Have you ever wondered how companies manage relationships with their thousands of suppliers? Sourcing is an important part of managing a successful supply chain. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain sourcing. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master the supplier selection process and supplier segmentation. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to find the right vendors and maintain the right relationship with any one of your existing suppliers.
This course is part of the Supply Chain Management Specialization
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Try Coursera for BusinessSkills you will gain
- Sourcing Best Practices
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supply Chain Sourcing
- Supply Chain
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessSyllabus - What you will learn from this course
Procurement, Purchasing, Supply Management, and Strategic Sourcing
Make versus Buy Decisions
Supplier Selection
Sourcing Best Practices
Reviews
- 5 stars78.87%
- 4 stars16.25%
- 3 stars3.30%
- 2 stars0.92%
- 1 star0.65%
TOP REVIEWS FROM SUPPLY CHAIN SOURCING
The fundamentals reviewed in this course are helpful for beginners to SCM. This would be too basic for experienced SCM professionals.
I've learned a lot of thing about sourcing in supply chain management. Why sourcing is so important to supply chain and many more thing will get to learned. Thank you professor and coursera.
Very interesting and it helps me in my further career, very good video lectures and others reading materials. Many thanks for coursera and my company
This course helps you establish good relationships with other companies, or how to manage all other relationships in the supply chain.
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