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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

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Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Intermediate Level

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

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

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Rudolf Leuschner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Supply Chain Management

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12 Courses

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Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

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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

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Week1

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?3mProduct Flow goals - efficiency3mProduct Flow goals - flexibility2mProduct Flow goals - resiliency2mLean Principles Overview3mThe Seven Wastes4mJust-in-Time5mJidoka (error proofing)2mThe Agile Supply Chain2mImplement Agility3mAgile versus Efficient2mThe Resilient Supply Chain2mSupply Chain Risk Factors4mRisk vs. Efficiency, can we afford it?3m

6 readings

Logistics Managers Index15mLean Thinking Reading by Womak and Jones20mZara's Supply Chain10mThe Triple-A Supply Chain15mBuilding a Resilient Supply Chain10mYour Resilient Supply Chain10m

5 practice exercises

Supply Chain Goals10mLean Principles10mAgility10mRisk30mManaging Product Flow in the Supply Chain1h

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Managing Information Flow

4 hours to complete

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

12 videos

Professor + Course Intro2mInformation Flow in the Supply Chain1mLocal Information Systems3mInternal Information Systems6mExternal Information Systems8mBlockchain5mCryptocurrencies3mSupply Chain Applications of Blockchain3mThe Next Frontier in Technology3mAI Background4mML Background1mThe Future of AI & ML3m

5 readings

Supply Chain IT In action10mBlockchain technology for supply chains—A must or a maybe?10mHow Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management30mArticle: IBM Sterling SC Insights with Watson10mArticle: 20 things to know about AI for SC10m

4 practice exercises

IT Infrastructure30mBlockchain30mManaging Information Flow: AI and Machine Learning30mInformation Systems30m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Managing Financial Flow

4 hours to complete

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

10 videos

Managing Financial Flow2mWhat is Financial Flow?3mSupply Chain Financing2mFinancial Statements3mThe Balance Sheet5mThe Income Statement4mThe Cash Flow Statement3mThe Cash Conversion Cycle4mCalculate the CCC3mCCC Benchmarking2m

8 readings

Why Operations and Supply Managers Need to Speak the Language of Business15mManaging the Financial Supply Chain15mBeginners' Guide to Financial Statement10mBalance Sheet10mIncome Statement10mSources and Uses of Funds10mA Look at the Cash Conversion Cycle10mHow Has Apple's Cash Conversion Cycle Changed Over The Years?10m

4 practice exercises

Lesson 1: Quiz10mLesson 2 Quiz30mCash Conversion Cycle30mFinancial Background30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE

by RSNov 2, 2021

Great course, excellent professor! I really recommend it! Great opportunity to be updated!

As soon as I can I´ll apply to another courses! Invest in yourself!

by MSOct 21, 2022

The course was really helpful to me. As a beginner and totally unaware of the SCM this helped me with all the basics. Way more to learn but the foundation is concrete.

by NGOct 11, 2021

Excellent decision to take this course, it was really helpful, I recommend it, simple and easy to understand

by NKNov 15, 2022

Awesome material - so easy to understand in depth. Thank you Coursera and Rutgers for making it so simple <3

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