The global food industry is worth over $9 trillion and boasts thousands of complex supply chains. Many of these networks have yet to incorporate sustainability into their practices, despite greater environmental pressures and stricter regulations.

Go where the future of food production and supply is heading by joining this online course from Aberystwyth University. In just four weeks, you’ll expand your sustainability skillset and gain real-world strategies to improve supply chain systems.

Lock in your food industry career with Aberystwyth University

You’ll begin this course by cultivating an understanding of the challenges facing food and bio-based supply systems. You’ll examine pressures from climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth. The course also focuses on the need to balance economic viability with environmental and social sustainability.

At this point, you’ll also explore the concept of the circular economy and how it’s used as a sustainable solution to address some of these challenges.

Get an introduction to economics and its impact on supply chain management

Economic and social factors often drive the efficiency of supply chain operations, influencing everything from food production to market demand.

On this course, you’ll build a foundation in economic principles and gain an overview of economic markets to better analyse and improve the sustainability of food and bio-based supply systems.

Build sustainable supply chain systems for the food and agricultural industry

You’ll look into sustainable solutions, such as lean thinking, as well as other strategies that go beyond traditional market-driven models to improve food and bio-based production and supply.