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Supply Chain Management Specialization - Rutgers
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Supply Chain Management Specialization - Rutgers is a comprehensive beginner-level resource offered by Rutgers University, focused on building practical skills in business and finance. Whether you're a complete beginner looking to start a new career or a professional aiming to upgrade your skills, this resource provides a thorough learning experience. This is a structured online course with a carefully designed curriculum. Each module builds on the previous one, creating a logical progression from fundamentals to advanced topics. The course typically includes video lectures, reading materials, hands-on exercises, quizzes, and sometimes peer-reviewed assignments. This structured approach ensures you don't miss any critical concepts and build a solid foundation. This resource covers topics essential for success in business and finance, including financial analysis, accounting, stock market investing, and project management. The curriculum is structured to build your knowledge progressively — starting with foundational concepts and advancing to real-world applications. By the end, you should be able to: Understand the core concepts and theoretical foundations Apply your knowledge through hands-on exercises and small projects Build the practical skills employers actually screen for Develop the problem-solving approach used by working professionals Duration: Estimated duration: 60 hours of content, designed to be completed in 6-12 weeks at a comfortable pace. No prior experience is required. This course starts from the absolute basics and gradually builds up complexity. A computer with internet access is all you need to get started. This resource is designed for a wide audience: Students (B.Tech, BCA, MCA, BSc) looking to complement their academic learning with practical, industry-relevant skills Fresh graduates preparing for campus placements or off-campus interviews Working professionals looking to upskill, switch domains, or advance their careers Career changers transitioning from non-tech backgrounds into business and finance Freelancers wanting to add new services to their portfolio Self-learners passionate about business and finance and wanting structured guidance Pricing: The course content is free to access. A verified certificate is available for a fee. Completing this resource and building related skills can prepare you for roles such as Financial Analyst, Business Analyst, Product Manager, Accountant. Realistic salary bands in India (2025-2026), based on Naukri/AmbitionBox data: Freshers / 0-2 years: Rs 5-10 LPA Mid-level / 2-5 years: Rs 12-25 LPA Senior / 5+ years: Rs 28-55 LPA Actual offers vary heavily by city, company tier, and how strong your portfolio or interview performance is. Companies actively hiring in this space include banks, consulting firms, startups, Big 4 accounting firms. India's financial services sector is undergoing massive transformation with the rise of fintech, UPI, and digital banking. Financial literacy and business skills are valued across all industries, not just finance. Product managers, for instance, earn Rs 15-40 LPA and are one of the fastest-growing roles in Indian tech. Understanding business fundamentals gives you an edge regardless of your primary domain. Rutgers University is a well-established platform trusted by millions of learners worldwide. This particular resource has been selected by our editorial team based on: Content quality — comprehensive coverage with clear explanations Practical focus — emphasis on hands-on skills over pure theory Student outcomes — positive reviews and career success stories Indian relevance — content applicable to the Indian job market and interview patterns Updated curriculum — material reflects current industry practices and tools We regularly review and update our recommendations to ensure they remain relevant and high-quality.
Generative AI & Governmental Financial Reporting
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This course explores how Generative AI, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), can transform governmental reports and accounting practices. You will learn how AI can optimize financial data extraction, improve decision-making, and enhance the efficiency of accounting processes. The course addresses key questions such as: • How can LLMs be used to process and analyze financial reports? • What are the challenges of implementing AI in accounting? • How can AI-driven frameworks improve accuracy and efficiency in financial reporting? By the end of the course, you’ll understand how AI-powered tools can automate data extraction, integrate workflows, and improve financial decision-making. This course is designed for: • Accounting and finance professionals looking to integrate AI into their workflows. • Governmental financial analysts and auditors handling large datasets. • AI and data science professionals interested in applications of LLMs in financial reporting. • Students and researchers in accounting, finance, or AI-related fields. Learners with any background are welcome. However, Basic knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting, familiarity with AI concepts and programming (e.g., Python) are recommended.
AI Ethics in Business
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Learning Outcomes: This introductory-level course combined theoretical knowledge with actionable insights for real-world business scenarios, making it ideal for learners looking to integrate AI into the social ethics strategy. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Understand AI Basics • Explore Ethical Dimensions • Grasp Regulatory Environments • Address Privacy and Fairness: • Practical Insights This course covers an Intermediate knowledge of AI technology and its current application in the business field. It also covers foundational topics of ethics and regulatory frameworks relevant to AI issues. The course also provides real-world case studies and future projections. This course integrates AI technology with business applications and social ethics, providing a unique and comprehensive learning experience. Participants will gain practical skills for implementing AI solutions responsibly and in compliance with regulations. The course connects theoretical concepts to actual business and ethical scenarios through case studies and real-world examples. Discussions on future AI trends and ethical dilemmas further prepare learners to lead in their fields. This Intermediate-level course is designed for students and professionals in various fields, including business managers, IT specialists, policymakers, and those aspiring to integrate AI into their career paths. To be successful in this course, you need to have a background in fundamental business operations and basic knowledge of AI (common AI applications in business and basic algorithms).
