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Supply Chain Fundamentals: Supply Chain Management Principles

Course also available in Spanish Ver la versión en Español

Course Description

This course prepares students in the basics of supply chain and supply chain’s roles within organizations. The course includes defining supply chain management and the various domains within supply chain (i.e., customer service, manufacturing and service operations, order management, procurement and supply management, demand planning, inventory management, warehousing operations, and transportation operations). It includes an explanation of how the supply chain supports organizations’ strategic and financial goals.

Who Should Attend

  • Receiving, Shipping, Putaway, Picking, and Packing Clerks, Operators, Analysts, Supervisors, and Managers
  • Customer Service, Order Management, Warehouse, Terminal, Crossdock, and Distribution Center administrators, clerks, analysts, supervisors, and managers
  • Supply Chain and Logistics Managers, Analysts, Consultants, Supervisors, Technologists Planners and Engineers
  • Business and Systems Analysts
  • Supply Chain Education and Human Resource Management personnel
  • Inventory Planners
  • Distribution and Warehouse Operations Managers, Supervisors, Planners, Consultants, and Analysts
  • Demand Planners, Supply Planners, Forecast Analysts, Forecasting Managers
  • Manufacturing analysts, Manufacturing supervisors, Manufacturing clerks, Manufacturing Managers
  • Service Operations supervisors, Service Operations Managers
  • Inventory Managers, Inventory Clerks, Inventory Analysts
  • Inventory Cycle Counters
  • Transportation Planners, Transportation Clerks, Transportation Analysts, Transportation Managers

How You Will Benefit

  • Define supply chain management – flows, metrics, frameworks, goals, and organizational structures
  • Describe the various types of information systems and technology currently used in the supply chain
  • Describe how teams work together to create successful customer relationships
  • Summarize the customer satisfaction model
  • Discuss the difference between internal and external customers
  • Explain the difference between manufacturing and service operations
  • Recognize the steps in the procurement process
  • Understand that there are different types of buyer-supplier relationships
  • Define the concept of strategic sourcing
  • Explain why it is important to consider the total cost of ownership when making purchases
  • Categorize the different types of demand patterns
  • Discuss the importance of S&OP in the integrated supply chain
  • List several KPIs for successful inventory management
  • Articulate some of the key operations of a warehouse (e.g., receiving, storage, product placement, filling orders, and order picking processes)
  • Understand how different areas of product transportation affect the overall success of companies
  • Identify the challenges in establishing efficient and effective transportation processes within industries
  • Determine which modes of transportation are more cost effective in given situations and why
  • Demonstrate metrics used to measure transportation service quality and efficiency
  • Understand the importance of supply chain resilience
  • Learn potential ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) can improve supply chain resilience

What Is Covered

Supply Chain Management Principles is a start anytime, self-paced course consisting of 8 Learning Blocks.

  1. Supply Chain Concepts
  2. Customer Service Operations
  3. Manufacturing & Service Operations
  4. Procurement and Supply Management
  5. Inventory Management
  6. Demand Planning
  7. Warehousing Operations
  8. Transportation Operations

Course Prerequisites

None.

Course Fees

The cost of the course is $350. You will be provided with a URL, username and password to access the material. You must complete all required learning blocks to be awarded a Georgia Tech Course Completion certificate.

Course Timing

Our online Supply Chain Fundamentals courses are 100% online, self-paced, start anytime, and are approximately 40 hours of instruction per course. There is a quiz at the end of each learning block that must be passed to move onto the next learning block.
 

Technical Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Please review https://pe.gatech.edu/technology-requirements to ensure that the system you will be using is capable of accessing this online course.

User Interface

Online courses are offered through Georgia Tech Professional Education. The interface is provided via Canvas LMS and is primarily point-and-click, and can be learned by anyone capable of using a web browser. There is no software to distribute, and no experience with HTML or other technical knowledge required.


Every effort is made to present the course as advertised herein; however, circumstances may make it necessary to alter the schedule and/or presenters.

OFFERINGS

REGISTER ONLINE
via Georgia Tech's Professional Education website

Special Note: Although the current online course session(s) indicate a start date that may have passed, students can enroll at any time. The online course(s) are self-paced offering flexibility, so you can fit the course work into your schedule. However, it is recommended that you register by the registration close date indicated in the section details, to allow for enough time to complete the course.

Course also available in Spanish Ver la versión en Español

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HMTX Industries partnered with SCL and Georgia Tech Professional Education to bring new skills to their workforce.

Earn a Logistics Fundamentals Certificate

Must take 4 SCF online courses: Required course: Supply Chain Management Principles. Choose 3 SCF courses from the following: Warehousing Operations, Customer Service Operations, Inventory Management or Transportation Operations.

This certificate is designed for those who want a solid understanding of logistics fundamentals who may be new to certain supply chain domains. The goal of the program is to support workforce readiness and upward mobility for entry-level and supervisory level associates.

Earn our Supply Chain Fundamentals certificate

You must take 4 SCF online courses: Required course: Supply Chain Management Principles. Choose 3 SCF courses from the following: Customer Service Operations, Supply Management & Procurement, Demand Planning, or Manufacturing & Service Operations.

This certificate is designed for those who want a solid understanding of supply chain fundamentals who may be new to certain supply chain domains. The goal of the program is to support workforce readiness and upward mobility for entry-level and supervisory level associates.

Buy 3 Get One Free!

For every 3 Supply Chain Fundamentals online courses you take, the 4th is free! Contact us after you have completed your 3rd course to obtain a coupon code for the 4th course.

Now available in Spanish!

Please note that our online Supply Chain Fundamentals courses are also available in Spanish! If you have questions or are interested in registering individuals a group, please use our contact form to send us a note and we will be in touch, promptly. Click here for the currently available courses in Spanish.

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Georgia Tech Supply Chain and
Logistics Institute
H. Milton Stewart School of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
765 Ferst Drive, NW, Suite 228
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: 404.894.2343