Supply Chain Design and Planning (Using Excel and Python)
The course will take you to step by step on understanding optimization problems in supply-chain that can help you make strategic and tactical supply-chain decisions effectively. As always, our courses follows a learn by doing approach
Overview
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This course includes:
- 8+ hours of on-demand video
- 8 modules
- Core level
- Direct access/chat with the instructor
- 100% self-paced online
- Many downloadable resources
- Shareable certificate of completion
As a supply chain and logistics professional in this modern age, having analytical skills, know-how, and a data science coding language is imperative for the success and progress of one's supply chain career.
The course will take you to step by step on understanding optimization problems in supply-chain that can help you make strategic and tactical supply-chain decisions effectively. As always, our courses are highly practical and follows a learn by doing approach.
After this course we will be able to:
- Understand the basics of python.
- Understand linear programming.
- Work with python library Pulp for linear programming.
- Maximize the profit of our business given the resources available.
- Implement production scheduling to minimize cost in excel and python.
- Decide on the optimal location of facilities.
- Develop Optimization problems Masterfully in excel and python.
- Optimize the flow of the supply chain network.
- Optimize the design of the supply chain network.
- Develop your supply chain network with the service level in mind.
- Understand the sensitivity and the binding constraints of your supply chain decisions.
- Route optimization for logistical Flows with OR tools.
Skills You Will Gain
Excel
Logistics
Product Planning
Python
Supply chain
Learning Outcomes (At The End Of This Program, You Will Be Able To...)
- Master supply chain analytics
- Learn how to increase service level while minimizing cost analytically for transportation and production.
- Learn how to design supply chain networks.
- Add optimization to your Supply chain and Data science skills
- Learn how Uber, DHL, Fedex and Amazon schedule their shipments.
- Leverage the power of Pulp and OR tools
- Introductory section on Python if you are not familiar with Python
- Tackle supply chain problems with optimization
- Production scheduling
- Routes scheduling for shipments
- Resource utilization.
- Integration of service level.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft excel
- Basic understanding of supply chain
Who Should Attend
- Supply chain professionals
- Procurement professionals
- Forecasting and inventory practitioners
- Logistics professionals
