Explore Old Dominion University's Principles of Supply Chain Management course, a top-rated online educational program tailored for professionals and students eager to master supply chain management. This expertly crafted course consists of six in-depth modules, each dedicated to a key component of modern supply chain management. Whether you choose to enroll in individual modules or undertake the entire program, you'll benefit from a flexible online format, enhanced with monthly interactive sessions led by industry experts. Perfect for those aiming to enhance their skills in supply chain management, this program combines the ease of online learning with hands-on, practical instruction, making it a leading choice for comprehensive supply chain management education.
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About The Course
Learners may take as many or as few modules as they wish. Each module is $1000, or take all six for $5000. All modules are completely online and feature monthly collaboration sessions with the instructor. Additionally, the instructor is always available via phone or e-mail to answer specific questions.
Upon successful completion of each module, learners will receive a badge, and if they take all six will also be award a Certificate of Achievement from ODU.
Modules open January 1 and close December 31, giving students up to 1 year to complete the program.
Learners may take as many or as few modules as they wish. Each module is $1000, or take all six for $5000. All modules are completely online and feature monthly collaboration sessions with the instructor. Additionally, the instructor is always available via phone or e-mail to answer specific questions.
Upon successful completion of each module, learners will receive a badge, and if they take all six will also be award a Certificate of Achievement from ODU.
Modules open January 1 and close December 31, giving students up to 1 year to complete the program.
Module & Registration Information
Learners will understand the detailed workings of the supply chain, the value of better supply chain interactions and partnering, the challenges of continually improving the supply chain performance, and the trends in supply chain management.
Additionally, they will develop an understanding of comprehensive customer relationship management, the value of smaller customer segmentations, ways to use technology to connect with more customers, and the absolute first step in supply chain management: how to enhance the customer experience.
Learners will understand the detailed workings of global purchasing management techniques, making the optimum sourcing decisions, e-procurement, supplier selection & supplier certification, purchasing organization structure and characteristics, basic international trade law and commercial terms.
Additionally, they will build their understanding of how to improve the accuracy of demand forecasting, analyze several qualitative and quantitative forecasting models, the value of collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenish for select partners in the supply chain.
Learners will hear about suppliers and other supply chain partners, how to build successful partnerships, supplier evaluation and certification programs, supplier recognition, techniques to manage relationships during a changing environment and challenges, and the use of software programs to better, more rapidly engage with supply chain partners.
Additionally, they will build their optimal production strategies, the detailed process for balancing supply with demand, the top to bottom planning and execution systems for planning and monitoring capacity, and the advanced enterprise resource planning (ERP), and expansion of ERP to include supply chain partners.
Learners will understand inventory management techniques, economic order quantity, quantity discount models, reorder point (ROP), optimizing inventory, domestic, global, service response logistics and queuing and wait times.
Learners will understand the detailed workings of lean and waste elimination, six sigma and reduced variation, to effectively apply lean, six sigma, and continuous process improvement tools and techniques, and how to use statistical process control (SPC) and process capability to move quality to the excellence level.
Additionally, they will develop an understanding of ways to integrate processes in the supply chain for improved sharing and collaboration of best practices and to meet other process improvement goals to be world class.
Learners will understand the need to upgrade the performance metrics for all supply chain partners, examining better performance measurements such as the Balanced Score Card (BSC), the SCOR Model, the Triple Bottom Line (TBL), and to design a common set of performance metrics.
Additionally, they will develop an understanding of how locating globally can dramatically impact the profitability, how trade agreements impact business decision-making, how business clusters and logistics hubs help determine the location of a business function.
About The Instructor
Chuck Gates has 40 years of experience with Caterpillar, where he led global supply chain management, product design, and other areas.
He also has 30 years of experience teaching at universities and serving as a board member for three technical organizations including ASCM (formerly APICS,) SME, and ASQ.)
Chuck has been honored with several other awards and certifications including: Master Professional Certification Instructor, Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), Caterpillar Certified Lean/Six Sigma Champion, and Olivet Nazarene University Excellence in Teaching Award.
Additional Information
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