Logistics and Supply Chain Management Certificate Courses

For supply chain practitioners, operations managers and business owners with immediate need to know more about logistics and supply chain in order to apply to their particular organizations, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Thames International Business School and Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) are offering three individual modules from May 23 to July 19, 2020.

These three modules are on E-Commerce and E-Fulfillment; Logistics and Supply Chain Strategic Management; and Resilience and Supply Chain Security Management. Participants may take one, two, or three modules of their choice, with each one taking one month to complete.

Program Details

E-Commerce and E-Fulfillment:

This module explains current e-commerce and e-fulfillment strategies. It covers these key areas: development of a proper order fulfillment system – storing inventory, picking and packing products, and shipping online orders to customers; third party logistics (3PL) as an important stakeholder; implementation of the business-to-business (B2B) orders — where large quantities of product are shipped to big-box retailers — as well as business-to-consumer (B2C) orders that are shipped directly to a single shopper’s home; and understanding the requirements of the end consumer who places the order on the merchant’s website or through an online marketplace.

The course will provide inputs to the e-fulfillment process: processing of routing and managing inventory to choosing the correct packaging for the lowest practical dimensional weight; nuances of the fulfillment workflow, including receiving inventory, warehousing products, picking and packing items, and shipping orders; inventory storage system in e-fulfillment; order processing in e-commerce; shipping management technology in e-commerce; and returns processing in e-commerce.

Logistics and Supply Chain Strategic Management:

This module focuses on identifying the organization’s strength and industry position and in understanding the external factors that may influence that position. It concerns strategic decisions about choice of products and technologies to meet the needs and wants of customers gaining competitive advantage and exploiting or creating new opportunities. It entails building a logistics strategy with guiding principles, attitudes and driving forces that help one coordinate plans, goals and policies between different partners across any supply chain. It helps one increase the supply chain performance while improving supply chain management, as a whole.

Participants will perform a strategy review: Are the objectives of the logistics organization in line with company objectives and strategies?

Resilience & Supply Chain Security Management:

This module focuses on the constellation of Supply Chain Resiliency and Risks arising from emerging technologies, financial inter-dependence, resource depletion, climate change and disasters which exposes the weak and brittle nature of existing safeguards – the policies, norms, regulations or organizations which manage the supply chain. The safeguards may no longer be fit to manage vital resources and ensure the consistent performance of the global supply chain. The module further covers interdependence of supply chain functions to develop resilience strategy, development of strategies to minimise exposure and complexity inherent in globalization, strategic management of the supply chain, establishment of more adaptable safeguards , timely responses to emerging risks, and global and regulatory changes.

Entry & Application Requirements

Entry Requirements:

The entry requirements consist of:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline OR
  • Other equivalent qualifications deemed acceptable by SIMM/Thames International

Application Requirements:

  • Thames International Application Form
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Information Page of Passport (scanned copy or photo)
  • One 2″x2″ ID Picture

Award of Certificate Per Module:

  • A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to the participant upon completion of the module.

Fees

Enrolment Fee for each module is USD250.00, plus a one-time registration fee of USD30.00.

The total investment for:

  • 1 module is USD250.00 (approx. PHP12,750.00 at USD1.00 = PHP51.00*)
  • 2 modules is USD500.00 (approx. PHP25,500.00 at USD1.00 = PHP51.00*)
  • 3 modules is USD750.00 (approx. PHP38,250.00 at USD1.00 = PHP51.00*)
    *final fees will be based on prevailing forex rates upon registration

Full payment is required upon enrolment.

Module Schedule and Application Deadline:

E-Commerce and E-Fulfillment

Application Deadline: September 17, 2020
Classes: September 19 – October 10, 2020
a) Live Webinars: September 19 and September 26, 2020, both at 10 am to 1 pm (Total: 6 hours)
b) Case studies discussion, PPT deck presentations, Articles, E-Quiz, Exam (Total: 12 hours)

Logistics and Supply Chain Strategic Management

Application Deadline: October 15, 2020
Classes: October 17 – November 7, 2020
a) Live Webinars: October 17 and October 24, 2020, both at 10 am to 1 pm (Total: 6 hours)
b) Case studies discussion, PPT deck presentations, Articles, E-Quiz, Exam (Total: 12 hours)

Resilience and Supply Chain Security Management

Application Deadline: November 12, 2020
Classes: November 14 – December 5, 2020
a) Live Webinars: November 14 and November 21, 2020, both at 10 am to 1 pm (Total: 6 hours)
b) Case studies discussion, PPT deck presentations, Articles, E-Quiz, Exam (Total: 12 hours)

Assessments:

  1. A 3-hour written exam: 50% of total grade
  2. Assignments and E-quiz: 50% of total grade

Study Trip:

An optional study trip to Singapore will be organized after the COVID 19 pandemic, as travel circumstances permit. The course fee does not include the airfare, hotel accommodation and other incidental expenses pertaining to the study tour.

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