Module 1: The Global Supply Chain Landscape

• What Is Supply Chain Management?
• The Global Supply Chain as a Value Network
• Key Processes and Flows
• The Role of the Supply Chain Professional

Module 2: Supply Chain Strategy and the SCOR Model

• Aligning Supply Chain and Business Strategy
• The SCOR Reference Model
• Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return
• Competitive Priorities and Trade-offs

Module 3: Demand Planning and Forecasting

• The Role of Demand Planning
• Qualitative Forecasting Methods
• Quantitative Forecasting Methods
• Measuring Forecast Accuracy

Module 4: Procurement in the Supply Chain

• The Procurement Cycle
• Sourcing Strategies
• Supplier Selection and Evaluation
• Strategic Sourcing

Module 5: Supplier Relationship and Risk Management

• Supplier Segmentation
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Contracts and Performance Governance
• Supply Risk Identification and Mitigation

Module 6: Sales and Operations Planning

• Why S&OP Matters
• The S&OP Process Cycle
• Balancing Demand and Supply
• From S&OP to Integrated Business Planning

Module 7: Transportation Planning and Management

• Modes of Transportation
• Transportation Network Planning
• Carrier Selection and Management
• Route Planning and Optimisation

Module 8: Warehousing Strategies and Operations

• The Role of Warehousing
• Warehouse Layout and Design
• Core Warehouse Processes
• Storage and Slotting Strategies

Module 9: Inventory Management

• The Role and Cost of Inventory
• Types of Inventory
• Inventory Control Models
• ABC Analysis and Cycle Counting

Module 10: Distribution Network Design

• Elements of a Distribution Network
• Facility Location Decisions
• Centralisation versus Decentralisation
• Last-Mile Delivery

• Forecasting as an integral part of planning
• Dependent and independent demand systems
• RP, MRP-II, ERP and Extended ERP
• Demand patterns – random, trend and seasonality components
• Qualitative forecasting techniques
• Quantitative forecasting techniques
• Accuracy of forecasting models

• Fundamentals of inventory management
• Types of inventory
• Costs associated with inventory
• Economic order quantity (EOQ)
• Limitations of the EOQ approach
• Selective inventory control techniques like ABC, VED, FSN etc.
• Inventory costing techniques – FIFO, LIFO, Weighted average etc.

• Uncertainties associated with inventory
• Lead times – internal and external
• Service level
• Re-order level
• Buffer stock
• Replenishment systems – P system, Q system etc.
• Improving inventory performance

• Warehouse design and layout
• Types of warehouses
• Different roles of warehouse
• Warehousing functions – receiving , storage and retrieval, packaging and shipping
• Material handling equipment- unitization / palletization
• Automation in warehousing – pickup-to-light, pick-to-put. Use of robots etc.
• Distribution centres and cross docking
• Strategic warehousing

• The role of transportation in supply chain
• Modes of transportation
• The intermodal container
• Packages carriers
• Freight forwarding
• Transportation cost optimization
• Inventory aggregation

• International trade
• Role of the international chamber of commerce
• Incoterms 2010
• Understanding the connotation of each INCOTERM with respect to task, cost and risk ownerships
• Multimodal versus sea/Inland waterway incoterms

• International trade payments
• Clean payments
• Documentary payments
• UCP 600 and letter of credit
• LC opening and working cycles
• Types of LC
• Managing discrepancies of LC
• Trade documents – Bill of exchange, commercial Invoice, bill of lading etc.