Demand Analytics
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Welcome to Demand Analytics - one of the most sought-after skills in supply chain management and marketing! Through the real-life story and data of a leading cookware manufacturer in North America, you will learn the data analytics skills for demand planning and forecasting. Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to 1. Improve the forecasting accuracy by building and validating demand prediction models. 2. Better stimulate and influence demand by identifying the drivers (e.g., time, seasonality, price, and other environmental factors) for demand and quantifying their impact. AK is a leading cookware manufacturer in North America. Its newly launched top-line product was gaining momentum in the marketplace. However, a price adjustment at the peak season stimulated a significant demand surge which took AK completely by surprise and resulted in huge backorders. AK faced the risk of losing the market momentum due to the upset customers and the high cost associated with over-time production and expedited shipping. Accurate demand forecast is essential for increasing revenue and reducing cost. Identifying the drivers for demand and assessing their impact on demand can help companies better influence and stimulate demand. I hope you enjoy the course!
Procurement & Sourcing Introduction
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After a warm Welcome to the Global Procurement and Sourcing Specialization, I will provide a brief introduction to the specialization and its courses covering the following: -Instructor Biography -Who should take this course -Flow of the course Following the introduction, the student will get the opportunity to learn about some of the current challenges facing procurement and sourcing professionals today through reading ten current articles ranging from what is procurement to how to collaborate with suppliers. These articles/knowledge will be a foundation for later courses on how to use tools, processes and improve skills to address many of these opportunities. There will be a brief assessment (true/false) of your knowledge gained from these articles.
Practical Finance for Entrepreneurial Creatives
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Practical Finance for Entrepreneurial Creatives Ever dream of running your own business? You’ll need a solid idea, of course. Plus, enthusiasm, energy, perseverance...and financial know-how. In this one-of-a-kind course designed for non-business majors with entrepreneurial aspirations, you will learn how the personal is truly the foundation for the professional—how the same principles that govern good personal financial management are directly applicable to and a critical success factor for whatever entrepreneurial venture you may have in mind. Beginning with the personal financial management-side of the equation, the course videos will take you behind the financial institutional scene to show you how to: Develop personal and household budgets and manage cash flow Acquire, manage and protect consumer credit products including loans, leases, credit and debit card transactions Develop saving and investment strategies and plan for housing and auto purchases, rentals and leases Evaluate personal, property and healthcare insurance products and overcoming financial adversity With that solid foundation laid, you will then see how the fundamental concepts of personal financial management translate into an entrepreneurial setting as you learn how to: Assess a venture’s feasibility and the entrepreneur’s ability to properly guide its development Select the right legal, accounting, and talent management representation and support, and developing and monitoring business, strategic and operating plans and budgets for businesses and freelance activities Manage risks, optimizing organizational designs and safeguarding intellectual property Arrange for the right type of financing and investment capital for your venture, addressing the unique challenges of and negotiating practical solutions to financial adversity and reaping the financial harvest: selling, liquidating and transferring ownership interests Develop a draft business plan for the venture you have in mind T...
Procurement Organizations
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This course is primary focused on Procurement Organization-how to integrate procurement into the business and with your suppliers, review different types of procurement organizations, the importance of having policy and and procedures, how to establish meaningful Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) , and lastly examine the criterial roll of talent. All of this learning is meant to create a "real" competitive advantage for your procurement organization and your firm.
Commodity and Currency Hedging
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After a brief introduction, this course will first explain hedging, and how one might use hedging as a risk management tool. Then the course will look at both Commodity Hedging and Currency Risk Management and Currency Hedging. Actual examples will be provided and recommendations how to move forward using these risk management techniques.
Business Intelligence and Competitive Analysis
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American Airlines (AAL), one of the world’s largest airline group and a SP500 company, is in trouble. With the growth rate of its stock price ranked at the bottom of all major US airlines, AAL needs to find out its key problems, the root causes, and how to turn the company and its stock price around. Addressing the challenge faced by AAL may well be a large-scale management consulting project. To start, business intelligence and competitive analysis (or competitive intelligence for short) is required to discover the problems and identify the causes for the company which lay the foundation for the turning-around strategies. In this course, you will gain the knowledge, skills and experience in data analytics / visualization and story-telling for effective competitive intelligence analysis. Upon completion of the course, you should be able to conduct competitive intelligence on companies of your choice like a management consultant. Note: To gain hands-on experiences in competitive intelligence via data analytics, you need to get into action. To this end, this course utilizes an external website (free) for you to practice the skills learned.
Supply Chain Management Strategy
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to manage a successful supply chain? It all comes down to the right strategy. Supply Chain Management Strategy is the indispensable direction for managing a successful supply chain. This course is the capstone of the Supply Chain Management specialization. While, it is strongly recommended that you take all courses in this specialization, you do not have to if you believe you already have those skills. You will use the tools acquired in the previous four courses to create a supply chain management strategy in a real-life case scenario. At the completion of this course you will have shown mastery of the tools and techniques to successfully manage a complex network of companies that we call the supply chain.
Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organizations
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Have you ever though that healthcare quality could be improved - either where you get health care treatment or where you delivery health care? Have you ever thought that there should be a way for you to determine the relative quality of your choices? Have you found yourself thinking that there should be a way for you to provide your view and input on the quality of healthcare organization? Or do you work in a healthcare organization and find yourself thinking that there must be better ways to continuously and systematically improve the quality of your healthcare organization? If you have, this course is for you. Course content includes an overview of quality and quality improvement programs, measures, and data in healthcare organizations. The course provides links to external sites to connect you to the larger "real world" of healthcare organization quality and quality improvement. The links also serve as resources you can take with you after you complete the course experience. And because everyone loves a road trip/field trip, there are also "virtual field trips" to the often hidden places of interest on the web. The course format is readings, videos, quizzes, and a project. The project requires you to synthesize course material to design a quality improvement program for a healthcare organization the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The design (submitted as an electronic spreadsheet) is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use as the basis for talks or presentations.
