Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP

Module1: Supply Chain Design:

• Considering inputs and objectives of supply chain management strategy
• Recognizing and resolving misalignments and gaps
• Accounting and financial reporting information, strategic analysis tools, and economic considerations
• Designing the supply chain while understanding and working within business considerations
• Designing fulfillment strategies and products for different markets and requirements
• Identifying and managing market segments
• Understanding electronic business considerations and key technology applications
• Understanding implementation tools including project management processes communication

Module: Supply Chain Planning & Execution:

• Procuring and delivering goods and services using supply chain management
• Using demand management, including demand forecasting and prioritization
• Using master planning, master scheduling, and sales and operations planning (S&OP)
• Managing, planning, and controlling inventory
• Understanding the effects of inventory on financial statements and inventory-related cost categories
• Managing supply in the supply chain based on total cost of ownership and make-versus-buy analysis
• Developing supply plans based on buyer-supplier relationships
• Logistics and warehouse management, forecasting, and planning
• Making considerations for trade, regulation, and currency funds flow
• Segmentation of customer-driven marketing, customers, suppliers, and other partners
• Fundamentals of supplier relationship management (SRM) and customer relationship management (CRM)
• Managing reverse logistics and waste

Module: Supply Chain Improvement & Best Practices:

• Standards, regulations, and sustainable best practices compliance
• International standards and considerations for import/export, intellectual property, licensing, tax and accounting, and labor laws
• Corporate social responsibility for sustainability, UN Global Compact, and GRI initiatives
• Accreditation, certifications, and standards for quality, environmental, social, and safety
• Identifying, assessing, classifying and responding to risks
• Compliance, security, and regulatory concerns
• Improving the supply chain through measuring performance and supply chain metrics focused on customers, financial reports, and operational practices, and customer service
• Utilizing continuous improvement and change management techniques and principles, including lean and just-in-time as well as other continuous improvement philosophies