Supply Chain Management and Analytics
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Supply Chain Management and Analytics
This course is part of Unilever Supply Chain Data Analyst Professional Certificate
Instructor: Unilever Team
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Skills you'll gain
- Demand Planning
- Process Improvement
- Data Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
- Forecasting
- Customer Demand Planning
- Supply Chain Planning
- Process Improvement and Optimization
- Logistics Management
- Analytics
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- Sustainable Business
- Risk Management
- Corporate Sustainability
- Problem Solving
- Performance Improvement
- Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
- Production Planning
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There are 5 modules in this course
In the Supply Chain Management and Analytics course, you’ll learn the foundations of supply chain management and how the Supply Chain Analyst role has an impact on the entire supply chain including making smarter, quicker, and more efficient decisions. You’ll focus on the supply chain process, how to use analytics to identify potential opportunities in all aspects of the supply chain, and how to monitor supply chain security risks to help minimize their impact on the entire supply chain. Additionally, you’ll explore the future of supply chain and how it's impacted by security and sustainability.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: Describe the supply chain components and their importance. Describe the Supply Chain Analyst role and its impact to the entire supply chain in making smarter, quicker and more efficient decisions. Recognize how to use analytics to identify potential opportunities on all aspects of the supply chain ensuring cost and resource efficiencies and continual growth. Use data and the current status of expenses and profitability to understand the financial impact of operations, overall spend, procurement, savings realization, and future outlook. Monitor supply chain security risks and their impact and adjust overall planning and scheduling accordingly. Describe the role of the Supply Chain Analysts to assist in meeting sustainability goals.
In this module, you will learn the entire supply chain management process and the key partners involved. You will also learn the history of supply chain and big events that can have an impact on customer value and you will get to take a look into future trends and technology that may impact the future of supply chain management.
What's included
11 videos7 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
11 videos•Total 63 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain data analyst professional certificate•5 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain management and analytics•3 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain management•4 minutes
- Supply chain network•5 minutes
- How my role as an analyst impacts the supply chain•3 minutes
- The supply chain process•6 minutes
- Supply chain inventory and planning•7 minutes
- Supply chain transportation and customer service•9 minutes
- Supply chain procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution•10 minutes
- Project management and IT•4 minutes
- Future trends and technologies•9 minutes
7 readings•Total 56 minutes
- Unilever positioning statement•2 minutes
- Supply chain data analyst professional certificate syllabus•10 minutes
- History of Supply Chain Management•10 minutes
- The customer value•9 minutes
- Changes and measures for impact prevention•8 minutes
- Logistics•9 minutes
- Artificial intelligence in supply chain•8 minutes
3 assignments•Total 48 minutes
- Supply chain management, network and history•3 minutes
- Supply chain process•15 minutes
- Supply Chain Management and Its Components•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain management•10 minutes
In this module, you will learn the importance of supply chain analytics and the analyst's role to align business needs with overall inventory, forecasting, scheduling and planning strategies.
What's included
11 videos6 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
11 videos•Total 65 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain planning•4 minutes
- The importance of supply chain analytics•7 minutes
- Five C's of effective supply chain analytics•5 minutes
- The role of the supply chain analyst in inventory policy and forecasting•5 minutes
- Inventory control basics•5 minutes
- Introduction to inventory policy•5 minutes
- Using analytics to align to the inventory strategy•6 minutes
- What is forecasting?•6 minutes
- Quantitative forecasting methods part 1•10 minutes
- Quantitative forecasting methods part 2•6 minutes
- Qualitative forecasting methods•6 minutes
6 readings•Total 95 minutes
- The benefits analytics bring to the supply chain•10 minutes
- My career as a supply chain analyst•30 minutes
- Supply chain components•10 minutes
- How to control held inventory•25 minutes
- Inventory control and inventory policy•10 minutes
- Forecast errors•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 555 minutes
- Supply chain analytics and the role of the analyst•15 minutes
- Review the inventory policy•180 minutes
- Prosacco Activity: Minimizing product waste in Prosacco supply chain•180 minutes
- Supply chain inventory and forecasting•180 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Prosacco inventory policy determination •10 minutes
In this module, you will explore the importance of supply chain analytics and the analyst's role to identify the impact of product throughout the network, provide insightful information to secure the in full and on-time delivery, identify risks that could affect the supply chain and assist management in making decisions and provide opportunities to adjust and align as requirements change.
