orders, FPOs, open orders
- Bill of materials (BOM) and inventory status
- Lot-for-lot and fixed order quantity replenishment
- Capacity management, planning, and control
- Time horizons of capacity management
- Rough-cut capacity planning
- Production activity control and measurement
- Inventory functions: anticipation, safety stock, lot-size, hedge, decoupling
- ABC inventory classification and cost balancing
- Effects of inventory on financial statements
- Inventory planning: warehouses, distribution centers
- Ordering systems: periodic review and safety stock
- Traceability, accuracy, and disposition
- Seven basic tools of quality: process map, control chart, Pareto
- Continuous improvement methods: Lean, Six Sigma, TQM
- House of Toyota and just-in-time (JIT)
Forward & Reverse Logistics
18 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Logistics value proposition: service and cost minimization
- Logistics tactics: function coordination, integration
- Substituting information for inventory
- Warehousing strategy: public warehouses and flexibility
- Warehouse layout and capacity forecasting
- Mechanized systems: forklift trucks, towlines, wagon cranes
- Automated systems: AGVS, robotics
- Automatic identification: barcoding, RFID
- Transportation: economies of distance and scale
- Stowability and cargo optimization
- Distribution services and delivery patterns
- Break-bulk and cross-dock facilities
- Transport modes: rail, motor carriers, water, pipeline, air
- Import/export requirements and documentation
- Incoterms and commercial invoices
- International trade considerations and labor
- Reverse logistics: handling returns, life cycle design
- Waste exchange and hazardous waste compliance
Supply Chain Relations
18 topics
4 hours
Topics Covered:
- Selecting facilities for optimal decisions
- Customer relationship management (CRM) and segmentation
- Segmentation by customer value
- Service-minded and retail customer strategies
- Loyalty program design considerations
- CRM technologies: data warehouses, marketing automation
- Customer service metrics and perfect orders
- Lead time monitoring and consistency
- Customer satisfaction measurement
- Supplier segmentation and relationship types
- SRM technologies: web-enabled procurement, supplier databases
- Strategic alliances vs. joint ventures
- Characteristics of successful alliances
- Supplier performance measurement and certification
- Supply chain collaboration and integration
- Organizational learning in multinational corporations
- Collaboration intensity levels and communication
- Cultural issues in global partnerships
Supply Chain Risks
16 topics
6 hours
Topics Covered:
- Risk identification in supply chain
- Risk management maturity levels
- ISO 31000 framework for risk management
- Risk identification and documentation (ISO Guide 73:2009)
- Types of supply chain risks: tangible/intangible asset loss
- Risk analysis: categorization, probability, impact assessment
- Risk urgency assessment and data quality
- Risk responses: accept, avoid, transfer, mitigate
- Preventive and contingent action plans
- Responding to supply, demand, process, environmental risks
- Types of insurance and due diligence
- Contractual rights and governance
- Executive protection and kidnap/ransom insurance
- Business continuity and plan implementation
- Supply chain vulnerability analysis
- Crisis management frameworks
Optimization, Sustainability & Technology
20 topics
8 hours
Topics Covered:
- Strategic planning and business strategy
- Three generic business strategies
- From business strategy to organizational strategy
- Strategy: customer focus, forecast-driven, demand-driven
- Product-type-driven strategy
- Supply chain strategic objectives and the three Vs
- Streamlining operations
- Supply chain strategic value and optimization
- Alignment of organization and supply chain strategies
- Stakeholders and types of value
- Existing network and process evaluation
- Supply chain capabilities assessment
- Cost structure, revenue model, and tax strategy
- Network modeling and operations research
- Resolving misalignments and gaps
- OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises
- ISO concepts and generic management system standards
- Technology audits and implementation reviews
- Change management process: desire, knowledge, skill
- Preparing, planning, executing, and monitoring change
Practical Applications
- Develop comprehensive supply chain strategies that drive competitive advantage
- Manage supplier relationships and build collaborative partnerships
- Implement risk management and supply chain resilience initiatives
- Create supply chain scorecards and performance measurement systems
Certification
Receive an official 'Advanced Supply Chain Professional' certificate from Think Supply Chain upon successful completion
Career Impact
Strategic supply chain skills qualify you for C-level positions and board roles. This is the highest-value supply chain competency.
Your Instructor
Hazem Hamza
Supply Chain & Data Science Consultant
With over 12 years of experience in supply chain management across manufacturing, retail, and logistics industries, Data Science and Software Engineering projects, Hazem brings practical expertise and academic excellence to help professionals advance their careers.
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