Operations and Supply Chain Management: Intermediate
Go from executor to supply chain professional: S&OP, statistical forecasting, multi echelon inventory, strategic sourcing, and network optimization.
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Level
- Intermediate
- Content
- 47 lessons
- 8 modules · 14 h 42 min
- Certificate
- Included
- On completion
- Access
- Fee by email
What you'll learn
Who this course is for
- Beginner level graduates ready to move into professional supply chain roles
- Operations and supply chain executors who want structured, strategic level skills
- Professionals preparing for APICS CPIM, CSCP, or Six Sigma Green Belt certification
- Anyone who wants hands on experience with network optimization and supply chain analytics
Skills you'll gain
This course includes
Course content
8 modules · 47 lessons · 14 h 42 min
Sales and Operations Planning, advanced forecasting and demand analytics, advanced inventory and multi echelon optimization, strategic procurement and supplier performance, network design and cost to serve, Lean Six Sigma operational excellence, supply chain analytics and AI, and a capstone real supply chain transformation.
Requirements
- Completion of the Beginner level, or working knowledge of forecasting, inventory control, procurement, and logistics fundamentals
- A computer with a reliable internet connection and spreadsheet software
- Comfort with basic statistics and Excel formulas
About this course
Level up from executor to supply chain professional. This intermediate program from Ucanly takes practitioners with working knowledge of forecasting, inventory control, procurement, and logistics fundamentals into strategic supply chain management: Sales and Operations Planning cycles, Master Production Scheduling and MRP, statistical and machine learning demand forecasting, and multi echelon inventory optimization across an entire network. You will build strategic sourcing programs with total cost of ownership analysis and supplier scorecards, optimize distribution networks and cost to serve, and apply Lean Six Sigma with DMAIC, statistical process control, and Theory of Constraints. You will also build SQL and Python analytics skills, use optimization solvers, and apply Generative AI for scenario planning and SOP automation. You will graduate having delivered a complete S&OP and network optimization case with statistical forecasting, a multi echelon inventory policy, a supplier scorecard, cost to serve analysis, and an executive savings proposal.
Earn a Ucanly certificate
Complete this course to earn a Ucanly certificate with its own page and QR code. Save it as a PDF, share its link, or add it to the certifications on your LinkedIn profile.
Frequently asked questions
It is recommended, but working knowledge of forecasting, inventory control, procurement, and logistics fundamentals is sufficient to start.
Yes, you will run a complete monthly S&OP cycle including aggregate planning, Master Production Scheduling, and consensus forecasting across functions.
You will build SQL and Python basics for analytics, use optimization solvers, apply machine learning forecasting, and use Generative AI for scenario planning and SOP automation.
A complete S&OP and network optimization case with statistical forecasting, a multi echelon inventory policy, a supplier scorecard, cost to serve analysis, and an executive savings proposal, mentored by Ucanly.