| Name | Hours | Proficiency | Abstract |
| Basic Inventory Concepts |
2 |
Basic |
This two-hour Online Self-Study provides a broad overview of the major concepts of inventory management. |
| Basic Retail Replenishment and Forecasting Statistics & Probability |
2 |
Basic |
This two-hour Online Self-Study provides an overview of basic statistics and probability concepts. |
| Calculating Safety Stock |
3 |
Intermediate |
This Online Self-Study teaches users how to calculate safety stock. It explains safety stock calculations in multiple environments. Users will work through several problems involving the calculation of safety stock. |
| Fulfillment Fundamentals: Introduction |
1 |
Basic |
This one-hour Online Self-Study course provides an overview of the fulfillment area. The module gives users an orientation to the world of fulfillment. It describes the basics of fulfillment, the purpose and role of fulfillment, and its relationship to supply chain and business functions. |
| Fulfillment Fundamentals: Networks |
1 |
Basic |
This one-hour Online Self-Study introduces users to typical fulfillment strategies and operations companies use for locating their plants and warehouses. It highlights the various types of strategies and when and how each should be used. |
| Fulfillment Fundamentals: Outcomes |
1 |
Basic |
This one-hour Online Self-Study introduces key concepts and outcomes of fulfillment operations related to costs, service, and return on investment. The module presents concepts of order cycle times, order accuracy, and measurement—supported by rich examples and case analysis activities. |
| Fulfillment Fundamentals: Transportation |
2 |
Basic |
This Online Self-Study presents information about transportation and its relationship with other fulfillment functions. It also examines the modal choices, network design, tradeoffs, metrics, and technologies used in transportation. The module concludes with a transportation case analysis problem. |
| Fulfillment Fundamentals: Warehousing |
1 |
Basic |
This one-hour Online Self-Study introduces you to warehousing functions, design, processes, product handling, and major management issues. Users will learn principles for designing warehouses, running warehouses, and measuring performance of the operation. |
| Information Distortion and Demand Management [Premium] |
1 |
Intermediate |
In this one-hour Expert On Demand presentation, you will review the drivers of information distortion, which result in the Bullwhip Effect in supply chains. You will learn the consequences that demand distortion has on supply chains and key strategies to identify and counter the distortion. |
| Introduction to Supply Chain |
6 |
Basic |
This Online Self-Study course builds awareness and basic knowledge of supply chain management concepts and solutions. (An abbreviated version of this course is available in German.) |
| Inventory Management Metrics and Classification |
2 |
Intermediate |
This Expert On Demand course introduces the importance of effective metrics, the types and applications of supply chain metrics, and the link between metrics and inventory classification. |
| Measuring Forecast Error & Variability |
3 |
Intermediate |
This Online Self-Study course covers the topics of variability and error in forecasting. In every area of the supply chain management, we face variability and uncertainty. Variability in any part of the supply chain drives up cost and erodes our ability to serve customers. To control and manage variability, it must first be able to be measured. This course examines the concept of variability and describes graphical and statistical approaches to measuring it. |
| Replenishment - Order Quantity |
3 |
Basic |
This Online Self-Study course is focused on developing economic models that are useful in rationalizing procurement and manufacturing planning of inventory. The centerpiece of an economic analysis is the development of a formula that balances inventory holding and replenishment costs, often referred to as the economic order quantity (EOQ). |
| Supply Chain Performance Measurements |
3 |
Intermediate |
This Expert On Demand recorded presentation focuses on performance measurements across the supply chain. |
| Supply Chain Planning: Demand Planning |
3 |
Intermediate |
This Online Self-Study introduces the learner to the demand planning process, inputs, outputs, and terminology. Demand planning relates the role of the demand planning process to other planning processes, e.g., inventory planning, master planning, detail production scheduling, material planning, distribution planning, fulfillment planning, and related components of a supply chain. |
| Supply Chain Planning: Integration |
3 |
Intermediate |
This Online Self-Study introduces the interrelationships between supply chain planning processes and related business functions. It describes why the flow between processes must be integrated to allow for visibility, modeling, exception management and collaboration. The course explores how supply chain planning processes must be integrated for the areas of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Procurement, Fulfillment, and Manufacturing. |
| Supply Chain Planning: Introduction |
4 |
Basic |
Supply Chain Planning (SCP) helps companies manage their supply chains. With SCP as their common planning process, companies can plan and execute, across all entities, at both the operational and strategic levels. This Online Self-Study course describes a typical supply chain and how one is managed; explains why planning is necessary; explains the interdependence of plans and planners; and provides insight into how effective SCP processes can increase shareholder value. |
| Symptoms of Poor Inventory Management |
2 |
Intermediate |
Effective inventory management is critical to the success of any company. Learning to spot signs or symptoms of poor inventory management is the first step in improving the management of inventory at a company. This Online Self-Study provides you with information to understand and begin this process. |
| What Is Integrated Supply Chain Management? [Premium] |
1 |
Basic |
What Is Integrated Supply Chain Management? is a one-hour Expert On Demand recorded presentation by Professor David Pyke, Dartmouth College. This presentation highlights supply chain management topics, such as components of supply chain models and the various ways that materials, information and funds can flow across supply chains. |
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