Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

The Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP course trains professionals to meet industry trends and demands as they rapidly evolve in the supply chain management field.

The Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP certification course offers an understanding of fundamental concepts and strategies of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Eligibility: The Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP course in Dubai is ideal for professionals who are seeking to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the field of global supply chain management. Anyone interested to enroll in this CSCP course should have:

• Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent plus two years of related business experience
• Five years of related business experience

Outline:

Understanding the Supply Chain Management

• What is supply chain management and why is it important for the success of a firm?
• What are the key phases of supply chain decisions and why are they important?
• What is the push & pull views and cycle views in a supply chain?
• How are supply chain macro processes classified?

Realizing Strategic Fit & Scope

• Why is achieving strategic fit crucial for the company’s holistic growth?
• What is the best way for a company to acquire a strategic fit between its supply chain and competitive strategy?
• How can enhancing the scope of strategic fit across the supply chain benefit a company?
• What are the challenges faced by a company while managing a supply chain and what are the best ways to avoid or overcome those?

Metrics and Drivers of Supply Chain

• What are the key financial measures that define the performance of a company?
• What are the major drivers of supply chain performance?
• How does each driver justify the need to create a strategic fit between the supply chain and competitive strategy?
• What are the key metrics used to derive and track the driver’s performance?

Allocation and Design of Distribution Networks

• What role does distribution play in the supply chain?
• What are the factors influencing the design of a distribution network?
• How can a SWOT analysis help better the design options for a distribution network?
• How can a design affect the e - business and the distribution network in different industries?

Network Design in the Supply Chain

• What role does the network design play in the supply chain?
• What are the factors influencing the supply chain network design decisions?
• How can the framework for making network design be developed?
• What is the best possible way to decide facility location and capacity allocation?

Designing Global Supply Chain Networks

• What are the factors to be considered while calculating the total cost for global sourcing?
• What are the challenges to be noted while designing global supply chains?
• What strategies can be useful in mitigating the risk in global supply chains?
• What methodologies aid in evaluating supply chain design decisions in uncertain times?

Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

• How does forecasting help an enterprise and a supply chain?
• What are the components of a demand forecast? 
• How to implement time-series methodologies to forecast supply chain demand?
• What are the best possible ways to analyze demand forecasts to estimate forecast error?

Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

• How can a supply chain manager identify the instances that can be solved by aggregate planning?
• What is the significance of aggregate planning as a supply chain activity?
• What all information is needed to craft a productive aggregate plan?
• What trade - off considerations must be noted while aggregate planning?
• How can Microsoft Excel come in handy while planning?

Planning Supply and Demand in a Supply Chain

• What is the best way to manage supply to better sync during predictable variability?
• What is the best way to manage demand to better sync during predictable variability?
• How can sales and operations planning maximize profitability during predictable variability?

Supply Chain Coordination

• What are supply chain coordination and the bullwhip effect?
• How can supply chain coordination and the bullwhip effect impact supply chain performance?
• How to identify and address the challenges faced in the coordination in a supply chain?
• What are the managerial levers that help achieve supply chain coordination?
• What are the various types of collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment?

Economies of Scale: Cycle Inventory in a Supply Chain

• How can a supply chain professional balance costs to choose the optimal lot size and cycle inventory?
• How can a supply chain manager decide the impact of quantity discounts on lot size and inventory?
• What are the best ways to devise discounting schemes?
• How can the impact of trade promotions on lot size and cycle inventory be gauged?
• How can the lot size and cycle inventory be reduced without increasing cost?

Uncertainty Management in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory

• What role does safety inventory hold in a supply chain?
• How to identify factors that influence the required level of safety inventory?
• What are the different measures of product availability?
• How can managerial levels be utilized to reduce the need for safety inventory and better product availability?

Optimal Level of Product Availability

• How to identify the factors that affect the optimal level of product availability?
• What are the best ways to evaluate the optimal cycle service level?
• What are factors affect the optimal level of product availability?
• How can managerial levers improve supply chain profitability through optimal service levels?
• What are the conditions where supply chain postponement is beneficial?
• How can limited supply capacity be allocated among different products to maximize profits?

Transportation in a Supply Chain

• What role does transportation play in a supply chain?
• What are the pros and cons of using different modes of transport?
• How do infrastructure and policies affect transportation?
• How are various transportation network design options beneficial in a supply chain?
• What trade - offs need to be considered while planning transportation networks?

Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain

• What role does sourcing play in a supply chain?
• What factors influence the decision to outsource a supply chain function?
• How to identify the cost affecting dimensions of supplier performance? 
• What is the best way to structure successful auctions and negotiations?
• What impact does risk sharing have on supplier performance and information distortion?
• How can a supply chain professional design a tailored supplier portfolio?

Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain

• What role does revenue management play in a supply chain?
• What are the conditions in which revenue management tactics can be effective?
• What trade - offs need to be considered while making revenue management decisions?

Role of Information Technology in a Supply Chain

• What is the significance of information technology in a supply chain?
• How does each supply chain driver use the information?
• What are the major applications of supply chain information technology
• What processes can information technology enable in a supply chain?

Sustainability in a Supply Chain

• How important is sustainability in a supply chain?
• What are the challenges to sustainability posed by the tragedy of the commons?
• What metrics can the supply chain professional use to measure sustainability?
• What are the opportunities for improved sustainability in various supply chain drivers?

Key Takeaways:

Upon completion of our Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP training, the candidate will be able to:

• Be versed in supply chain design, compliance, and strategy, and how to implement it
• Utilize data to integrate production, procurement, and service
• Reduce waste in supply chains
• Develop risk response plans for supply chain risk identification and classification
• Streamline supply chain communications

Accreditation:

Our Supply Chain courses in Dubai are accredited by ISO 9001: 2015, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), and the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) certification services.

Why Learners Point:

As one of the leading providers of Supply Chain Management courses in Dubai, we have extensive experience in delivering relevant skills and knowledge for the Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP course. 

Our Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP course offers the following advantages:

• Our Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP course Dubai is designed based on real - world scenarios, formulating and evaluating practical requirements
• Our CSCP course strives to provide a reality check and insight into the requirements of a challenging role and how to fulfill it
• Our CSCP course provides live interactive sessions and hands - on experience through assignments associated with the actual work environment
• To enhance the learning experience of our students we provide organized group sessions and integrated training modules in our CSCP training
• Our discrete approach to career guidance enables our students to get successfully placed in renowned organizations