An operations’ supply chain must be designed and configured to ensure there is an efficient use of its strategic capabilities. The objective is to satisfy and fulfill customers’ demands, as well as stay competitive. So, every chain must be managed by coordinating upstream inputs with the downstream outputs to the final customer/consumer –
acquiring relevant information from source-and- a destination to achieve this enterprise.
Course Overview
This course introduces the following supply chain concepts – terminologies and activities of the components in a supply chain, definition/types of supply chains, factors that drive the design of supply chains, systems used in the operations of the supply chain, and processes used to improve supply chain performance.
Business Lab
The business lab includes exercises, simulations, and case study that will allow you to apply the ideas shared in this course and develop the required skills in the following areas:
- Design supply chain – efficient or responsive
- Forecast demand and supply
- Supply chain game – between 3-to-8 tiered chain
- Tame the ‘Bullwhip’
