Course curriculum

  • 1

    NOTICE BOARD

    • Zoom Class Link
  • 2

    Recorded Live Class

    • LIVE Class 01: Chapter 1 (Understanding the Basics of Supply Chain Management)
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    Chapter 1 (Understanding the Basics of Supply Chain Management)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 1 Slide

    • Understanding Supply Chain Management

    • Quiz: Understanding Supply Chain Management

    • Understanding Key Players in the Supply Chain

    • Quiz: Understanding Key Players in the Supply Chain

    • Defining Supply Chain Management

    • Quiz: Defining Supply Chain Management

    • Growing Importance of Supply Chain Management

    • Quiz: Growing Importance of Supply Chain Management

    • Operating Under Supply Chain Management Principles

    • Quiz: Operating Under Supply Chain Management Principles
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    Chapter 2 (Understanding Supply Chains from Different Perspectives)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 2 Slide

    • Managing Supply Chain Flows

    • Quiz: Managing Supply Chain Flows

    • Synchronising Supply Chain Functions

    • Quiz: Synchronising Supply Chain Functions
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    Chapter 3 (Digging into Your Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 3 Slide

    • Building the Right Supply Chain

    • Quiz: Building the Right Supply Chain

    • Prioritising Supply Chain Goals

    • Quiz: Prioritising Supply Chain Goals

    • Looking at Cost Drivers

    • Quiz: Looking at Cost Drivers

    • Dealing with Trade-Offs

    • Quiz: Dealing with Trade-Offs
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    Chapter 4 (Optimising Your Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 4 Slide

    • Designing Your Network

    • Quiz: Designing Your Network

    • Improving and Innovating Processes

    • Quiz: Improving and Innovating Processes
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    Chapter 5 (Connecting Supply Chain Processes)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 5 Slide

    • Understanding Supply Chain Processes

    • Quiz: Understanding Supply Chain Processes

    • Introducing the SCOR Model

    • Quiz: Introducing the SCOR Model

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    Chapter 6 (Planning the Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 6 Slide

    • Balancing Supply and Demand

    • Quiz: Balancing Supply and Demand

    • Aligning Resources with Requirements

    • Quiz: Aligning Resources with Requirements

    • Analysing Your Customers

    • Quiz: Analysing Your Customers

    • Planning Your Products

    • Quiz: Planning Your Products

    • Planning Your Production Systems

    • Quiz: Planning Your Production Systems

    • Planning Your Delivery Systems

    • Quiz: Planning Your Delivery Systems

    • Planning for Returns

    • Quiz: Planning for Returns

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    Chapter 7 (Sourcing, Purchasing, and Procurement)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 7 Slide

    • Understanding Strategic Sourcing

    • Quiz: Understanding Strategic Sourcing

    • Segmenting Your Supply Chain

    • Quiz: Segmenting Your Supply Chain

    • Managing Life Cycle Costs

    • Quiz: Managing Life Cycle Costs

    • Managing Supplier Relationships

    • Quiz: Managing Supplier Relationships

    • Establishing Supply Contracts

    • Quiz: Establishing Supply Contracts

    • Mitigating Supplier Risks

    • Quiz: Mitigating Supplier Risks

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    Chapter 8 (Making Your Products or Services)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 8 Slide

    • Planning and Scheduling Production

    • Quiz: Planning and Scheduling Production

    • Identifying Manufacturing Process Types

    • Quiz: Identifying Manufacturing Process Types

    • Choosing Your Production Environment

    • Quiz: Choosing Your Production Environment

    • Implementing Quality Control and Quality Assurance

    • Quiz: Implementing Quality Control and Quality Assurance

    • Reducing Manufacturing Waste

    • Quiz: Reducing Manufacturing Waste
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    Chapter 9 (Delivering Your Products or Services)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 9 Slide

    • Understanding Modes of Transportation

    • Quiz: Understanding Modes of Transportation

    • Selecting Modes of Transportation

    • Quiz: Selecting Modes of Transportation

    • Managing Warehousing and Inventory

    • Quiz: Managing Warehousing and Inventory

    • Establishing Inventory Ordering Policies

    • Quiz: Establishing Inventory Ordering Policies

    • Selecting Material Handling Equipment

    • Quiz: Selecting Material Handling Equipment

    • Managing and Filling Orders

    • Quiz: Managing and Filling Orders

    • Leveraging Third-Party Logistics

    • Quiz: Leveraging Third-Party Logistics
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    Chapter 10 (Managing Product Returns and Reverse Supply Chains)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 10 Slide

    • Growing Revenues with Easy Returns

    • Quiz: Growing Revenues with Easy Returns

    • Processing Returns of New or Excess Products

    • Quiz: Processing Returns of New or Excess Products

    • Processing Returns of Used or Defective Products

    • Quiz: Processing Returns of Used or Defective Products

    • Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains

    • Quiz: Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains

    • Handling Unauthorised Returns and Fraudulent Products

    • Quiz: Handling Unauthorised Returns and Fraudulent Products

    • Managing Trade-Ins

    • Quiz: Managing Trade-Ins
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    Chapter 11 (Enabling Your Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 11 Slide

