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The ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) (leading to ExpertRating Supply Chain Management Skills
Certification).
Learn how to apply the essentials of supply chain management (SCM).
Discover the finer points of SCM including manufacturing strategy,
inventory budgeting and management, lean manufacturing, total quality
management (TQM), Six Sigma, total employee involvement (TEI), the theory
of constraints (TOC), manufacturing technology, and facility selection.
Add increased value to your organization by applying these innovative concepts
and improving company processes. Learn how to supplement existing supply chain
management fundamentals, such as S&OP, MPS, and MRP with cutting-edge, progressive
methods. In this six-week online course, you will learn everything you need to
improve quality and satisfy customers.

You'll learn about enterprise and distribution resource planning (ERP and DRP), discover statistical process control (SPC), and find out why ISO and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are so important. You will also learn how to reduce manufacturing set-up time and how to make an effective facility layout.

This course will help you prepare for the internationally-recognized Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) exam offered by APICS®.
This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Tony Swaim.
Tony Swaim
About the
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced)
instructor :
Tony Swaim has helped many clients, colleagues, and students reach their professional
and personal goals. He has been an online instructor since 1998 and has taught at
colleges and universities across the United States since 1981. His focus areas are
project management, purchasing, continuous process improvement (CPI)/Six Sigma, and
supply chain management. Tony manages a successful consulting firm, and his industry
experience includes 20 years of supply chain management. He earned an MBA from California
State University, Long Beach, and holds professional certifications in six disciplines,
including the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Supply Chain Management Applications
Course requirements:
For taking this instructor led ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) you need
Completion of Tony Swaim's Supply Chain Management Fundamentals course. Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
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numerous people that I work with."
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ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced)
(leading to
ExpertRating Supply Chain Management Skills Certification)
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World wide airmail delivery of the hard
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An online transcript that can be used to
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What learning aids will I get?
The
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) includes the following learning aids:
24 x 7 hour access to the courseware. A printer friendly version of the
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) is also provided
A friendly instructor to answer your questions online
A discussion area to have your questions answered
Chapter end quizzes to ensure that you are learning important aspects of every chapter
Chapter assignments to help you practically use the
Supply Chain Management skills that you will learn during the
Supply Chain Management Course.
What is the final exam like?
The final exam is fully based upon the
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) courseware that is provided along with the
Supply Chain Management certification. If you have gone through the courseware properly you should not have a problem clearing the exam. The exam consists of multiple choice questions from all chapters of the
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced) courseware.
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ExpertRating instructor led courses commence
every month, you can always choose a suitable date for your course
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All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
A new section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.


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According
to a survey conducted by salary.com, the median annual salaries
of the top Supply Chain Management Executives, range from $158,918
to $262,971.
The Supply Chain
Management is the process of planning, executing and managing the
actions of the supply chain. A supply chain constitutes the movement
and storage of the reserves, supplies and finished goods from the
point-of-origin to the point-of-consumption. The Supply Chain
Managers synchronize and amalgamate these flows both within and
among companies. The main job of a Supply Chain executive or Manager
is to manage the supply chain so that the cycle time can be reduced.
The supply chain should be planned and implemented in a manner that
there is coordination in the supply system.

