Implementing Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is the system that connects and integrates the links of sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management. By understanding how to manage this complex system—and ensure that key business functions are properly integrated—you can increase profits and reduce costs and risks. In this course, instructor Daniel Stanton steps through how to implement supply chain management in your company.

Daniel goes over the different supply chain processes that must be managed in an integrated way: plan, source, make, deliver, return, and enable. He uses this process view to describe the key challenges that supply chain managers need to address, the notable trends that are forcing supply chains to evolve, and a five-step process for helping your company implement supply chain management effectively.

Topics include
Using a process framework
Planning a supply chain
Making products and services
Managing supply chain challenges
Prioritizing goals
Mitigating risks
Supply chain innovation
Monitoring supply chain trends
Implementing a supply chain agenda