Learn to implement tools, frameworks and strategies to build resilient and adaptive supply chains of tomorrow.
The University of Cambridge Sustainable Supply Chain Management online short course equips you with the tools to build more resilient and efficient supply chains within a rapidly evolving global context. Develop an understanding of how resource depletion and rising inequality are making supply chains increasingly vulnerable, prompting immediate action from stakeholders.
Gain valuable and relevant skills, and walk away with:
- Key skills in building a resilient supply chain.
- The tools needed to implement change in existing supply chains.
- Discover the role of technology in facilitating integrated supply chains.
- Learn how to leverage value creation within your supply chain and organisation.
Learn to lead in a changing world
This University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership online short course is delivered in collaboration with digital education provider GetSmarter.
Join over 24,000 students globally who have already benefited from the opportunity to:
- Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a top-tier university, entirely online and in your own time.
- Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience that consistently achieves over 90 per cent course certification rate.
- Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.
Build resilience into your supply chain and drive sustainable transformation in your organisation.
Module 1: Essentials of supply chain management Revisit basic supply chain principles, before expanding your perspective on the impact and influence of global supply chains.
Module 2: Managing supply chains in a changing world Uncover the challenges that a Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world poses to supply chains, and the mitigating impact of a global perspective.
Module 3: Practical implications for supply chain management Expand your conception of value and rethink dependencies with a global perspective on supply chains.
Module 4: Designing efficient, resilient supply chains Discover how a life cycle approach and innovative business models can revitalise supply chain design.
Module 5: Supply chain analytics Reflect on the importance of analytics and KPIs for optimising supply chain management.
Module 6: Innovation and supply chain technology Discover the role of technology in facilitating integrated supply chains, the new frontiers of digital supply chains and the opportunities for increased traceability.
Module 7: Supply chain collaboration and partnerships Consider the range of relationships that exist within contemporary supply chains, and how to extend and strengthen these relationships to optimise the design and impact of supply chains.
Module 8: Rewiring your supply chain Recognise your ability to effect change, consolidate your support network and develop a strategy to realise your goals
Course start dates
Format
Online, tutor-assisted
Length
8 weeks online, 6–10 hours per week