Most organizations require the prospective Supply Chain Management
executives to hold a bachelor’s degree. Work experience is an
added advantage. The ExperRating Supply Chain Management
Certification will further make you confident to take up this job
by equipping you with the requisite knowledge and skills to be
successful in this field.
ExpertRating Online Supply Chain Management Course (Advanced)
Coverage (6 weeks program)
Week One |
Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
An organizational
strategy does two things: satisfy customers and generate
profits. In this lesson, you'll learn all about the
strategic planning process and see how corporate,
business, and manufacturing strategies all come
together. This lesson will also explore the elements
that make up manufacturing strategy and discuss
manufacturing strategy alternatives.
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Friday - Lesson 02 |
Discover that managing
inventory is similar to walking on a high-wire at the
circus. If you lean too much to the left or right,
you'll fall into the safety net. The same applies to
inventory. If you decrease it too much, you can't supply
customers. If you increase it too much, you create
excess inventory. One of the goals of this course is to
help you keep enough inventory to make everyone happy.
To achieve this, this lesson will discuss the purposes
and types of inventory, and how to apply costs to them.
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Week Two |
Wednesday - Lesson 03 |
A wise person once told
some one that managing inventory was as easy as ABC.
Since that person was struggling to meet inventory
goals, he/or she didn't believe him. But he was right.
In this lesson, you'll learn how the ABC
classification can enable you to get on top of your
inventory game. This lesson will also take time to
examine the economic order quantity (EOQ) approach to
balancing inventory costs.
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Friday - Lesson 04 |
Lean manufacturing is
intriguing because it is both a philosophy (a way of
thinking) and a methodology (a way of doing things).
This lesson will talk about lean manufacturing
basics, examine its benefits, and discuss the mechanics.
It will touch on many of the highlights of lean
manufacturing including kanbans, pull system, quality at
the source, group technology, and mixed-model
scheduling.
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Week Three |
Wednesday - Lesson 05- |
This lesson will continue
to paw through the lean manufacturing toolbox to find
out what is still needed to be examined. It will also
discuss how many firms struggle with lean manufacturing
because they don't follow a sound implementation
process. You'll see what it takes to implement and
successfully use lean manufacturing, and discover the
role that suppliers play in it.
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Friday - Lesson 06 |
This lesson will
examine the world of quality. It will look at why
quality is important, define it, discuss what makes up a
quality philosophy, and examine quality objectives.
Next, it will examine total quality management (TQM) and
get acquainted with its concepts. Finally, the lesson
will cover Six Sigma—discussing its define, measure,
analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) structure that
gives it its power and purpose.
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Week Four |
Wednesday - Lesson 07 |
An organization won't get
too far with lean manufacturing and quality if it
doesn't have people who display the right attitudes and
behaviors. So, this lesson will examine total employee
involvement (TEI) as a means of achieving organizational
excellence. It will discuss the nature of TEI, look at
its origin, identify the benefits, and review
management's responsibility. You'll learn the mechanics
of TEI and identify what it takes to propose ideas and
make suggestions. Then the lesson will wrap things up by
considering what it means to be a team and by going
through the stages of team development.
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Friday - Lesson 08 |
This lesson will tackle
the theory of constraints (TOC). TOC is a relatively new
arrival to supply chain management. Although it has a
unique identity, TOC shares concepts with lean
manufacturing and Six Sigma. It will cover the nature
and history of TOC, how to define a constraint, and see
how TOC uses financial and operational performance
measurements. You'll discover some new terms such as
drum, buffer, and rope, and tools such as the reality
tree and the evaporating cloud. You'll also find out how
to implement TOC and see how it compares to lean
manufacturing.
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Week Five |
Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
Statistical process
control (SPC) has helped many firms enhance quality. It
preceded Six Sigma in terms of applying statistical
methods to understanding and improving quality. This
lesson will look at its origins and examine how it's
used. Next, it will switch gears and explore two ways to
create a quality system: International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award (MBNQA). While both were created in 1987,
they differ in their approach and also, their focus—one
is international while the other is used only in the
United States. By the end of the lesson, you'll
understand why firms that embrace SPC, ISO, and the
MBNQA outperform those that don't.
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Friday - Lesson 10 |
Learn all
about technology and how it affects manufacturing
operations. You will discover the nature of technology
and determine how to implement it. This lesson will look
at a number of technologies including computer aided
design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM),
computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), flexible
manufacturing system (FMS), and bar coding.
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Week Six |
Wednesday - Lesson 11 |
Enterprise resource
planning (ERP) and distribution resource planning (DRP)
are powerful software choices. While ERP has made a few
software companies wealthy, many firms struggle with its
implementation and use. Nevertheless, ERP is one of the
most visible industrial software products in the world.
By contrast, DRP is not as visible, especially as
stand-alone software. This lesson will look at the
origin of ERP, its challenges, and a plan for
implementing it. Then it will review DRP and use a case
study to illustrate how it works.
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Friday - Lesson 12 |
Finding the right facility, and designing and
implementing a layout are essential to making sure you
have sufficient capacity. So the final lesson will take
a detailed look at these issues. To help you make the
right choices, this lesson will look at the factors that
you need to consider and examine tools that will help
you with the process. |
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