Business Process Management in Healthcare Organizations
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Have you ever needed to resolve a billing or other issue with a healthcare organization and thought that there must be a better, more efficient, and more customer-friendly way to operate such a business process? For example, have you thought that there should be an easier way to read your bill or pay your bill? Or do you work in a healthcare organization and find yourself thinking that there must be better ways for the business processes to function? If you have, this course is for you. Course content includes an overview of healthcare organization business processes including business process management approaches as well as a discussion of healthcare organization entrepreneurship as a business process. The course provides links to external sites to connect you to the larger "real world" of healthcare organization business processes, business process management, and entrepreneurship. The links also serve as resources you can take with you after you complete the course experience. And because everyone loves a road trip/field trip, there are also "virtual field trips" to the often hidden places of interest on the web. The course format is readings, videos, quizzes, and a project. The project requires you to synthesize course material to design patient-centered business processes for a healthcare organization the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The design (submitted as an electronic word processing document in memo format) is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use as the basis for a talk or presentation event.
공급망 관리 전략 세우기
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공급망을 성공적으로 관리하는 데 필요한 것이 무엇인지 궁금하신 적 없으신가요? 바로 올바른 전략입니다. 공급망 관리 전략은 공급망의 성공적인 관리에 꼭 필요한 방향성을 제시합니다. 본 과정은 공급망 관리의 전문성을 기르기 위한 초석입니다. 이 전문 분야의 모든 과정을 들어주실 것을 강력히 권장해 드리지만, 이미 이러한 기술을 익혔다고 생각하신다면 듣지 않으셔도 됩니다. 이전 4개 과정에서 익힌 기술을 사용해 실제 사례 시나리오에서 공급망 관리 전략을 수립해 보겠습니다. 이 과정을 완료하실 즈음이면 우리가 공급망이라고 부르는 복잡한 기업망을 성공적으로 관리하기 위한 도구와 기술에 숙달하셨다고 할 수 있을 겁니다.
Supply Chain Analytics
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Welcome to Supply Chain Analytics - the art and science of applying data analytics to assess and improve supply chain performance! A supply chain is a complex system with conflicting objectives of cost efficiency and customer satisfaction. Supply chain management is becoming increasingly data driven. Through the real-life story and data of a major US telecommunication company, you will learn the analytics tools / skills to diagnose and optimize a supply chain. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to 1. Use data analytics to assess the impact of various strategies on all aspects of a supply chain, from inventory, shipping, to warehouse order fulfillment, store operations and customer satisfaction. 2. Customize the supply chain strategy by product to improve the overall cost efficiency without sacrificing customer service. 3. Obtain hands-on experience on the application and financial impact of analytics in integrated supply chain and logistics planning. VASTA (name disguised) is a major wireless carrier in the US selling cell phones through a national network of retail stores. Recently, it wrote off a huge amount of obsolete inventory each year and was suffering a significant cost inefficiency in an increasingly stagnant market. VASTA must assess the competitive environment, and renovate its supply chain to stay competitive. At the end of this course, you will help VASTA save $billions on supply chain cost and retain its leadership in a stagnant and saturated market. I hope you enjoy the course!
Revolutionary Ideas: Borders, Elections, Constitutions, Prisons
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What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have? Even within a political community, there may be sharp disagreements about the role and purpose of government. Some want an active, involved government, seeing legal and political institutions as the means to solve our most pressing problems, and to help bring about peace, equality, justice, happiness, and to protect individual liberty. Others want a more minimal government, motivated, perhaps, by some of the disastrous political experiments of the 20th Century, and the thought that political power is often just a step away from tyranny. In many cases, these disagreements arise out of deep philosophical disagreements. All political and legal institutions are built on foundational ideas. In this course, we will explore those ideas, taking the political institutions and political systems around us not as fixed and unquestionable, but as things to evaluate and, if necessary, to change. We will consider the ideas and arguments of some of the world’s most celebrated philosophers, including historical thinkers such as Plato, Hugo Grotius, David Hume, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and more contemporary theorists such as Michelle Alexander, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Bryan Caplan, Angela Davis, Ronald Dworkin, Jon Elster, John Hart Ely, H.L.A. Hart, Michael Huemer, Andrew Rehfeld, and Jeremy Waldron. The aim of the course is not to convince you of the correctness of any particular view or political position, but to provide you with a deeper and more philosophically-informed basis for your own views, and, perhaps, to help you better understand the views of those with whom you disagree.
Supply Chain Analytics Essentials
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Welcome to Supply Chain Analytics - an exciting area that is in high demand! In this introductory course to Supply Chain Analytics, I will take you on a journey to this fascinating area that applies data analytics to define and solve problems in supply chain management. You will learn analytical skills through real-life examples to quantify the financial impact of supply chains and measure their efficiency. You will see how data analytics can be applied to various domains of a supply chain to relieve their pain points. You will learn the opportunities, salary and latest requirement of the supply chain job market. Upon completing this course, you will 1. Understand the supply chain challenges and why data analytics is critical in handling them. 2. Be able to quantify the financial impact of supply chains. 3. Know how to measure the overall supply chain efficiency by the cash conversion cycle. 4. Understand the pain points of various supply chain domains (source, make, move and sell) and how analytics may relieve them. 5. Learn supply chain job opportunities, salary statistics and the latest requirements. This course is for you, if, 1. You are exploring a career in Data Analytics and Supply Chain Management. 2. You work in supply chains or operations and hope to upskill your data analytics capabilities. 3. You want to apply data analytics skills to supply chain operations to make a practical impact. I hope you enjoy the course!
