#BU-02-54 Supply Chain Innovation: How Technology Can Create a Sustainable Future
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of TwenteDescription
Every product that we use today is the result of a supply chain – a complex series of steps that turn raw materials into the final products we use and everything related with this. Managing these supply chains has become more and more a challenge, especially with all modern technologies and todays trends. The 24-hour economy, fast delivery of goods to your home, wanting to have customized products and of course the focus on sustainability are a few of these trends.
In this course you will learn why managing supply chains is important and challenging. It is a key activity for both large multi-national companies as well as for small businesses. We’ll find out how to design supply chains that meet future economic
Who will you learn with?
I’m a professor in Business Information Systems at the University of Twente. I love to research and design innovative and sustainable business using new ICT. Lead educator of the SC Innovation Course
I’m Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management at the department of Construction Management and Engineering. I like to resarch Supply Chain Management and ICT issues in the construction industry.
Who developed the course?
As a young and entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands, the University of Twente prepares young people to tackle the grand challenges the world will be facing during the coming decades.
What Will I Learn?
- Describe the key trends in supply chain innovation.
- Explain in their own words the role of information and communication technology in supply chain innovation.
- Discuss the impact of innovative information and communication technology in a clear and substantiate way.
- Reflect on supply chain innovation in different application areas, as for example logistic service providers and construction industry.
Topics for this course
Introduction to supply chain innovation
Supply chain trends and need for innovation
Supply chain challenges from your own experience
Sustainable and global supply chains
Key processes in a supply chain
What are drivers for supply chain innovation?
Wrap up
In this course I learned why it is important and challenging to manage the supply chain. This is a key activity for both large multinationals and small businesses. We will discover how to design supply chains that meet the economic needs of the future. It's a course that everyone in the company will try to take.
In this course we learn that managing various supply chains has become a growing challenge, especially in all modern technologies and today's trends. 24-hour economy, fast home delivery, customised products and, of course, a focus on sustainability are some of the trends. Knowing this course will be of great help to us.
From this course, I learned that the various products we use are products of the supply chain, the complex sequence of steps that lead to their transformation from raw materials to the final products we use, and all that goes with it. It's really impressive the development of mankind and the progress of science and technology.
In this course, I learn about various supply chain innovations and how technology can create a sustainable future. Very practical course.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- Supply chain is a cross disciplinary area. In this course we give a broad overview rather than focusing on detailed quantitative/mathematical or ICT skills. Although we’ll challenge you to perform some basic modelling and technology activities, the focus is on thinking supply chain and recognizing the impact of ICT so that you can be an innovator in this area and a driver of change. Key to a good supply chain manager is his/her ability to think across company borders and functional domains. In addition, being interested in both business and technology is essential.
- This course is aimed at professionals and students in disciplines such as ICT, operations, marketing, finance,.. who wish to learn more about supply chain management. Supply chain management and operations professionals and students that want to learn from about new trends and technologies can also benefit from the course. As we are all end customers of supply chains and the impact of supply chains on our world is enormous, many of us wish to know what is happening behind the scene. You are all invited to join!