Online Supply Chain Management Leadership
Supply Chain Management Leadership Academy
Haslam College of Business
Program Overview
The Supply Chain Management Leadership Academy is a 14-week program to develop managers, directors, and key stakeholders into supply chain leaders. Participants benefit from the industry-leading supply chain curriculum at Haslam College of Business, peer connections, and group learnings from interactions with faculty developed during the class.
The course culminates with a formal assessment, and participants are awarded CEUs and UT Certification upon completion.
Credit Hours*
3
Cost**
$3,995
Testing Requirements
None
Admission Terms
Spring & Fall
*Completion of this academy earns 3 credit hours towards the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management online program, which accepts up to 6 credit hours (two academy certificates).
**This price is inclusive of all University fees and charges including any and all eBook materials. Discounts are available for Global Supply Chain Institute Forum Partner Company employees and will be applied, if applicable, after initial registration.
Master Supply Chain Leadership with Expert Guidance
The Global Supply Chain Institute is here to provide you with expert faculty and connections to help you establish yourself as a leader in supply chain management. In this course, you will learn how to:
- Make quality business relationships
- Cultivate a successful culture and environment
- Adapt to changes in an always-changing industry
The asynchronous online format is designed to empower future leaders by providing the flexibility to learn at their own pace, enabling them to develop critical skills and knowledge while balancing professional and personal responsibilities.
Interested in earning a master’s in supply chain management?
The academy provides valuable class credits (3) to fast-track your path to UT’s online master’s in supply chain management degree. Register the following academies to gain credit hours toward your degree.
SCM Finance Academy
SCM Foundations Academy
SCM Planning Academy
What You Will Learn.
The SCM Leadership Academy is divided into 14 modules:
- The concept of supply chain management (SCM)
- Competitive advantage through SCM
- The emergence of an integrated supply chain
- Disruptive technology to power SCM forward
- Personal leadership philosophy, vision, and communication
- Traditional supply chain designs
- How these traditional structures often lead to dis-integration
- Supply chain team organization
- How customer requirements should drive supply chain designs
- An examination of self and situational awareness
- The financial value proposition for SCM
- How supply chains affect profitability
- How supply chains affect asset utilization
- Approaches to persuade leaders and teams
- Basics of inventory
- Importance of demand and supply integration (DSI)
- Achieving DSI through integrated business planning
- Best practices and common pitfalls for DSI
- DSI as the core of the business
- Strategic decision-making
- Major types of supply chain planning
- Measurement in the supply chain
- Types and philosophies of SCM
- Current trends in planning and measurement
- Performance management and providing feedback
- Purchasing and supply management fundamentals
- Strategic procurement strategies
- Supplier relationships
- Contingency-based leadership
- Adapting leadership style
- Operations leadership
- Foundations for successful operations
- Gaining a competitive advantage through operations
- Translating strategy into action
- Transportation fundamentals
- Warehousing/distribution center fundamentals
- Transportation and distribution management
- Coaching and improving performance
- Creating value through SCM
- Efficient, lean, and responsive value-creation models
- Matching the model to the situation while retaining flexibility
- A look at ways of aligning organizational culture, structure, and practices
- Types of supply chain relationships
- Creating value from supply chain relationships
- Evolution of supply chain relationships
- Coalitions, collaborations, and political savvy in an organization
- Closed-loop supply chains
- Sustainability
- Supply chain risk and disruption
- Creating an environment for success
- Gaining an international perspective
- Basics of international SCM
- Best practices for global SCM
- Building a high-performance team
- Enterprise systems in SCM
- Linking and automating technologies in SCM
- IT adoption and evaluation
- Developing organizational agility
- Development of SCM over the past two decades
- Tracking progress across four critical areas of development
- Emerging areas for continued progress
- Scenario planning for effective strategies
Become an Industry Leader
In just 14 weeks, you can fast-track your journey to becoming a leader in supply chain management. Take the first step in your career by registering below.
Register NowKey Dates & Deadlines
Program Duration: 14 weeks
January 29 – May 6, 2025
