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Global Supply Chain Management

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Price

Free

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Level

BEGINNER

Duration

25 h

About this course

This course was developed for professionals from any area or industry to learn the basics of contemporary Global Supply Chain Management to improve its management and understanding of current affairs and future trends. There is no mandatory prerequisite, but having some business experience will help participants make the most of the proposal of video clips, cases, texts, analyses, and content. From a unique approach, it adopts a strategic approach to the management of global supply chains. Such an approach will be useful even if the participant is not actively involved in supply chain management decisions because the knowledge acquired and developed will make participants better interlocutors in broad discussions involving supply chains that they may take part in their organizations.

What you will learn

  • Understand and use the most important supply chain management concepts and frameworks for outsourcing
  • Identify and critically analyze the specific causes, effects, and remedies of demand volatility and uncertainty in different supply chains
  • Identify, critically analyze and remedy common pitfalls of supply and inventory management
  • Recognize the most relevant strategic issues and alternatives related to designing international direct and reverse logistics networks