Micro-Credential in Strategic Supply Chain Management

1. Introduction: Contemporary thinking about supply chain management
2. Supply chain agility, alignment with business strategy (Case-based)
3. Value creation through supply chain agility: Business model perspective (Case-based)
4. Agility through supply chain intermediaries (Case-based)
5. Adapting supply chains to technological advances (Case-based)
6. Adapting supply chains to structural shifts (Case-based)
7. Social value creation in supply chains (Case-based)
8. Conclusion: Operations for 21st Century Supply Chains

• Evaluate alignment between supply chain strategy and business strategy
• Generalize mechanisms of value creation via supply chain management

• Continuous Assessments (e.g: Pre-class exercises, case discussions, cross-case analyses) – 60%
• Final Assessments – 40%

• Business leaders and Chief Supply Chain/Operating Officers (interested in leveraging innovative supply chain management (SCM) to create business value)
• Entrepreneurs (interested in creating supply chain/logistics-based businesses)
• Social entrepreneurs (wanting to leverage SCM to foster sustainable development)
• Consultants (interested in Operations and SC Management)
• Instructors of Operations and Supply Chain Management courses
• Students interested in pursuing any of the above careers
• Managers from non-Operations disciplines (to understand strengths and limitations of SCM)

Participants are expected to read cases, complete brief exercises, and prepare for in-depth case discussions in the class. Additional reading material will be provided to complement the cases.