COURSE OUTCOMES
After successful completion of this short learning programme, you will be able to:
- Identify factors that need to be included in total cost when making global sourcing decisions
- Define uncertainties that are particularly relevant when designing global supply chains
- Explain different strategies that may be used to mitigate risk in global supply chains
- Understand decision tree methodologies used to evaluate supply chain design decisions and uncertainty
- Identify the decisions that are best solved by aggregate planning
- Discuss the importance of aggregate planning as a supply chain activity
- Describe the information needed to produce an aggregate plan
- Explain the trade-offs to consider when creating an aggregate plan
- Manage supply to improve synchronisation in a supply chain in the face of predictable variability