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Global Supply Chain Management Essentials

Your Role in Global Supply Chain Management

Regardless of your current position and responsibilities, your role in this learning process is to act as an analyst of global supply chain management principles and processes within your own company and of other companies, such as your competitors. Therefore, terms, such as manager and leader, are used interchangeably throughout this course.

Why Should You Attend

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the meaning and purpose of global supply chain management
  • Examine ways to develop an effective end-to-end supply chain infrastructure
  • Identify ways to design your supply chain to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization
  • Identify a collaborative model that promotes the goals and objectives of your organization
  • Examine your supply chain from a strategic perspective
  • Identify appropriate metrics to help drive the success of your organization  
  • Explain forces that are affecting today's supply chains
  • Discuss the barriers associated with supply chain management
  • Create an action plan to enhance your knowledge and skills of global supply chain management

Program Format

Thunderbird offers independent-study programs featuring some of the same key benefits as our facilitated online programs including 24-hour access, a highly-interactive learning environment and Thunderbird-quality content.

The unique aspects of our self-study online programs include the following:

  • Learning is self-paced
  • Programs are one to three weeks in length
  • Participants spend approximately three hours per week engaged in learning
  • Upon confirmation of registration and payment you will receive access to the course materials for 90 days

Program Price

The cost of this online independent study program is $400.


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Contact Us

Joe Patterson
Assistant Vice President, Online Learning
execedonline@thunderbird.edu
Tel: (602) 978-7437
Fax: (602) 439-4851

Toll-free within the U.S.
Tel: (800) 457-6959
Fax: (800) 457-6982