Procurement Basics
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This Course includes basic information on procurement, Importance of the procurement organization and its’ role in the organization, cost vs. value, processes such as the use of RFQ, RFP, RFX, Differences between direct and indirect procurement, and Stakeholder management The course will supported by videos, readings and a required case that will be assessed by a peer review. In addition, a Practice Assessment (multiple choice) is available to the student. This should be helpful as there is a Final Assessment (40 Multiple Choice) at the end of the specialization in Course 7 that is required to obtain the certification.
AI Concepts and Strategy
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving as a multidimensional paradigm, with critical implications for individuals, communities, organizations, businesses, national and regional economies and human society at large. This unique course will help you understand AI on three dimensions: Practice, Principles & Strategy. The course is introductory in nature but will provide a reasonably rigorous learning experience towards gaining a state of the art applied and philosophical overview of AI. Course Objectives are to: 1. Impart a simplified philosophical understanding of the nature and capabilities of Artificial Intelligence 2. Improve understanding of AI-concepts, AI-ideas and AI-strategy 3. Provide a foundational explanation of AI Ethics and Risks 4. Encourage development of strategic thinking on AI, and a future with AI. Note this course is a subset of MPI program at Bloustein: https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/graduate/public-informatics/mpi/ https://twitter.com/jimsamuel - Students are encouraged to follow the instructor on Twitter / X for latest updates on AI events and news.
Special Topics and Specialization Wrap-up
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This is the final course in the Specialization. After a brief introduction, the course will cover two Special Topics that weren't covered in the previous courses, but considered very important. The first topic is procurement's role in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the second topic is Suppliers Diversity and reviews why both of these initiatives are important to procurement and your firm any how to implement them. From there, the course has a review of the entire Specialization by restating all the Key Take-Aways from all the courses. This is meant to be a review for the Final Assessment. Lastly, there is a Final Assessment consisting of 40 multiple choice question.
Influencer Marketing Strategy
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Influencer marketing is the practice of engaging internal and industry experts with active networks to help achieve measurable business goals. This course is about strategy. Although there is no all-purpose, one-size-fits-all influencer marketing strategy template, you will learn how to tailor one for a wide variety of B2B, B2C, and nonprofit organizations using the two-step flow model of communication. But this course is also about tactics. I believe, “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” So, you will learn both in this 6-week long course. Your final project for this course is to create a pitch deck for a social media influencer strategy. The purpose of your final project is to give you a concrete artifact that you can use to demonstrate your mastery of new competencies and skills to either the executives in your current organization or to prospective employers.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Accounting and Auditing
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Participate should have business background and basic computer skills like work with excel and PDF. This course equips learners with the skills to master Robotic Process Automation (RPA), a transformative technology reshaping business operations. By the end, learners will understand RPA fundamentals, identify automation opportunities, and design intelligent workflows using cutting-edge tools. This course uniquely integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) to teach Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), preparing students for roles in organizations undergoing digital transformation. Participants will learn about RPA in accounting and auditing applications, exploring use cases like invoice processing, compliance checking, and financial reporting. The course addresses practical challenges and limitations of RPA, emphasizing scalability, unstructured data, and integration with existing systems. Modules on Intelligent Automation provide insights into AI-powered RPA, including predictive analytics and natural language processing. Designed for business and accounting students, as well as professionals, the course provides a structured, interactive approach to learning. It blends theoretical knowledge with practical applications, fostering an innovative mindset to meet industry demands. The future-focused content includes trends like hyperautomation and cognitive automation, ensuring learners stay competitive in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Whether you aim to boost efficiency, enhance accuracy, or drive business innovation, this course offers invaluable tools to transform your professional skillset.
Operations Excellence
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Supply Chains are made up of a network of companies from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumer of the finished product. Within this network of companies, there are three ongoing flows: products, information, and finances. To properly understand and manage the supply chain, you need to understand all the flows. If you do not consider all of the flows, you will miss opportunities or sub-optimize parts of the supply chain. The third of five courses in this specialization will focus on Operations Excellence. You will learn how the internal flow of products, information, and finances into the company facilitates the supply chain. It will consist of four modules, which will cover the following topics: internal product flow; internal information flow; internal financial performance; and finally the capstone case study. You will have lectures, readings, and discussions with your peers for each topic, as well as a practice quiz in each lesson. At the end of each module, you can put your knowledge to the test and take a graded quiz. The Capstone Analysis module contains a real-life case analysis, as well as a supply chain management project that will enable you to be an expert on a company of your choosing.
Generative AI and ESG
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This intermediate-level course equips learners with a comprehensive understanding of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles and practical mastery of applying generative AI (GenAI) technologies to enhance ESG practices. By bridging the gap between sustainability and cutting-edge AI, you'll gain the skills to drive meaningful impact in your organization and broader society. You'll start by mastering ESG and GenAI fundamentals, then explore their powerful intersection. You'll then learn to implement AI for ESG data analysis, risk assessment, and ESG reporting. Advanced topics include Retrieval Augmented Generation and fine-tuning AI models for ESG tasks. You'll tackle case studies, explore emerging trends, and discuss the implications of AI in ESG. To be successful in this course, you should have a foundational understanding of business concepts and a genuine interest in sustainability and emerging technologies. No prior technical expertise is required - we've designed the course to guide you step by step through both ESG and AI concepts. Whether you're a sustainability professional seeking to leverage AI, a data scientist moving into ESG, or a business leader driving digital transformation in sustainability, you'll be equipped to lead AI-driven sustainability initiatives and bridge the technical and strategic aspects of ESG implementation.
