Supply Chain Management Concepts
About this course
This course provides an overview of what is a supply chain and the issues that need to be considered when designing, planning or operating a supply chain. You will learn the importance of supply chain decisions and supply chain performance for the success of a firm. You will also examine how a company achieves strategic fit and discuss the obstacles to achieving strategic fit. It introduces the three logistic drivers and three functional drivers and describes how each impacts the supply chain performance. For each driver, there are common metrics used to measure and control the performance of each.
Credit Unit: 1
Kindly note that this course is exclusively available only for NSF. NSF enrolling into SUSS as New Undergraduate will be eligible for 5 cu credit recognition if they have completed a group of 5 UniLEARN courses (1 cu each).
Please approach, Student Recruitment (student_recruitment@suss.edu.sg) or UniLEARN (unilearn@suss.edu.sg) if you require further assistance.
Course Access Period
Please note that this is an online self-paced asynchronous course where learners will be granted one month of access from the enrolment date.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you should be able to
- Explain the role of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.
- Discuss the process views of a supply chain.
- Describe the supply chain macro processes in a firm.
- Explain how a company achieves strategic fit between its competitive and supply chain strategies.
- Discuss the issues that affect a company’s strategic fit.
- Explain the major drivers of supply chain performances (facilities, inventory, transport, information, sourcing and pricing).
- Discuss the impact of the supply chain drivers on supply chain performances.
Assessment
You must complete an online quiz with a passing score of 50% (i.e., 5 out of 10 questions). You will be given multiple attempts to achieve the passing score. The system will only capture the highest of the scores.