Planning & Sourcing Operations

Course details

Overview
In supply chain management, no phase is more critical than the planning stage. It’s here that the roadmap to effective, efficient business performance is carved-out from scratch. The planning stage involves strategically determining what you’re going to need, how you’re going to get it, what you’re going to do with it and how it’s going to benefit your business. It’s about leaving nothing to chance, but instead factoring in every possible variable and contingency. The more professional and viable the plan, the higher the likelihood of the resulting strategy’s success.
This exclusive tutorial focuses on the earliest planning stages in a supply chain management setting. Learn how to forecast and plan for demand, study a series of forecasting methods and find out where inventory management fits into planning and sourcing. Explore key procurement issues, credit and collections, the relationship of cost structure to pricing and many more key planning issues.
Description
Objectives
Discuss the Planning & Sourcing Operations in logistics.
Assess the importance of Inventory Management(Plan)
Programme Content
Topics:
Plan
Source
Make
Deliver
Demand Forecasting and Planning
Forecasting Methods
Aggregate Planning
Relationship of Cost Structure to Pricing
Inventory Management (Plan)
Cycle Inventory
Procurement (Source)
Credit and Collections (Source)
Implement Credit and Collections Practices
Course Benefits:
Full Tutor Support
Self paced, no fixed schedules
Available to students anywhere in the world
24/7 Access to the LMS ( Learning Management System )
Easy to understand quality e-learning study materials
The benefit of applying for NUS extra Discount Card.
Course Material
All course materials are included in the course price. All your study material will be available on our learning management system for which you will get access once you are enrolled. The material can be downloaded and printed as well.
Our distance learning course materials are specially written for home study and contain a wealth of knowledge in easy to understand language. We use variety of media to help you learn. Your course may use any of the following different media which you can use from home or where ever you choose to study:
Online course materials
Question papers
Additional Supporting Material
Useful Links
Course assessment
You will be continually assessed throughout the course. Your assignment will be marked by your tutor and independently moderated. The feedback on your assignment will then be sent to you. On receipt of this, you may wish to contact your tutor to discuss the feedback.
Tutor Support
When you enrol on a course with Brentwood Open Learning College you are allocated your personal tutor. Tutor’s help and support will be available throughout your studies with the college. He/she will assess your work and will provide you with regular feedback on your progress. Updated on 24 October, 2017