Supply chain management: Be global

About this course

Businesses and their supply chains are facing increasing competition and uncertainty in what is now a truly globalised trade environment. To remain competitive, organisations need to think globally – ensuring supply chains meet customer demands while minimising costs and maximising responsiveness. From a strategic perspective, this involves making important trade-off decisions between cost, quality and flexibility of supply chains. Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) this course will equip you with the future-focused capabilities needed to design and manage effective, sustainable and efficient global supply chains of tomorrow.

What you will learn

• Identify the key drivers of global supply chain effectiveness
• Create supply chain networks that are aligned with supply chain and business strategy of the firm
• Identify the critical success factors, pitfalls, and risks of global supply chain management
• Evaluate the sustainability of global supply chain operations