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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Supply Chain Design.

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Overview

In an increasingly global marketplace, supply chains are intricately designed systems with multiple internal and external stakeholders. This course provides the knowledge and skills required to manage physical, information and financial flows across supply chains.

Through frameworks, mathematical models, and real-world applications, you'll explore critical design elements: supply chain network design, supply chain finance, supplier management, production and demand planning, distribution strategies, and process and organizational design. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to architect robust supply chain systems and lead cross-functional initiatives that balance operational excellence with strategic business objectives.

Supply Chain Design is an instructor-paced course. Course content is released on a weekly basis, and a comprehensive syllabus, deadlines, and requirements are provided in Week 0 of the course.

This Supply Chain Design course is part of the MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management, offered by #1 ranked SCM Master's program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is an open enrollment course , making it accessible for almost anyone, anywhere in the world to enroll and learn for free.

Syllabus

Week 1: Overview of Supply Chain Design: Introduction to Network Flow models.
Week 2: Basic Supply Chain Network Design: Facility Location and Network Design problems.
Week 3: Advanced Supply Chain Network Design: Modeling multiple products, multiple echelons, and multiple time periods.
Week 4: Supply Chain Finance I: Activity Based Costing, Working Capital, and Cash-to-Cash conversation cycle.
Week 5: Supply Chain Finance II: Discounted cash flow analysis and capital budgeting and investing.
Week 6: Supplier Management I: Auctions, sourcing, and procurement.
Week 7: Supplier Management II: Optimization based procurement, and risk sharing.
Week 8: Production Planning: Introduction to Bills of Material (BOM), Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems, and Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) systems.
Week 9: Demand Management: Challenges of collaboration with customers and management levers to improve coordination.
Week 10: Process & Organizational Design: The design of the supply chain organization itself.

Taught by

Jarrod Goentzel, James Blayney Rice Jr., Yossi Sheffi and Chris Caplice

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4.8 rating, based on 5 Class Central reviews

4.5 rating at edX based on 174 ratings

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    Vaibhav Vardhan
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    This course is a good primer to someone starting out a business in retail. This was both challenging and fruitful as the concepts shared are relevant to everyday situations. Loved the roller coaster.
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    Aditya Rajbhar
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    In November 2020, executives from Amazon, Ikea, Nike, and other high-profile companies were called before the U.K. Parliament to address claims that their suppliers might be using forced labor.1 Members of the House of Commons’ Business, Energy and…
  • Anonymous
    My name is Andrew Onuorah. I am Nigeria ,47 years of age.worked for over 18 years with Nigeria Bottling company. Currently requesting for a degree certificate on supply chain
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