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Supply Chain Design

Master physical, financial, and information flows in supply chains to enhance business performance in this comprehensive MIT course.

Master physical, financial, and information flows in supply chains to enhance business performance in this comprehensive MIT course.

This advanced course covers all aspects of supply chain design, from network optimization to financial analysis. Students learn to design and manage physical flows, financial systems, information flows, and organizational processes. The curriculum includes transportation planning, facility location, activity-based costing, procurement strategies, and demand management, preparing professionals for roles in supply chain analysis and operations management.

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Supply Chain Design

This course includes

13 Weeks

Of Live Classes video lessons

Advanced Level

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awarded on course completion

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What you'll learn

  • Design and optimize supply chain networks using advanced modeling techniques

  • Implement effective supply chain financial management strategies

  • Master procurement and sourcing methodologies

  • Develop comprehensive production planning systems

  • Create efficient demand management processes

  • Optimize organizational structure for supply chain operations

Skills you'll gain

Supply chain management
Network design
Financial analysis
Procurement
Production planning
Process design
Organizational design
Material requirements planning
Demand management
Activity-based costing

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There are 10 modules in this course

This comprehensive course, part of MIT's MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management, covers four main areas: physical flow design, supply chain finance, information flow design, and organizational design. Students learn to solve complex problems in transportation, facility location, and network design while understanding financial aspects like activity-based costing and working capital. The course also covers supplier management, production planning, and performance metrics.

Overview of Supply Chain Design: Introduction to Network Flow models

Module 1

Basic Supply Chain Network Design

Module 2

Advanced Supply Chain Network Design

Module 3

Supply Chain Finance I

Module 4

Supply Chain Finance II

Module 5

Supplier Management I

Module 6

Supplier Management II

Module 7

Production Planning

Module 8

Demand Management

Module 9

Process & Organizational Design

Module 10

Fee Structure

Instructors

Chris Caplice
Chris Caplice

11 Courses

Director of the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management

Dr. Chris Caplice is the Director of the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management and a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL). With over a decade of teaching experience in logistics and supply chain management at MIT, he oversees research, education, and corporate outreach initiatives at CTL. Under his leadership, the MicroMasters program has attracted over 430,000 students from 196 countries since its launch in 2015, awarding nearly 3,000 credentials.

Pioneering Humanitarian Logistics Expert Advancing Global Supply Chain Solutions

Jarrod Goentzel serves as Principal Research Scientist at MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics and Founder-Director of the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab, where he revolutionizes supply chain management for humanitarian response. After earning his PhD from Georgia Tech's School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, he joined MIT in 2003 to establish the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Spain. His research focuses on optimizing resource-constrained supply chains through improved management systems and decision support technology, working directly with private sector, government, and humanitarian organizations across multiple continents. His contributions earned him the 2024 Humanitarian Logistics Award from the American Logistics Aid Network for his innovative approach to disaster response and recovery

Supply Chain Design

This course includes

13 Weeks

Of Live Classes video lessons

Advanced Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

25,288

Audit For Free

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