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Part of the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack™ Certificate

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Supply Chain Excellence

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

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Supply chain leaders manage products, information, and finances to create an efficient, effective supply chain. With this online certificate program, you’ll study at the graduate level to gain the knowledge you need to advance in your career.
You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the three distinct flows that create supply chain excellence in any company. Learn from lectures, readings, discussions and quizzes designed by faculty from the Department of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers University. You’ll also benefit from graded feedback from the instructor and live sessions with groups of high-caliber peers.

This course will provide you with an introduction and head-start to the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack.

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Intermediate Level

If you have no supply chain experience, we recommend the Supply Chain Management specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Instructor

Instructor rating

4.73/5 (26 Ratings)

Rudolf Leuschner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Supply Chain Management

159,535 Learners

11 Courses

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Intermediate Level

If you have no supply chain experience, we recommend the Supply Chain Management specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Offered by

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Start working towards your Master's degree

This course is part of the 100% online Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack™ Certificate from Rutgers the State University of New Jersey.

MasterTrack Certificates are portions of Master’s programs that have been split into online modules, so you can earn a high quality university-issued career credential at a breakthrough price in a flexible, interactive format. If you enroll in the program, your coursework will count towards your MasterTrack Certificate.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

5 hours to complete

Managing Product Flow

Supply Chains are made up of a network of companies from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumer of the finished product. Within this network of companies, there are three ongoing flows: products, information, and finances. To properly understand the supply chain and manage it, you need to understand all of the flows. The first of three courses in this MasterTrack will focus on the flow of products in the Supply Chain. You will learn how products flow through procurement, manufacturing, and logistics within each company. This module will cover not only the introduction of the course but also the overall product flow goals that supply chain executives are trying to accomplish when building a supply chain.

5 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 47 min), 6 readings, 5 quizzes

14 videos

How do products flow in Supply Chain?3m

Product Flow goals - efficiency3m

Product Flow goals - flexibility2m

Product Flow goals - resiliency2m

Lean Principles Overview3m

The Seven Wastes4m

Just-in-Time5m

Jidoka (error proofing)2m

The Agile Supply Chain2m

Implement Agility3m

Agile versus Efficient2m

The Resilient Supply Chain2m

Supply Chain Risk Factors4m

Risk vs. Efficiency, can we afford it?3m

6 readings

Logistics Managers Index15m

Lean Thinking Reading by Womak and Jones20m

Zara's Supply Chain10m

The Triple-A Supply Chain15m

Building a Resilient Supply Chain10m

Your Resilient Supply Chain10m

5 practice exercises

Supply Chain Goals10m

Lean Principles10m

Agility10m

Risk30m

Managing Product Flow in the Supply Chain1h

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Managing Information Flow

The second of three flows is how information moves in the Supply Chain. You will learn how information enters the company from suppliers. Next, we will cover information systems within the firm. Lastly, we will cover how information reaches customers. Specifically, we will cover blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence, as well as machine learning.

4 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 48 min), 5 readings, 4 quizzes

12 videos

Professor + Course Intro2m

Information Flow in the Supply Chain1m

Local Information Systems3m

Internal Information Systems6m

External Information Systems8m

Blockchain5m

Cryptocurrencies3m

Supply Chain Applications of Blockchain3m

The Next Frontier in Technology3m

AI Background4m

ML Background1m

The Future of AI & ML3m

5 readings

Supply Chain IT In action10m

Blockchain technology for supply chains—A must or a maybe?10m

How Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management30m

Article: IBM Sterling SC Insights with Watson10m

Article: 20 things to know about AI for SC10m

4 practice exercises

IT Infrastructure30m

Blockchain30m

Managing Information Flow: AI and Machine Learning30m

Information Systems30m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Managing Financial Flow

Welcome to the third and final flow in the supply chain: finances. In this module, we introduce the financial aspect of SCM, while covering the basic financial statements as well as the cash conversion cycle, an important metric that combines SCM and finance.

4 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 34 min), 8 readings, 4 quizzes

10 videos

Managing Financial Flow2m

What is Financial Flow?3m

Supply Chain Financing2m

Financial Statements3m

The Balance Sheet5m

The Income Statement4m

The Cash Flow Statement3m

The Cash Conversion Cycle4m

Calculate the CCC3m

CCC Benchmarking2m

8 readings

Why Operations and Supply Managers Need to Speak the Language of Business15m

Managing the Financial Supply Chain15m

Beginners' Guide to Financial Statement10m

Balance Sheet10m

Income Statement10m

Sources and Uses of Funds10m

A Look at the Cash Conversion Cycle10m

How Has Apple's Cash Conversion Cycle Changed Over The Years?10m

4 practice exercises

Lesson 1: Quiz10m

Lesson 2 Quiz30m

Cash Conversion Cycle30m

Financial Background30m

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