Supply Chain Excellence
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Supply chain leaders manage products, information, and finances to create an efficient, effective supply chain. With this online certificate program, you’ll study at the graduate level to gain the knowledge you need to advance in your career. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the three distinct flows that create supply chain excellence in any company. Learn from lectures, readings, discussions and quizzes designed by faculty from the Department of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers University. You’ll also benefit from graded feedback from the instructor and live sessions with groups of high-caliber peers. This course will provide you with an introduction and head-start to the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack.
Sourcing Analytics
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It is easy to spend money, but hard to get the value. From 2007 to 2010, Apple made $27 billion from iPhone with a profit of $15.6 billion. Apple could not achieve this financial success without its global sourcing strategy. However, one of Apple’s key suppliers, Samsung Electronics, became a competitor and used its cost advantage to over-take Apple in the global market. Meanwhile, many new suppliers and products are emerging constantly. To continue the success, Apple must explore and select new suppliers that are capable, inexpensive and financially robust. The question is, how to do it right for this year? What Apple experienced is typical in practice, as sourcing poses huge risks despite its significant benefits, especially under the fast changing global economy and trade. Companies need to evaluate and select suppliers constantly and globally, and make frequent adjustment to their supply base. In this course, you will learn sourcing analytics which applies data analytics to supplier development and management. Specifically, you will learn supplier intelligence, bargaining power analysis, and supplier benchmarking, to explore and select the best suppliers meeting your company's needs.
Strategic Procurement and Sourcing Conclusions
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This course will be the final course in the Global Procurement and Sourcing Specialization. We will covering three things: First, there will be a final set of readings of articles that are looking at the future of Strategic Procurement and Sourcing. While many of the articles differ in their point of view, all the authors focus on the continued important of procurement in the business world today. Second, we will do a complete wrap-up and key takeaways for all of the courses. This will be an excellent review of what you learned in this specialization and will be helpful in the Final Assessment of the course. Lastly, there will be a Required Final Assessment consisting of 40 multiple choice.
Supplier Partnerships
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This course covers the very important topic of Supplier Partnerships. After a brief introduction to the course, the course will cover why partnerships are important and what exactly is a partnership. The course will give a "real life" example Partnership Model that has been successfully used in over 150 companies.
Sourcing Excellence
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Supply Chains are made up of a network of companies from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumer of the finished product. Within this network of companies, there are three ongoing flows: products, information, and finances. To properly understand and manage the supply chain, you need to understand all the flows. If you do not consider all of the flows, you will miss opportunities or sub-optimize parts of the supply chain. The second of five courses in this specialization will focus on Sourcing Excellence. You will learn how the inbound flow of products, information, and finances into the company facilitates the supply chain. It will consist of four modules, which will cover the following topics: core sourcing elements; inbound information flow; supply chain financing; and finally the capstone case study. You will have lectures, readings, and discussions with your peers for each topic, as well as a practice quiz in each lesson. At the end of each module, you can put your knowledge to the test and take a graded quiz. The Capstone Analysis module contains a real-life case analysis, as well as a supply chain management project that will enable you to be an expert on a company of your choosing.
Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 2: Belief Systems
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Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” While the question of whether the soul exists cannot be answered by science, what we can study are the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul and its prospects of surviving the death of the body. Why are soul and afterlife beliefs so common in human history? Are there adaptive advantages to assuming souls exist? Are there brain structures that have been shaped by environmental pressures that provide the foundation of body/mind dualism that is such a prominent feature of many religions? How do these beliefs shape the worldviews of different cultures and our collective lives? What is the role of competing afterlife beliefs in religion, science, politics, and war? This course explores several facets of this relatively unexplored but profoundly important aspect of human thought and behavior. The course consists mainly of 70 to 80 minute lectures, typically broken up into 3 segments, recorded from a course offered by Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences. These videos include slides and some embedded video clips. Most lectures are accompanied by slides used during the lecture, also including recommended reading assignment which may provide additional opportunities to reflect on your studies. Due to the lengthiness of this class and natural progression, the online course has been separated into 3 units, this is Unit 2.
Introduction and Course Outline
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This course will give you a brief introduction of the professor, Don Klock, and Rutgers University. It will cover who should take this course, and outline the topics to be discussed in this Specialization. It will also review the Key Take-aways from the original Coursera Global Procurement and Sourcing Specialization. While it is not required to take the original specialization for this course, it will provide a basic procurement foundation for this course, as the instructor occasionally references that material in his videos. This will be followed by a brief practice assessment to test your overall knowledge in this area. Lastly, it will briefly cover the key learning materials that will be used in this specialization.
Inventory Analytics
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Inventory analytics is the corner stone of supply chain analytics. A company in trade industries may have 30-50% of their assets tied up in inventory. An effective inventory management can improve revenue by increasing product variety and availability, and reduce cost and speed up cash cycle by reducing excessive inventory and waste. Through real-life examples (e.g., Macy’s vs. Ross Stores), you will learn hands-on tools and skills to discover and solve inventory problems by data analytics. Upon completion, you can answer the following questions: 1. For which industries is inventory important and relevant? 2. How may inventory drive a company’s financial performance? 3. How do I know that I have an inventory problem? 4. How to classify inventory and manage it accordingly? Note: This course is for beginners and practitioners, and so it provides practical data-driven analytics for business inventory management, including inventory metrics, inventory problem diagnosis, the financial impact of inventory, and practical techniques of inventory management, rather than the mathematical models of inventory control that you can find in many other courses.
