Welcome to Supply Chain Analytics — the art and science of designing and optimizing supply chains using data analytics. 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 U.S. telecommunications company, you will learn the analytics tools and skills needed to design 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 across all aspects of a supply chain — from inventory, shipping to warehouse order fulfillment and store operations. 2. Customize supply chain strategy by product to improve overall cost efficiency without sacrificing customer service. 3. Gain hands-on experiences on the application of data analytics to the integrated supply chain and logistics planning. VASTA (name disguised) is a major U.S. wireless carrier that distributes and sells phones through a large national network of retail stores. In recent years, the company has written off large volumes of obsolete inventory annually, driving significant cost inefficiencies in an increasingly stagnant and saturated market. To remain competitive, VASTA must reassess its competitive position and redesign its supply chain. By the end of this course, you will have developed strategies to help VASTA save billions of dollars in supply chain costs and defend its market leadership. I hope you enjoy the course!
Well organisaed course. Good use of quantitative methods to help in supply chain decision making and explaining qualitative method
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!
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.
Very effective course for the beginners to know about the push-pull strategies and how to take decision for choosing a supply chain strategy for a company through quantitative analysis.
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.
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!
This course consists of fundamentals of supply chain analyst and delivered by the professor in a simpler way to enhance its meaning on the deliverables. Thank you!
The course was excellently delivered with practical examples to make one understand the role of analytics in Supply chain management.
Goods explanations, make me learn an easy way how obtain data that help me to choose the strategy that works better for any product.
This course exactly provides the basic knowledge required for supply chain analyst through the simplest ways possible. I found it very useful for applying it to my research
This is an excellent course to start with Supply Chain Analytics. It provides a good thought triggering way for Supply Chain Analytics.
Very useful to gain insights about the quantitative analysis of the data collected in any supply chain and apply different strategies accordingly.
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the course was too generic and doesn't teach any useable skills. it was just background information and won't help anyone in the field.
I took this course as part of my learning program and I found it very useful and interesting. The course covers the fundamentals of supply chain analytics, such as data collection, analysis, visualization, optimization, and decision making. It also provides various applications of supply chain analytics in different domains, such as manufacturing, logistics, retail, healthcare, and others. The instructor is very knowledgeable and engaging. He explains the concepts clearly and provides relevant examples and case studies. He also gives feedback and guidance on the assignments and quizzes. The course materials are well-organized and easy to follow. The course platform is user-friendly and interactive. The course is challenging but rewarding. It requires a lot of time and effort to complete the assignments and quizzes, but they help to reinforce the learning outcomes. The course also helps to develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills that are essential for supply chain professionals. I would rate this course 5 out of 5 stars for its quality, content, and delivery.
its too good for help me to understand supply chain management system.I have done this course though Fanicial aid but after completed it. Coursera team didn't give certificate. Please team give me certificate. I am poor student. I don't enough money for purchase. I hope you understand my issue. Please help me for and enhance my career
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Great way to get exposure to Supply Chain Analytics. Not something I was exposed to during my Supply Chain Management course at University. Can instantly apply to a business idea depending on what retail operations you would like to run. At the end of the day retail is all about stock and sales, but you need to optimise your cost for stocks to ensure each sale is as profitable as possible.
This course is good for you if you want to know about formulas for a supply chain analytics report. It might work well if you combine what you learned from other courses (eg, Inventory Analytics, Demand Analytics, etc.) under the Supply Chain Analytics specialization. I mean, adding formulas & models taught in all courses could make a comprehensive Supply Chain Analytics report.
Thank you Prof. Yao Zhao and Coursera. It was fantastic to follow the lecture classes by Prf. Yao Zhao. The importance of Analytics was beautifully drawn out. The importance and difference between Push Strategy and Pull Strategy was interesting.
This is my first Online course. And this experience has been fantastic.
Thank you Coursera.
I am very happy to have received free training and thank you very much for your cooperation It was great about education and it filled my knowledge gap and I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that in the future you will have the opportunity to study for those who are unemployed and unable to pay. thank you
The Course is very crisp and sharp. It is all about creating spreadsheets, graphs and interpreting them. From outside it just looks like a normal paper work but a single piece of graph and spreadsheet explains you a lot of information if you completely understand the concept.
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Coursera's courses are extremely good. They are well designed and being a full employee I really appreciate the fact of how well they are designed. They are very up-to-date on topics of interest and new courses.
Absolutely an insightful course on supply chain analytics how an international supply chain works right from sourcing to distribution with key insights on push and pull strategy with calculation tricks on inventory and shipping cost management and much more.
Excellent course, Supply chain always surprises me with something new and different, the key is to continue learning every day from this complex world how is the logistics and even better if it is done hand in hand with the experts.
This course content and the professor is highly recommended for non-SC and SC Professionals. The language used in the materials are very comprehensible and relatable. Case study that were used are easy to understand.
This course is very encourage the students to finish their course, whatever their level of understanding is. The difference is only the time to finish it, but everybody has the same chance to accomplish it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Very effective course for the beginners to know about the push-pull strategies and how to take decision for choosing a supply chain strategy for a company through quantitative analysis.
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!