🔗 Supply Chain Strategy

Overview

📘 Course Description

This advanced course provides a strategic perspective on supply chain management in modern organizations. Participants will explore how to align supply chain strategy with business goals, design responsive and resilient networks, manage risks, evaluate performance, and drive sustainable value creation. The course covers current best practices, digital transformation, and innovations in supply chain strategy to stay competitive in dynamic markets.

🎯 Learning Objectives

✅ Understand the role of supply chain strategy in achieving organizational objectives
✅ Learn key frameworks for designing supply chain networks
✅ Identify and manage supply chain risks proactively
✅ Apply performance measurement tools to monitor and improve supply chain efficiency
✅ Explore sustainability and digital transformation in supply chain strategy
✅ Develop actionable plans for strategic supply chain improvement

👥 Who Should Attend

Supply chain managers and directors
Procurement, logistics, and operations professionals
Strategic planners and business development managers
Finance, marketing, or commercial staff involved in supply chain decisions
Executives seeking to improve organizational competitiveness through supply chain excellence

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Expert-led technical sessions
✅ Interactive group discussions
✅ Practical exercises and real-world case studies
✅ Team workshops for strategic planning
✅ Daily Q&A sessions

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Strategy

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Introductions & Course Objectives
09:00 – 10:30	Evolution of Supply Chains: From Operational to Strategic
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	The Link Between Business Strategy & Supply Chain Strategy
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Frameworks for Supply Chain Strategy Design
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Case Study: Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment & Its Consequences

📅 Day 2: Designing the Strategic Supply Chain

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Demand-Driven vs. Forecast-Driven Strategies
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Network Design: Location, Capacity & Flow Decisions
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Segmentation & Differentiated Supply Chain Strategies
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Designing a Strategic Network for a Sample Business

📅 Day 3: Risk Management & Resilience

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Identifying Strategic Supply Chain Risks
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Building Supply Chain Resilience
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Supplier Relationship Strategies for Risk Mitigation
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Case Study: Managing Supply Disruptions in Real-Life Scenarios

📅 Day 4: Performance Measurement & Improvement

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	KPIs & Balanced Scorecards for Supply Chains
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Benchmarking Supply Chain Performance
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Continuous Improvement & Lean in Supply Chains
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Group Exercise: Developing a Supply Chain Performance Dashboard

📅 Day 5: Sustainability, Innovation & Strategy Implementation

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Sustainable Supply Chain Strategies
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Digital Transformation: IoT, AI & Analytics in Supply Chains
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Roadmap for Implementing Supply Chain Strategy
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Final Group Presentation, Q&A, Wrap-Up & Certificate Distribution

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Course manual & presentation slides
✅ Strategy frameworks & templates
✅ Supply chain KPIs toolkit
✅ Benchmarking & case study materials
✅ Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

Course Features

Lecture 0
Quiz 0
Duration 5 days
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 40
Assessments Yes