Analyzing the Universe
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Using publicly available data from NASA of actual satellite observations of astronomical x-ray sources, we explore some of the mysteries of the cosmos, including neutron stars, black holes, quasars and supernovae. We will analyze energy spectra and time series data to understand how these incredible objects work. We utilize an imaging tool called DS9 to explore the amazing diversity of astronomical observations that have made x-ray astronomy one of the most active and exciting fields of scientific investigation in the past 50 years. Each week we will explore a different facet of x-ray astronomy. Beginning with an introduction to the nature of image formation, we then move on to examples of how our imaging program, DS9, can aid our understanding of real satellite data. You will using the actual data that scientists use when doing their work. Nothing is "canned". You will be able to appreciate the excitement that astronomers felt when they made their important discoveries concerning periodic binary x-ray sources, supernovae and their remnants, and extragalactic sources that have shaped our understanding of cosmology.
Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 3: How Does It All End?
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Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” While the question of whether the soul exists cannot be answered by science, what we can study are the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul and its prospects of surviving the death of the body. Why are soul and afterlife beliefs so common in human history? Are there adaptive advantages to assuming souls exist? Are there brain structures that have been shaped by environmental pressures that provide the foundation of body/mind dualism that is such a prominent feature of many religions? How do these beliefs shape the worldviews of different cultures and our collective lives? What is the role of competing afterlife beliefs in religion, science, politics, and war? This course explores several facets of this relatively unexplored but profoundly important aspect of human thought and behavior. The course consists mainly of 70 to 80 minute lectures, typically broken up into 3 segments, recorded from a course offered by Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences. These videos include slides and some embedded video clips. Most lectures are accompanied by slides used during the lecture, also including recommended reading assignment which may provide additional opportunities to reflect on your studies. Due to the lengthiness of this class and natural progression, the online course has been separated into 3 units, this is Unit 3.
Global Procurement in a Post Covid World
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After a brief introduction, this course will first cover the on-going rational and challenges of worldwide sourcing. There were a lot of lesson learned as a result of Covid and the subsequent disruption of many supply chains. After reviewing the even more important topics of Supplier Quality and Risk Management, the course will cover three strategies to minimize risks: China +1, Near Shoring and Reshoring. Lastly, the very important topic of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is covered which is needed to evaluate these strategies.
Health Care Delivery in Healthcare Organizations
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (via Coursera)
Have you ever needed health care and thought that there must be better ways to get or deliver health care? For example, have you found yourself thinking that there should be a way to get a diagnostic test or treatment at home? Or do you work in a healthcare organization and find yourself thinking that there must be better ways to deliver health care? If you have, this course is for you. Course content includes an overview of health care delivery including healthcare consumerism, the patient's perspective, health care delivery for sickness and treatment, as well as health care delivery for health and wellness. The course provides links to external sites to connect you to the larger "real world" of healthcare organizations and health care delivery. The links also serve as resources you can take with you after you complete the course experience. And because everyone loves a road trip/field trip, there are also "virtual field trips" to the often hidden places of interest on the web. The course format is readings, videos, quizzes, and a brief electronic PowerPoint presentation project (PowerPoint only - no oral presentation). The PowerPoint project requires you to synthesize course material to design a patient-centered health care delivery system the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The electronic PowerPoint presentation file is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use for a talk or presentation event.
Our Share: Employee Ownership as a Wealth Sharing Tool
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In this course, you will learn about a well-researched tool for building a more equitable economy: “employee ownership.” You will learn what it is, how it differs from traditional business ownership models, and the forms it can take. You will learn how employee ownership can share wealth and profits with employees--while making businesses more productive. You will learn what the research shows about the benefits of this tool for employees, retiring business owners, and the economy. Whatever your interest in the topic, you’ll find information here that you can use. If you are a business owner or entrepreneur, you will learn why employee ownership could be a solution that benefits you and your employees. If you are an employee of a business, you will learn how you could gain an ownership stake in the business and what that would mean. If you are a student, this course is relevant to numerous fields including human resources management, strategy, entrepreneurship, organizations, history, economics, community economic development, labor studies, sociology, and more. If you are simply someone interested in tested real-world solutions to economic inequality, or concerned about social justice, this course is for you as well. By the end of the course, you will know key questions to ask to determine whether employee ownership may be suitable for your workplace. This course was developed by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing with support from the Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development.
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Results
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After a brief introduction, this course will cover procurement technology solutions that will help achieve your goals. First, the course will cover Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a large software program that is used across the entire organization. The ERP segment will focus on just the procurement segments and how one can use this information to achieve your goals. Then the course will cover Procurement-to-Pay solutions that can either be integrated into ERP or as a stand alone solution. Lastly, the course will cover some of the "new" digital and other enabling technologies (e.g. AI, ML & RPA). All of these technologies and processes will make your procurement department more efficient and effective such that you can work on more value add activities.
Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences - Unit 1: Historical Foundations
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (via Coursera)
Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a “soul.” While the question of whether the soul exists cannot be answered by science, what we can study are the causes and consequences of various beliefs about the soul and its prospects of surviving the death of the body. Why are soul and afterlife beliefs so common in human history? Are there adaptive advantages to assuming souls exist? Are there brain structures that have been shaped by environmental pressures that provide the foundation of body/mind dualism that is such a prominent feature of many religions? How do these beliefs shape the worldviews of different cultures and our collective lives? What is the role of competing afterlife beliefs in religion, science, politics, and war? This course explores several facets of this relatively unexplored but profoundly important aspect of human thought and behavior. The course consists mainly of 70 to 80 minute lectures, typically broken up into 3 segments, recorded from a course offered by Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences. These videos include slides and some embedded video clips. Most lectures are accompanied by slides used during the lecture, also including recommended reading assignment which may provide additional opportunities to reflect on your studies. Due to the lengthiness of this class and natural progression, the online course has been separated into 3 units, this is Unit 1.
