Supply Chain Management and e-Business


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Overview/Description
E-business is changing all the rules and models. The digital economy has forever transformed the role of supply chain management. An organization's ability to embrace new technology is key to increasing the organization's productivity. In this course, you will learn how e-business and supply chains have merged, creating a network of immense opportunities. Supply chain structures have changed, and improving the performance of these supply chains is dependent on the use of e-business technology and innovation. This course identifies the significant components needed to create effective supply chains. Cost reduction, capital investments and supply chain processes are presented, outlining the significance of their impact on e-business and the supply chains that support them. Today's successful SCM systems, relying on technological breakthroughs, will propel the 21st Century organization into the exciting digital world, where it's both a buyer's and a seller's market. The companies who capitalize will have a dynamic, sophisticated supply chain aligned with their e-business strategies.

Target Audience
This course is designed for managers, team leaders, implementers, project managers, and coaches who are involved in supply chain management within their organizations.

Expected Duration (hours)
4.0

Lesson Objectives

Supply Chains and e-Business Merge

  • recognize the benefits an organization can experience by incorporating the Internet into its supply chain operations.
  • match the business changes resulting from the use of technology and the Internet to organizational practices that reflect each.
  • match the three areas of impact to the value each adds to an e-business' supply chain.
  • identify the strategies for using technology to improve a supply chain's effectiveness.
  • use technology to effectively influence customer demand and fulfillment within an organization's supply chain.
  • identify the strategies for effectively using technology to improve supply chain performance.
  • apply strategies to use technology within a supply chain to improve its performance in a given scenario.
  • Effective Supply Chains and e-Business

  • recognize the benefits of effective supply chain activities in an e-business environment.
  • identify three ways to approach cost reduction in an e-business supply chain.
  • match the types of capital to the influences they have on an e-business supply chain.
  • identify three key areas that impact the revenue of an e-business supply chain.
  • apply supply chain methods to enhance revenues of an e-business in a given scenario.
  • match the three opportunities that can be realized in an e-business environment to supply chain activities that reflect each.
  • apply supply chain strategies to exploit new e-business opportunities in a given scenario.
  • Course Number:
    OPER0504