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Supply Chain Excellence
  • Level Professional
  • Course by Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
  • Offered by

About

Supply chain leaders manage products, information, and finances to create an efficient, effective supply chain. With this online certificate program, you’ll study at the graduate level to gain the knowledge you need to advance in your career. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the three distinct flows that create supply chain excellence in any company. Learn from lectures, readings, discussions and quizzes designed by faculty from the Department of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers University. You’ll also benefit from graded feedback from the instructor and live sessions with groups of high-caliber peers. This course will provide you with an introduction and head-start to the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack.

Modules

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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  • Welcome to Supply Chain Excellence

The Flow of Products in the Supply Chain

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Supply Chain Goals

4 Videos

  • How do products flow in Supply Chain?
  • Product Flow goals - efficiency
  • Product Flow goals - flexibility
  • Product Flow goals - resiliency

1 Readings

  • Logistics Managers Index

The Lean Supply Chain

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Lean Principles

1 Discussions

  • Lean Tools

4 Videos

  • Lean Principles Overview
  • The Seven Wastes
  • Just-in-Time
  • Jidoka (error proofing)

1 Readings

  • Lean Thinking Reading by Womak and Jones

The Agile Supply Chain

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Agility

1 Discussions

  • Agile Tools

3 Videos

  • The Agile Supply Chain
  • Implement Agility
  • Agile versus Efficient

2 Readings

  • Zara's Supply Chain
  • The Triple-A Supply Chain

The Resilient Supply Chain

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Risk

1 Discussions

  • Risk Tools

3 Videos

  • The Resilient Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Risk Factors
  • Risk vs. Efficiency, can we afford it?

2 Readings

  • Building a Resilient Supply Chain
  • Your Resilient Supply Chain

Managing Product Flow

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Managing Product Flow in the Supply Chain

Types of Information Infrastructure

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • IT Infrastructure

5 Videos

  • Professor + Course Intro
  • Information Flow in the Supply Chain
  • Local Information Systems
  • Internal Information Systems
  • External Information Systems

1 Readings

  • Supply Chain IT In action

Blockchain

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Blockchain

1 Discussions

  • How Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management

3 Videos

  • Blockchain
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Supply Chain Applications of Blockchain

2 Readings

  • Blockchain technology for supply chains—A must or a maybe?
  • How Blockchain Will Redefine Supply Chain Management

AI and Machine Learning

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Managing Information Flow: AI and Machine Learning

1 Discussions

  • Potential to add value

4 Videos

  • The Next Frontier in Technology
  • AI Background
  • ML Background
  • The Future of AI & ML

2 Readings

  • Article: IBM Sterling SC Insights with Watson
  • Article: 20 things to know about AI for SC

Information Flow

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Information Systems

Supply Chain Financing

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Lesson 1: Quiz

1 Discussions

  • The Language of Business

3 Videos

  • Managing Financial Flow
  • What is Financial Flow?
  • Supply Chain Financing

2 Readings

  • Why Operations and Supply Managers Need to Speak the Language of Business
  • Managing the Financial Supply Chain

The Financial Statements

    • 4 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Lesson 2 Quiz

1 Discussions

  • The Supply Chain within Financial Statements

4 Videos

  • Financial Statements
  • The Balance Sheet
  • The Income Statement
  • The Cash Flow Statement

4 Readings

  • Beginners' Guide to Financial Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Income Statement
  • Sources and Uses of Funds

Cash Conversion Cycle

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Cash Conversion Cycle

1 Discussions

  • Falling CCCs

3 Videos

  • The Cash Conversion Cycle
  • Calculate the CCC
  • CCC Benchmarking

2 Readings

  • A Look at the Cash Conversion Cycle
  • How Has Apple's Cash Conversion Cycle Changed Over The Years?

Financial Flow in the Supply Chain

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Financial Background

Supply Chain Excellence Project

    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Project Company Choice

3 Readings

  • The Purpose
  • The Company
  • The Deliverables

Auto Summary

Enhance your career with the "Supply Chain Excellence" course by Coursera, designed for professionals aiming to master supply chain management. Created by Rutgers University faculty, this program covers product, information, and financial flows. Enjoy lectures, readings, discussions, quizzes, graded feedback, and live peer sessions. Perfect for those seeking advanced knowledge in supply chain excellence.

Rudolf Leuschner, Ph.D.
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Rudolf Leuschner, Ph.D.