Supply Chain Logistics
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Have you ever wondered how goods get delivered to us so quickly as soon as we order them? One word: Logistics! In this introductory Supply Chain Logistics course, I will take you on a journey to this fascinating backbone of global trade. We cover the three major building blocks of logistics networks: transportation, warehousing, and inventory. After completing this course, you will be able to differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of transportation. You will understand what goes into designing and setting up a warehousing facility. Finally, you will be able to select the options that enable you to develop logistics networks, that minimize costs and deliver top customer service. This is an introductory course designed to provide you with a start on your learning journey in logistics. You do not need to have any background in logistics, but it would be beneficial if you had a basic understanding of business concepts. Join me and we will learn together about logistics! Interested in learning advanced supply chain topics? Check out the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack™ Certificate: https://www.coursera.org/mastertrack/supply-chain-excellence-rutgers
Supply Market Analysis
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In this course you will learn some tools to evaluate supply markets from a Strategic level (e.g. Macro) (PESTLE) to Tactical level (e.g. Industry) (Supply Market Segmentation, Five Forces, Supply Chain Mapping) to Operational Level (Supplier) (Informational Sources, SWOT, Financial Analysis) A total of seven "proven" tools will be provided. All of these tools will help you develop the right strategies, reduce risks, and make the "right" supplier decisions. Required reading, supplemental videos and a required case with a Peer Group Assessment will help you increase your learnings.
Supply Chain Excellence Capstone
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Supply Chains are made up of a network of companies from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumer of the finished product. Within this network of companies, there are three ongoing flows: products, information, and finances. To properly understand and manage the supply chain, you need to understand all the flows. If you do not consider all of the flows, you will miss opportunities or sub-optimize parts of the supply chain. The last of five courses in this specialization is a capstone. You will have the opportunity to show what you learned and apply it to your Supply Chain Excellence project. It will consist of four modules, which will cover the following topics: product flow strategy; information flow strategy; how to use the supply chain to create financial success; and finally, the capstone case study. You will have lectures, readings, and discussions with your peers for each topic, as well as a practice quiz in each lesson. At the end of each module, you can put your knowledge to the test and take a graded quiz. The Capstone Analysis module contains a real-life case analysis that will enable you to be an expert on a company of your choosing.
Supply Chain Sourcing
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Have you ever wondered how companies manage relationships with their thousands of suppliers? Sourcing is an important part of managing a successful supply chain. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain sourcing. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master the supplier selection process and supplier segmentation. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to find the right vendors and maintain the right relationship with any one of your existing suppliers.
Strategic Sourcing
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This course will provide a detailed overview of a Strategic Sourcing Process (7 step Process): Profile the Category, Develop a Category Sourcing Strategy, Generate Supplier Profile, Choose Competitive Selection or Supplier Development, Select Supplier(s) and Negotiate, Implement, Continuous Improvement/Supplier Relationship Management This course learnings will be supported videos, readings a a required case with peer review.
Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom
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What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have? Even within a political community, there may be sharp disagreements about the role and purpose of government. Some want an active, involved government, seeing legal and political institutions as the means to solve our most pressing problems, and to help bring about peace, equality, justice, happiness, and to protect individual liberty. Others want a more minimal government, motivated, perhaps, by some of the disastrous political experiments of the 20th Century, and the thought that political power is often just a step away from tyranny. In many cases, these disagreements arise out of deep philosophical disagreements. All political and legal institutions are built on foundational ideas. In this course, we will explore those ideas, taking the political institutions and political systems around us not as fixed and unquestionable, but as things to evaluate and, if necessary, to change. We will consider the ideas and arguments of some of the world’s most celebrated philosophers, including historical thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, and John Stuart Mill; and more contemporary theorists such as Elizabeth Anderson, Isaiah Berlin, Thomas Christiano, Frantz Fanon, Amy Gutmann, Friedrich Hayek, Robert Nozick, Martha Nussbaum, Julius Nyerere, Ayn Rand, John Rawls, Peter Singer, and Kok-Chor Tan. The aim of the course is not to convince you of the correctness of any particular view or political position, but to provide you with a deeper and more philosophically-informed basis for your own views, and, perhaps, to help you better understand the views of those with whom you disagree.
Supply Chain Planning
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Have you ever wondered how companies know how much to produce in advance so that they do not make too much or too little? Matching supply and demand requires planning. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain planning. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master different forecasting techniques, essential for building a Sales and Operations Plan. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to analyze demand data, construct different forecasting techniques, and choose the most suitable one for projecting future demand.
