Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Supply Chain Analytics Specialization
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Supply Chain Analytics Specialization

Launch Your Career in Supply Chain Analytics. Master Data-Driven Tools to Improve Supply Chain Performance

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Yao Zhao

Instructor: Yao Zhao

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Specialization - 6 course series

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What you'll learn

  • Understand the pain points of a supply chain and how analytics may relieve them.

  • See supply chain + analytics job opportunities and requirement, and make data-driven career decisions.

  • Discover and prioritize problems for enterprises in a competitive environment.

  • Plan for demand and supply, and design effective logistics strategies for large-scale distribution systems.

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Specialization - 6 course series

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Specialization - 6 course series

Supply Chain Analytics Essentials

Course 19 hours4.6 (913 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand why analytics is critical to today’s supply chains and its financial / economic impact.

  • See the pain points of a supply chain and how analytics may relieve them.

  • Learn supply chain analytics job opportunities, requirement and preparation.

  • Use job intelligence to find the dream job(s) by region, industry and company.

Skills you'll gain

Category: bargain power analysis
Category: Analytics
Category: Market Intelligence
Category: Sourcing
Category: Supplier analysis

Business Intelligence and Competitive Analysis

Course 210 hours4.4 (210 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Industry analysis: the market potential, risk and competition intensity, value chain analysis.

  • Competition positioning: where does the company stand in the competitive landscape? Abnormalities and alarms.

  • Enterprise diagnosis: competitive strengths and weaknesses, performance drivers and levers, the key problems and causes.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Competitive Analysis and Benchmark
Category: Distribution and Logistics
Category: Inventory and Transportation
Category: Supply Chain Planning

Demand Analytics

Course 39 hours4.6 (262 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use data analytics to predict demand with trend (as in new product introduction), seasonality, price elasticity and other environmental factors.

  • Identify the key drivers for demand and quantify their impact.

  • Build, validate and improve forecasting models with both continuous and categorical variables.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Competitive Analysis
Category: Management Consulting

Inventory Analytics

Course 410 hours4.5 (217 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • For which industries is inventory important?

  • How may inventory drive a company’s financial performance?

  • How do I know that I have an inventory problem?

  • How to classify and manage inventory?

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Supply Chain
Category: job intelligence

Supply Chain Analytics

Course 59 hours4.7 (771 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use data analytics to assess the impact of various strategies on all aspects of a supply chain.

  • One size does not fit all - customize supply chain strategies by product.

  • Conduct a competitive analysis and benchmarking to assess competitive environment and identify business opportunities.

  • Obtain hands-on experience on the application and financial impact of analytics in integrated supply chain and logistics planning.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Model Selection Validation Improvement
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Regression Analysis
Category: Demand Planning and Forecasting

Sourcing Analytics

Course 69 hours

What you'll learn

  • Sourcing intelligence to help companies identify and select suppliers for critical components.

  • Sourcing analytics framework on how analytics can help with sourcing.

  • Bargain power analysis to support better negotiation and bargaining with suppliers.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Inventory Control
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Sales And Operations Planning
Category: Supply Chain

Instructor

Yao Zhao
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
6 Courses80,065 learners

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