Professional Supply Chain Management

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Advance your career in the supply chain with the latest skills in procurement. Supply Management is the process of managing the flow of goods, services, knowledge and the resulting finances into the organization. In this course, you’ll explore procurement— the process of acquiring the goods and services an organization needs to meet its strategic goals — and how it fits into Supply Management.

You’ll be introduced to the tactical aspects of procurement and the information and techniques that enable junior to intermediate procurement staff to work more effectively. For those not currently working in a procurement role, this course will help prepare you to become a productive, contributing member of a procurement team.

In this course you will explore the big picture of integrated logistics. Integrated logistics focuses on ensuring customer needs are satisfied through effective management of processes and activities, from the sourcing of materials and services, through the conversion/production phases and then finally to the customer through a distribution network. You'll gain new skills as you learn to recognize that organizations that expend efforts in their logistics activities realize significant value and competitive advantages through the evolution of integrated logistics.

In this course, you’ll explore the advantages and limitations of the four main modes of transportation: road, rail, air and water, intermodal transportation, and pipelines. You’ll also examine topics including the role of freight forwarders, brokers, and integrated transportation companies. You’ll be introduced to transportation documentation, experience basic load planning, gain an overview of contracts, insurance, customs clearance and letters of credit. Finally, the fundamentals of Incoterms 2020 and their impact on buyer-seller responsibility for transportation will be also be explored.

In this course, you’ll explore the basic and essential aspects of Operations Management at the tactical level. Operations Management involves the transformation of goods or services from form to another to add value for a customer. You'll cover topics including quality management programs, how operations management strategies are linked with goods and service processes within facilities to achieve a competitive advantage and the importance of a forecast and its process. Additionally, you’ll gain an understanding of resource management and operations scheduling.

Learn the communication skills you need to succeed in the supply chain including listening skills, spoken and written communication, persuasiveness, and the ability to explain complex issues up and down the organization and around the supply chain. This course covers how to create and deliver strong presentations and style method for being professional in your spoken communication. You'll also learn the critical ability of building effective supply chain relationships within your organization as well as non-verbal communication such as appearance and body language. The course guides you to produce clear, concise, compelling reports and written communication, and examines the do’s and don’ts in electronic communication.

Knowing how to read financial statements and how business decisions are made will enhance your abilities to effectively perform supply chain management activities. It also helps you to better communicate the impact of such activities to senior leaders and business partners. This course provides a comprehensive overview of how finance impacts supply management and focuses on practical accounting and financial skills through knowledge of basic terminology for accounting and finance in supply management. You'll be introduced to the principles of accounting and budgeting as well as using key ratios to interpret financial information. This course also covers some background and theory of business operations. You’ll also gain an understanding of how supply management practitioners make a business case for an investment and evaluate investment opportunities.

Marketing plays an important role in supply chain management. It enhances the supply chain team’s responsibilities of planning, procurement, and distribution with investment in customer value and relationship building. Additionally, supply chain professionals have a better understanding of the Marketing practices used by suppliers in promoting their goods and services.

This course focuses on the role and purpose of marketing, market research, segmentation and selection, and understanding your competition with a special emphasis on how marketing drives supply management. You’ll explore the differences between marketing and sales, marketing products and services, as well as B2B and B2C marketing. Finally, you’ll look at the marketing mix—the “4 Ps” of product, pricing, place, and promotion, as well as strategies for market leaders and market followers.

In this course, you'll learn why both direction and destination are critically important for organizational success. As the rate of change within the operating environment increases, following yesterday’s procedures becomes risky. An organization must continuously formulate and implement new strategies. The goal of this course is to help you understand how an organization can use strategy formulation and implementation to take advantage of opportunity and mitigate risk at all levels of the organizati

In this course, you will explore the conditions for successful competitive bidding and the elements of the bidding process, including RFPs and RFQs. You will explore the tools required to turn this into a competitive advantage for your enterprise.

This course provides you with a roadmap for leading or participating in successful negotiations. You will focus on the entire negotiation process and learn the activities and techniques to be used from the preparation stage to the actual face-to-face negotiations.

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In this course, you'll learn proper sentence structure, the benefit of everyday language, the "you" attitude of business writing and how to write an email and social media posts effectively.