New Technologies for Business Leaders
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This introductory course is developed for high level business people (and those on their way) who want a broad understanding of new Information Technologies and understand their potential for business functions (e.g. marketing, supply change management, finance). This is not a course for people looking for guidance on how to become a deep technical expert or implement these technologies. From Blockchain over Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality technologies: This course will empower business leaders to embrace the concepts and bring the state of the art information technologies into their organizations to improve client and customer engagement and ultimately the bottom line of their businesses. Instead of digital disruption, the new technologies and management methods will become the foundation of a Digital Transformation journey for better customer relationship management and client satisfaction. The content is structured in a way that promotes discussions on challenges that business management and marketing functions face due to the rise of new technologies such blockchain, cryptocurrencies, internet of things (IoT), virtual, mixed and augmented reality (VR/AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. This course will use case studies to explore frameworks, tools, and strategies that are already proven in the real world and prepare ourselves and our organizations to have the tools needed to succeed in a fast and changing world. This course is not a deep technical curriculum, but based on thousands of hours helping (often C-level) executives to grasp the technologies' potential in their own areas of expertise. This course is available in English.
Rutgers MBS: Introduction to Personal Care Science
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This course will introduce students to the variety of scientific careers in the cosmetics and personal care industry and the skills needed to excel in the industry. Covered topics include product ideation, formulation, testing, manufacture, and post-marketing assessment; skin, hair, and nail biology; and claim substantiation. The course also includes a home-based “lab” where students can apply some of the covered concepts.
Healthcare Organizations and the Health System
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (via Coursera)
Have you ever been in a healthcare waiting room and thought about how the organization could be more efficient? For example, have you found yourself thinking about how to reduce the amount of time spent waiting? Or do you work in a healthcare organization and find yourself thinking about how to improve the organization? If you have, this course is for you. Course content includes an overview of healthcare organizations, their administration and management, and their governance. The course provides links to external sites to connect you to the larger "real world" of healthcare organizations. The links also serve as resources you can take with you after you complete the course experience. And because everyone loves a road trip/field trip, there are also "virtual field trips" to the often hidden places of interest on the web. The course format is readings, videos, quizzes, and an electronic poster project. The poster project requires you to synthesize course material to design a healthcare organization and governance structure the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds. The electronic poster file is an artifact of the course which you can circulate to colleagues or use for a talk or presentation event.
Procurement Negotiation
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This course will teach you the necessary negotiation skills to be successful. We will be covering the overall negotiation process, how to establish objectives (e.g.Most Desirable Option (MDO), Least Acceptable Alternative (LAA), Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)), what type and how to gather facts and collect information, the importance of developing a plan, learn your negotiation style, how to use, recognize and counter various tactics, understand the difference between positions vs. interest and need and wants, and lastly what you need to do after the negotiation is complete. This course will be supported by video, readings, a personal style survey, a podcast, and a required "mock" negotiation with a Peer group assessment.
Supply Chain Operations
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Have you ever wondered how products and services are created exactly the same thousands of times over? And how companies are able to smooth out operations to manufacture efficiently, effectively, and without any waste? How is such precision possible? The answer lies at the heart of operations. In the Supply Chain Operations course, we introduce and apply essential process improvement tools to achieve perfection. After completing this course, you will be able to apply the Six Sigma methodology for process improvement. You will demonstrate that you understand the basic tenets of the Lean philosophy that enables manufacturers to eliminate waste and make processes more efficient. Finally, you will be able to apply the tools that you just gained to improve a process of your own. This is an introductory course designed to provide you with a start on your learning journey in operations. You do not need to have any background in operations, but it would be beneficial if you had a basic understanding of business concepts, a working knowledge of spreadsheets, and ideally have mastered the Supply Chain Logistics course. Join me and we will learn together about operations!
Supplier Management
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This course will cover Supplier Selection and Evaluation, Contract Management, Quality & Risk Management, and Ethics. One of the important decisions that a Procurement professional makes is selecting the right supplier.We will cover how to evaluate suppliers, using a very simple evaluation tool, to select the right suppliers. In contract management we will expose you to six different types of contracts that a procurement professional can consider for the contract. We will highlight 10 risk management strategies that will mitigate risks for your firm. Lastly, we will cover the very important topic of procurement ethics-what to do and not to do in ethically dealing with suppliers. In addition to the videos, there are reading materials, and two cases to support your learnings. Both cases will be assessed via a Peer Group.
Cybersecurity Assurance for Accounting and Finance
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This course introduces four essential topics in cybersecurity tailored for Accounting and financial professionals You will learn cybersecurity concepts and terminologies, related regulations and frameworks, best practices to promote awareness of safeguarding corporate information assets. Accounting and financial professionals' roles and responsibilities in risk environment management and incident response are highlighted in this course. By the end of this course, you will be able to: ● Articulate cybersecurity terminology to collaborate and communicate with others in your organization ● Identify roles and responsibilities related to accounting and finance professionals ● Implement a security mindset in your day-to-day responsibilities ● Discuss potential risks and opportunities for your organization or client’s cybersecurity management ● Understand the key regulations and frameworks related to cybersecurity
Logistics Excellence
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Supply Chains are made up of a network of companies from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumer of the finished product. Within this network of companies, there are three ongoing flows: products, information, and finances. To properly understand and manage the supply chain, you need to understand all the flows. If you do not consider all of the flows, you will miss opportunities or sub-optimize parts of the supply chain. The fourth of five courses in this specialization will focus on Logistics Excellence. You will learn how the outbound flow of products, information, and finances into the company facilitates the supply chain. It will consist of four modules, which will cover the following topics: core logistics elements; logistics information systems; logistics finance; and finally the capstone case study. You will have lectures, readings, and discussions with your peers for each topic, as well as a practice quiz in each lesson. At the end of each module, you can put your knowledge to the test and take a graded quiz. The Capstone Analysis module contains a real-life case analysis, as well as a supply chain management project that will enable you to be an expert on a company of your choosing.