Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: A Holistic Overview
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What you'll learn
Supply chain excellence comes from analyzing cost, service, risk, and capital trade-offs together, not optimizing single metrics.
Scenario planning builds resilience by preparing organizations for geopolitical and sustainability-driven disruptions in advance.
Clear executive communication turns complex supply chain analytics into business cases that win C-suite and board approval.
Scope 3 emissions and ESG targets are core constraints in supply chain design, not secondary considerations.
Skills you'll gain
- Cost Reduction
- Stakeholder Communications
- Sustainable Business
- Supplier Risk Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Strategic Communication
- Service Level
- Working Capital
- Corporate Sustainability
- Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Management
- Technology Strategies
- Risk Modeling
- Supply Chain Planning
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Risk Management
- Leadership
- Risk Analysis
- Cost Benefit Analysis
Details to know
April 2026
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There are 3 modules in this course
Supply chain disruptions cost Fortune 500 companies an average of $184 million annually, yet 73% lack visibility beyond Tier 1 suppliers. This Short Course was created to help Supply Chain Management and Analysis professionals accomplish strategic, resilient supply chain leadership that balances cost, risk, and sustainability. By completing this course, you'll be able to quantify complex trade-offs across your network, model disruption scenarios with sustainability integration, and create executive-level strategy documents that secure board approval for transformational investments. By the end of this course, you will be able to: analyze multi-tier supply-chain data to quantify trade-offs, evaluate resilience scenarios incorporating geopolitical and sustainability factors, and create executive strategy documents aligning technology with reduction objectives. This course integrates quantitative supply chain network analysis techniques such as Total Cost of Ownership modeling, scenario analysis, and multi-criteria decision frameworks with executive communication strategies, focusing on real $2M+ impact scenarios and board-level strategy development. To be successful, you should have experience with supply chain analytics, executive reporting, and strategic planning frameworks.
Foundational analytical skills for quantifying trade-offs among cost, service level, risk, and working capital in network footprint decisions.
What's included
1 video3 readings2 assignments
1 video•Total 3 minutes
- When Supply Chain Decisions Impact the Bottom Line•3 minutes
3 readings•Total 35 minutes
- Multi-tier Supply Chain Analysis Framework•12 minutes
- Quantifying Trade-off Metrics in Network Design•13 minutes
- Excel-Based Trade-off Analysis Methodology•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 25 minutes
- Multi-tier Network Analysis Challenge•20 minutes
- Knowledge Check: Multi-tier Supply Chain Analysis•5 minutes
Application-level skills for evaluating resilience scenarios incorporating geopolitical disruption and sustainability targets to recommend mitigation strategies.
What's included
2 videos1 reading2 assignments
2 videos•Total 16 minutes
- Geopolitical Risk Assessment in Supply Chains•8 minutes
- BI Tools Scenario Modeling•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 13 minutes
- Sustainability Integration in Resilience Planning•13 minutes
2 assignments•Total 15 minutes
- Resilience Scenario Strategy Development•10 minutes
- Knowledge Check: Resilience Scenario Evaluation•5 minutes
Integration-level skills for creating executive strategy documents aligning control-tower technology investments with business objectives.
What's included
1 video3 readings3 assignments
1 video•Total 6 minutes
- Control Tower Technology Investment Justification•6 minutes
3 readings•Total 32 minutes
- The C-Suite Challenge: Securing Board Approval•5 minutes
- Executive Communication Framework for Supply Chain Strategy•15 minutes
- Executive Document Structure and Development Process•12 minutes
3 assignments•Total 55 minutes
- Executive Strategy Document Creation•20 minutes
- Knowledge Check: Executive Strategy Document Creation•5 minutes
- Course Assessment: Lead Resilient Supply Chains•30 minutes
Instructor
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Technical University of Munich (TUM)
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Airbus Beyond
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