Supply chain disruptions cost Fortune 500 companies an average of $184 million annually, yet 73% lack visibility beyond Tier 1 suppliers. This Short Course was created to help Supply Chain Management and Analysis professionals accomplish strategic, resilient supply chain leadership that balances cost, risk, and sustainability. By completing this course, you'll be able to quantify complex trade-offs across your network, model disruption scenarios with sustainability integration, and create executive-level strategy documents that secure board approval for transformational investments. By the end of this course, you will be able to: analyze multi-tier supply-chain data to quantify trade-offs, evaluate resilience scenarios incorporating geopolitical and sustainability factors, and create executive strategy documents aligning technology with reduction objectives. This course integrates quantitative supply chain network analysis techniques such as Total Cost of Ownership modeling, scenario analysis, and multi-criteria decision frameworks with executive communication strategies, focusing on real $2M+ impact scenarios and board-level strategy development. To be successful, you should have experience with supply chain analytics, executive reporting, and strategic planning frameworks.

Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: A Holistic Overview

Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: A Holistic Overview

Instructor: Hurix Digital
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What you'll learn
Supply chain excellence comes from analyzing cost, service, risk, and capital trade-offs together, not optimizing single metrics.
Scenario planning builds resilience by preparing organizations for geopolitical and sustainability-driven disruptions in advance.
Clear executive communication turns complex supply chain analytics into business cases that win C-suite and board approval.
Scope 3 emissions and ESG targets are core constraints in supply chain design, not secondary considerations.
Skills you'll gain
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Supply Chain Planning
- Strategic Communication
- Risk Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Risk Analysis
- Stakeholder Communications
- Technology Strategies
- Cost Reduction
- Corporate Sustainability
- Supply Chain
- Working Capital
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Leadership
- Supplier Risk Management
- Sustainable Business
- Service Level
- Supply Chain Management
- Risk Modeling
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