10 Unit Credit Values

• Effective Management and Control: supply chain management; supply chain risks and strengths; strategic factors; providing competitive advantage; operations management
• Physical and Information Flows: product and information flows; supply chain objectives; supply chain integration and harmonisation
• Why Supply Chain May Not Function Correctly: barriers and risk; forecast methods; supply chain drivers; strategic fit; benchmarking
• Strategic and Operational Planning: supply chain planning decisions; operations strategy; supply chain improvement models; ISO 9000; agility; the seven wastes
• Impact of Technology: technological advances in supply chain; data processing systems; improvements towards agility; information systems infrastructure; communication

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