Quick Courses

CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quick Courses allow you to learn core supply chain topics online, at your own pace, and when it’s convenient for you.

Designed by carefully selected faculty for entry to mid-level professionals, each Supply Chain Quick Course includes:

• One instructional web-based video running between 45 minutes to 75 minutes
• Teaching notes including coordinating terminology and definitions, test questions, an answer key and recommended further studying material (depending on topic)
• A player interface with controls to pause, fast forward, and rewind so you can view the course as often as you like

Simply search through the topics below and choose one or more that interest you.
Members: After purchase, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions to access the course.
Nonmembers: A customer service representative will contact you by email within 24 business hours. You will receive a username and password and instructions to access the course.

New topics are added continuously, so check back often to see what's new.

 

Materials and Internet Access Note
The WebEx ARF player and Internet access is required to view the course video. You may save the video to your computer for future viewing. It may take several minutes to download the video. All resources are presented in PowerPoint format then converted to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) so you may save all files to your computer. If you are unable to view the video for any reason, please contact Heather Morys +1 630.645.3454 or hmorys@cscmp.org

 

Demand Management
Facilitator: Karthik Chandramouli, Global Supply Chain & Operations

Demand management is the art or science of controlling demand, and describes the activities of demand forecasting, planning, and order fulfillment. This course will take you through the concepts and methods employed to manage forecasted demand for goods and services and focuses on the financial version of the forecast for financial planning, analysis, and reporting.

Financial Fundamentals for the Supply Chain
Facilitator: Steve Geary, President, Supply Chain Visions

This course focuses on issues in supply chain finance. Supply chain finance addresses the optimization of both the availability and cost of capital. The availability and cost of capital is normally optimized through the aggregation, integration, packaging, and utilization of all of the relevant information generated in the supply chain in conjunction with cost analysis, cost management, and various supply chain finance strategies.

Inventory Management
Facilitator: Tom Freese, Principal, Freese & Associates, Inc.

Inventory management is determining how much inventory to carry, where to carry it, and how much safety stock is required to meet a company’s cost and customer service objectives. This course focuses on the different approaches to managing all types of supply chain inventories and the variables that will drive the level of inventory to be held.

Materials Requirements Planning
Facilitator: Laura Meade, Professor of Supply Chain Practice, M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian

Material requirements planning (MRP) is the system of planning and administration associated with production planning and inventory control used for manufacturing process management. Its purpose is to ensure that materials and products are available for production and delivery to customers. This course addresses manufacturing resources and the MRP and MRPII that takes place in the business process. MRP also focuses on the software applications that support the planning and scheduling functions within manufacturing.

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Operations Environments
Facilitator: Karthik Chandramouli, Global Supply Chain & Operations Executive

This course addresses manufacturing operations and the solutions to improve operational performance. Included is this session is the role of manufacturing in the creation of value to the customer. Learn from the facilitator as he addresses the production environment from lead-time requirements, product complexity, and lifecycle to competition and regulations.

Performance Measurements
Facilitator: Steve Geary, President, Supply Chain

Performance Measurements focuses on the collecting, measuring, and comparing of a measure against a standard or objective. Included are key metrics and what should be measured for each one. This course will direct attention to the importance of aligning your measurements to your organization’s vision and strategy.

Physical Distribution Systems - Part One
Facilitator: Art Van Bodegraven, Supply Chain Management Practice Leader, S4 Consulting

Physical distribution is the tasks concerned with the planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of material, final goods, and associated information from the point of origin to the customer. Physical distribution takes place within numerous distribution channels. This course will address transportation, warehousing, and related functions.

Physical Distribution Systems - Part Two
Facilitator: Art Van Bodegraven, Supply Chain Management Practice Leader, S4 Consulting

Physical distribution is the tasks concerned with the planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of material, final goods, and associated information from the point of origin to the customer. This course will address issues related to reverse logistics, distribution resource planning, procurement, physical distribution interfaces, and related functions.

Quality: An Introduction
Facilitator: Steve Geary, President, Supply Chain Visions

The numerous productivity and quality issues relating to product design, processes, and quality from the customer perspective are included in this introductory course. A review of the different philosophies, methodologies, and approaches are offered, including details on total quality management and continuous improvement, lean, and Six Sigma. The facilitator will walk through a process to help you determine which one works best and in which situation.

Sales and Operations Planning
Facilitator: Agnes Feliciano, Faculty Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the process of matching supply and demand by integrating demand and sales forecasts from a marketing perspective with operational plans from suppliers, production, and logistics. This course presents the process for integrating a demand forecast with a capacity forecast so supply chain operations are integrated with the marketing and sales functions.

Supply Management: Master Planning & Capacity Management (Parts One and Two)
Facilitator: Karthik Chandramouli, Global Supply Chain & Operations Executive

The supply management course is divided into parts one and two and focus on master planning and capacity management—the business processes for oversight and management of the traditional buying, coordinating, and production functions.