Welcome to A step-by-step journey into supply chain planning!
Supply chain planning is the process of organising, coordinating and optimising the flow of goods or services to effectively and efficiently meet a demand. Encompassing strategic, tactical and operational activities, supply chain planning addresses both demand planning and supply planning, including procurement, transport and storage planning. In the humanitarian and development sector, this comprehensive approach starts from the identification of the need and extends to the final delivery to the people affected by crisis. Driven by a set of processes and good practices, supply chain planning places a strong emphasis on collaboration. Its core objective is indeed to facilitate cross-functional decision-making and ensure operations run as effectively, efficiently, and sustainably as possible.
This 3 hour course will enable you to explore and understand the fundamental concepts of supply chain planning and the different steps involved in this important process.
This course was developed by Save the Children International and HELP Logistics with support from Amazon.
Supply chain planning is the process of organising, coordinating and optimising the flow of goods or services to effectively and efficiently meet a demand. Encompassing strategic, tactical and operational activities, supply chain planning addresses both demand planning and supply planning, including procurement, transport and storage planning. In the humanitarian and development sector, this comprehensive approach starts from the identification of the need and extends to the final delivery to the people affected by crisis. Driven by a set of processes and good practices, supply chain planning places a strong emphasis on collaboration. Its core objective is indeed to facilitate cross-functional decision-making and ensure operations run as effectively, efficiently, and sustainably as possible.
This 3 hour course will enable you to explore and understand the fundamental concepts of supply chain planning and the different steps involved in this important process.
Is this course for me? This course is designed for all supply chain staff involved in humanitarian and development programs. It is also beneficial for programme managers, finance managers, award/ grant managers, new business development teams and HR managers.
How will I benefit from this course? On completion of this course you will be able to:
- Explain the concept of supply chain planning, its fundamental principles and its importance within humanitarian and development operations.
- Explain the steps typically involved in supply chain planning, across different planning levels and horizons.
- Run supply chain planning processes across the three planning levels, including outputs and structure to the supply chain plans.
- Apply effective practices related to tactical supply chain planning, encompassing both demand and supply and focusing on people, processes and tools.
- Drive supply chain planning change at individual and organisational level.
How long will it take? This course should take you around 3 hours to complete.
How much does it cost? This course is free!
Will I get a certificate at the end? Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have have completed all of the modules within the course.
How do I start? Scroll to the top of the page and click on the I agree - Join course button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.
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This course was created by Save the Children International and HELP Logistics and is administered by Save the Children International and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. By joining this course you are consenting to Save the Children International and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email digitallearning@savethechildren.org.uk.
- Explain the concept of supply chain planning, its fundamental principles and its importance within humanitarian and development operations.
- Explain the steps typically involved in supply chain planning, across different planning levels and horizons.
- Run supply chain planning processes across the three planning levels, including outputs and structure to the supply chain plans.
- Apply effective practices related to tactical supply chain planning, encompassing both demand and supply and focusing on people, processes and tools.
- Drive supply chain planning change at individual and organisational level.