Supply Chain Management & Logistics Certificate

Examine the supply chain from a holistic perspective, linking key concepts and strategies with the integration of essential activities and stakeholder roles and functions. Emphasis is placed on supply chain planning, forecasting, and management of the integrated supply chain activities required for the efficient and effective flow of products, information, and finances to satisfy consumers. This course is a prerequisite for all other SCM certificate courses.

Investigate the development of supply chain strategies that integrate with and support organizational goals to promote customer care while increasing supply chain competitiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, and resilience. Focus is on an analysis of the seven widely used principles of supply chain management that enable organizations to concentrate on the customer while coordinating key activities across their enterprise and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance customer service, reduce operating costs, and improve the organization’s financial position.

Assess the role of operations management and its effective integration with other activities in the supply chain. Supply management and procurement, manufacturing, and service operations are explored as they relate to linking market demand to supplier identification and selection, sourcing activities, as well as manufacturing planning, processes and control, and quality and performance management. The critical role of technology in managing operations is also discussed.

Investigate the planning, coordination, and implementation actions required for the distribution of finished goods and services to the customer. Focus is on analysis of efficient inventory, warehousing, transportation, and fulfillment activities to facilitate the balancing of demand and supply across an organization’s supply chain.

Examine the management and integration of supply chain planning, procurement, production, distribution, customer interface, and the role of supply chain information and technology. Effective alignment of demand and supply, supply chain flows (product, information, and monetary), and customer and vendor relationships are explored. Integrated supply chain best practices are analyzed through a series of case studies. This course is a capstone for all other SCM certificate courses.