Solve business challenges with improved supply chain management

Effective supply chain management is crucial in coordinating the process of production. It also plays a key role in managing inventories, location, and transportation of goods and services.

On this four-week course, you’ll gain theoretical and practical knowledge of operations management, with a focus on supply chain management, to help you solve key business challenges.

You’ll learn how to optimise and ensure the continuous improvement of supply chain management to achieve the best sustainable outcome for your customer.

Delve into process management and process mapping

Every business has processes in place, and this system must be efficient in order to reduce problems in both delays and costs.

You’ll analyse key concepts of process management and learn how to ensure an effective approach. Within this, you’ll learn how to use process mapping to identify all the steps within existing processes, and how to use these insights to improve efficiency.

Explore communication and information flow to enhance your business practices

For your business to function properly, communication and information flow are key.

You’ll learn how to improve communication between all departments and employees to ensure information moves seamlessly through the organisation.

Deliver continuous improvement in your supply chain management

To help aid in the continuous improvement of supply chain management, you’ll apply critical thinking to quality and productivity management. You’ll also learn how technology can be used to deliver further improvements.

Learning from the experts at Sentinel|9, you’ll finish the course knowing how to boost your supply chain management for the benefit of both the organisation and the employees.

Syllabus

Week 1
Process management, process mapping and design
- Course welcome
  Welcome to Operations Management: Process Mapping and Supply Chain. Let's get started!
- Process management, process mapping and design
  This week we take a look at what process management is.
- End of Week 1 wrap up
  A review of what's been covered and looking forward to next week.
Week 2
Procedural outline and quality, communication and productivity management
- Weekly welcome
  Find out what's happening this week.
- Procedural outline and quality, communication management and process re-engineering
  We explore procedural outline and quality, and learn about SOPs.
- Quality and productivity management part 1
  The definition of quality depends on the role of the people defining it.
- End of Week 2 wrap up
  A review of what's been covered and looking forward to next week
Week 3
Quality and productivity, and supply chain management
- Weekly welcome
  Find out what's happening this week.
- Quality and productivity management part 2
  We continue with our exploration of quality and productivity management.
- Supply chain management
  We explore what a supply chain is, and what supply chain management involves.
- End of Week 3 wrap up
  A review of what's been covered and looking forward to next week
Week 4
Supply chain management - continuous improvement and technology
- Weekly welcome
  We look at supply chain management in more detail, including the need for continuous improvement.
- Supply chain management - continuous improvement and technology part 1
  We explore the different categories of inventory.
- Supply chain management - continuous improvement and technology part 2
  We continue with supply chain management, and take a closer look at supply chain networks.
- End of course wrap up
  It's the end of the course. Look back at what you've covered and consider what to do next.

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By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Assess the theoretical and practical knowledge of operations management to solve current business challenges
Discuss and analyse the key concepts of process management
Apply critical thinking to supply chain management, quality and productivity management
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of communication and information flow in the business to improve current business practice

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about the critical aspects of supply chain management.

The knowledge acquired on this course can be used in different business contexts.

Who developed the course?

Sentinel|9

Sentinel|9 is an education content provider. They provide university-level content independently to offer a different pace of learning for individuals and institutions. They have a dynamic content library and Learning Management System (LMS) which is suitable for online, blended and face-to-face delivery.

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