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Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Supply Chain Analytics

Welcome to Supply Chain Analytics - the art and science of applying data analytics to assess and improve supply chain performance! A supply chain is a complex system with conflicting objectives of cost efficiency and customer satisfaction. Supply chain management is becoming increasingly data driven. Through the real-life story and data of a major US telecommunication company, you will learn the analytics tools / skills to diagnose and optimize a supply chain. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to 1. Use data analytics to assess the impact of various strategies on all aspects of a supply chain, from inventory, shipping, to warehouse order fulfillment, store operations and customer satisfaction. 2. Customize the supply chain strategy by product to improve the overall cost efficiency without sacrificing customer service. 3. Obtain hands-on experience on the application and financial impact of analytics in integrated supply chain and logistics planning. VASTA (name disguised) is a major wireless carrier in the US selling cell phones through a national network of retail stores. Recently, it wrote off a huge amount of obsolete inventory each year and was suffering a significant cost inefficiency in an increasingly stagnant market. VASTA must assess the competitive environment, and renovate its supply chain to stay competitive. At the end of this course, you will help VASTA save $billions on supply chain cost and retain its leadership in a stagnant and saturated market. I hope you enjoy the course!

Status: Financial Analysis
Status: Supply Chain Management
BeginnerCourse9 hours

Featured reviews

PG

5.0Reviewed May 23, 2020

The course was excellently delivered with practical examples to make one understand the role of analytics in Supply chain management.

SM

5.0Reviewed Jun 7, 2020

An excellent course in supply chain management domain giving an overview about various factors affected in supply chain which leads toward implement a successful supply chain in an organization.

UA

5.0Reviewed Apr 14, 2025

A good course on basic understanding of supply chain analytics, how it can support in switching business models and what are the main area which would effect the overall business dynamics.

NA

5.0Reviewed Apr 9, 2020

A fantastic course wherein there is a right blend of conceptual clarity and numerical rigor to understand the classic trade-off between supply chain costs and customer order service-levels.

SW

5.0Reviewed Jan 12, 2021

Very informative course on Supply Chain Analytics which clears SCM concepts in clear and lucid way. Also gives clarity on how data analytics can be used in making supply chain related decisions.

SV

4.0Reviewed May 6, 2020

Excellent overview in a brief course to drive the need for data-support decision making in Supply Chain. Would love to see a more in depth course as well. Thank you!

SB

5.0Reviewed May 20, 2021

The most amazing part of the course is simplified learnings, I am very much thankful to Professor Yao Zhao who has made joyful learning by making simplified course materials.Thank you!

TN

5.0Reviewed Dec 20, 2020

The course is user friendly and at the right level for beginner to catch up with clear definition and concepts about Push, pull strategy as well as great Excel tactics

RT

5.0Reviewed Jun 18, 2020

It was really Nice course. so informative and motivational to implement SC-Analytics in real life domain... Thank you so much...!!!!

AA

5.0Reviewed Jul 24, 2021

this course is really have good information about supply chain analytics. i have learned about the push and pull strategies and how to calculate that which we should prefer.

SS

5.0Reviewed May 27, 2020

This is a very good course in supply chain, it focuses on Push & Pull strategies in different scenarios. The explanation was precise and brief. Thank you Coursera & Rutgers University.

NA

5.0Reviewed Aug 3, 2020

The whole course was very smooth & steady. I understood every topic very well. Thank you very much Coursera as well as Professor Yao Zhao Sir for helping me understand the basics of Supply Chain.

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