    • Managing Your Business Rules

    • Quiz: Managing Your Business Rules

    • Managing Supply Chain Performance

    • Quiz; Managing Supply Chain Performance

    • Managing Your Assets

    • Quiz: Managing Your Assets

    • Labeling Your Products

    • Quiz: Labeling Your Products

    • Addressing Suppiy Chain Security Issues

    • Quiz: Addressing Suppiy Chain Security Issues

    • Leveraging Information Technology

    • Quiz: Leveraging Information Technology

    • Leveraging Human Resouces

    • Quiz: Leveraging Human Resouces

    • Mastering Project Management

    • Quiz: Mastering Project Management
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    Chapter 12 (Managing Supply Chain Software)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 12 Slide

    • Understanding How Processes Evolve

    • Quiz: Understanding How Processes Evolve

    • Using Transportation Management Systems

    • Quiz: Using Transportation Management Systems

    • Using Warehouse Management and Execution Systems

    • Quiz: Using Warehouse Management and Execution Systems

    • Using Demand Planning Systems

    • Quiz: Using Demand Planning Systems

    • Using Material Requirements Planning Systems

    • Quiz: Using Material Requirements Planning Systems

    • Using Labour Management Systems

    • Quiz: Using Labour Management Systems

    • Using Customer Relationship Management Systems

    • Quiz: Using Customer Relationship Management Systems

    • Using Supplier Relationship Management Systems

    • Quiz: Using Supplier Relationship Management Systems

    • Using Enterprise Resources Planning Systems

    • Quiz: Using Enterprise Resources Planning Systems
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    Chapter 13 (Integrating Advanced Manufacturing into Your Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 13 Slide

    • Avoiding Obsolescence

    • Quiz: Avoiding Obsolescence

    • Capitalising on Advanced Manufacturing

    • Quiz: Capitalising on Advanced Manufacturing

    • Automated Mobile Robots

    • Quiz: Automated Mobile Robots

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    Chapter 14 (Managing Digital Supply Chains)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 14 Slide

    • Digitalising Products and Services

    • Quiz:Digitalising Products and Services

    • Integrating Planning, Execution, and Visibility

    • Quiz: Integrating Planning, Execution, and Visibility

    • Creating Customer Centricity

    • Quiz: Creating Customer Centricity

    • Sharing with Blockchains

    • Quiz: Sharing with Blockchains

    • Harnessing the Internet of Things, Big Data, and the Cloud

    • Quiz: Harnessing the Internet of Things, Big Data, and the Cloud

    • Employing Artificial Intelligence

    • Quiz: Employing Artificial Intelligence

    • Quiz: Retooling for Omnichannel

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    Chapter 15 (Transforming Your Supply Chain)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 15 Slide

    • Improving Transparency and Visibility

    • Quiz: Improving Transparency and Visibility

    • Deploying Demand Shaping

    • Quiz: Deploying Demand Shaping

    • Performing Postponement

    • Quiz: Performing Postponement

    • Renewing Regional Sourcing

    • Quiz: Renewing Regional Sourcing

    • Reducing Stock-Keeping Units

    • Quiz: Reducing Stock-Keeping Units

    • Optimising Inventory

    • Quiz: Optimising Inventory

    • Incorporating Vendor-Managed Inventory

    • Quiz: Incorporating Vendor-Managed Inventory

    • Adjusting Payment Terms

    • Quiz: Adjusting Payment Terms

    • Quiz: Using Supply Chain Finance

    • Controlling the Bullwhip Effect

    • Quiz: Controlling the Bullwhip Effect

    • Starting with Small Improvements

    • Quiz: Starting with Small Improvements

    • Quiz: Creating Sandboxes
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    Chapter 16 (Adopting Supply Chain Metrics)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 16 Slide

    • Understanding Metrics

    • Quiz: Understanding Metrics

    • Identifying Performance Attributes

    • Quiz: Identifying Performance Attributes

    • Quiz: Understanding Scor Metrics

    • Optimising Operational Metrics

    • Quiz: Optimising Operational Metrics

    • Formalising Financial Metrics

    • Quiz: Formalising Financial Metrics

    • Perfecting People Metrics

    • Quiz: Perfecting People Metrics
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    Chapter 17 (Managing Supply Chain Risks)

    • PGDSCM: Chapter 17 Slide

    • Challenging Assumptions About the Future

    • Quiz: Challenging Assumptions About the Future

    • Building Supply Chain Resilience

    • Quiz: Building Supply Chain Resilience

    • Identifying Risks

    • Quiz: Identifying Risks

    • Classifying Risks

    • Quiz: Classifying Risks

    • Quiz: Scoring Risks

    • Managing Risk

    • Quiz: Managing Risk
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    MOCK EXAM

    • MOCK EXAM [100 Questions x 2 Marks = 200 Marks] ; Duration: 100 Minutes