What's included
17 videos7 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt
17 videos•Total 104 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain analytics in demand planning and scheduling•2 minutes
- Introduction to demand planning•4 minutes
- Demand sensing vs. demand planning•7 minutes
- Integration of plans and forecasts•6 minutes
- Identifying impact and securing in-full and on-time delivery•7 minutes
- Common tools used in demand planning•4 minutes
- What is scheduling?•4 minutes
- Production schedule•4 minutes
- Risks that can affect the supply chain•8 minutes
- Introduction to manufacturing•6 minutes
- Manufacturing strategies•9 minutes
- Technology and automation in manufacturing•11 minutes
- Supply chain integration in manufacturing•5 minutes
- Quality management in manufacturing•9 minutes
- Introduction to scenario planning for customer prioritization•7 minutes
- Scheduling based on demand and system constraints•7 minutes
- Purchase, sales, and inventory plan•5 minutes
7 readings•Total 59 minutes
- Key terms in demand planning•8 minutes
- Common challenges in demand planning•10 minutes
- Scheduling terminology•7 minutes
- Common challenges in scheduling•10 minutes
- Types of manufacturing processes•10 minutes
- Future trends and challenges in manufacturing•9 minutes
- Common tools used in scheduling•7 minutes
5 assignments•Total 105 minutes
- Demand forecasting and planning•15 minutes
- Supply chain scheduling•15 minutes
- Supply chain manufacturing•15 minutes
- Prosacco activity: Develop a PSI plan•30 minutes
- Supply chain demand and schedule planning•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- The potential of Web AR in learning •10 minutes
In this module, you will focus on the importance of supply chain analytics and the analyst's role to know the current status of expenses and profitability and assist in modeling and reporting on financial impact of operations, overall spend, procurement, savings realization and future outlook. You will also explore warehouse and logistics operations and the impact of demand, capacity, and planning to the supply chain.
What's included
12 videos2 readings4 assignments
12 videos•Total 59 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain analytics in finance and logistics•3 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain finance•5 minutes
- Cost control•8 minutes
- Role of the supply chain analyst in finance•4 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain logistics•8 minutes
- Transportation customer service•4 minutes
- Transportation basics•5 minutes
- Inbound transportation•5 minutes
- Outbound transportation•5 minutes
- Role of the analyst in logistics•4 minutes
- Important warehouse activities•4 minutes
- Optimize resources based on constraints•4 minutes
2 readings•Total 16 minutes
- Prediction techniques and tools•8 minutes
- Modes of transportation•8 minutes
4 assignments•Total 275 minutes
- Supply chain analytics in finance•180 minutes
- Evaluate transportation alternatives to supply demand on time•15 minutes
- Prosacco activity: Seasonal execution using finance and logistics•30 minutes
- Supply chain analytics in finance and logistics•50 minutes
In this module, you will focus on the importance of physical and cybersecurity in the Supply Chain and its analytics. You will also learn the importance of monitoring Supply Chain security risks and adjust accordingly to assist management decisions. You will learn the impact of the supply chain network on sustainability goals and will focus on how to use data and analytics to create or participate in process improvement initiatives for supply chain networks.
What's included
7 videos6 readings3 assignments
7 videos•Total 33 minutes
- Welcome to supply chain security and sustainability•2 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain security•4 minutes
- Physical security of products•8 minutes
- Security of software and services•5 minutes
- Security risks in supply chain•5 minutes
- Introduction to supply chain sustainability•3 minutes
- Using analytics in sustainability process improvement initiatives•7 minutes
6 readings•Total 47 minutes
- The role of the supply chain analyst•9 minutes
- Conducting a risk assessment•7 minutes
- Impact to the supply chain network•6 minutes
- Best practices to support sustainability•7 minutes
- Using a thought leadership mindset•6 minutes
- Supply chain management and analytics summary and resources•12 minutes
3 assignments•Total 240 minutes
- Conduct a risk assessment•30 minutes
- Supply chain security and sustainability•180 minutes
- Supply chain security•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Feb 23, 2026
A solid course to understand the basic of Supply Chain Management and Analytics, definitely a must learn for anyone that are interested in working in this field.
Reviewed on Jun 13, 2025
well understood all the course content .thank you Coursera
Reviewed on Mar 30, 2026
This course have been a good guide for upgrading my career .
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