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Supply Chain Management for Retail Professionals

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Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Analyze retail supply chain processes including sourcing, procurement, logistics, and distribution.

  • Apply inventory, warehousing, and supplier management techniques to improve retail performance.

  • Evaluate retail technologies and customer fulfillment strategies to enhance operational efficiency.

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June 2026

Assessments

24 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Supply Chain Management for Retail Operations Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 6 modules in this course

Master retail supply chain management and learn how products move from suppliers to customers efficiently.

Build practical skills in logistics, warehousing, inventory, procurement, sourcing, customer service, and retail technology. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of retail supply chain operations and the critical processes that support successful retail businesses. Learners will explore retail distribution, transportation planning, warehouse management, cross-docking, inventory control, supplier relationship management, procurement, and global sourcing. The course also examines customer service, order fulfillment, omnichannel retailing, reverse logistics, loyalty programs, and modern retail formats. In addition, learners will discover how technologies such as ERP systems, RFID, barcoding, retail analytics, POS systems, and mobile applications enhance operational performance and customer experience. Through practical retail-focused examples and industry-relevant concepts, learners will gain the knowledge needed to optimize supply chain performance, improve inventory availability, strengthen supplier relationships, and support business growth in modern retail environments. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to analyze, manage, and improve retail supply chain operations across procurement, logistics, distribution, customer fulfillment, and technology-enabled retail processes.

Learn how retail distribution networks, replenishment systems, transportation planning, execution processes, logistics performance measurement, and sustainable transportation practices support efficient retail operations.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 38 minutes
  • IT for Retail Distribution Replenishment and Conclusionβ€’4 minutes
  • Transport Planning Legs in transportationβ€’4 minutes
  • Transportation Planning Drivers Toolsβ€’12 minutes
  • Transportation constraints Transportation Execution Processβ€’7 minutes
  • Transportation Cycle IT for transport managementβ€’8 minutes
  • Measures of Transport Management Green transportβ€’4 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Retail Distribution & Replenishment Systemsβ€’10 minutes
  • Transportation Planning & Executionβ€’10 minutes
  • Transportation Performance & Sustainabilityβ€’10 minutes
  • Retail Distribution, Transportation & Logistics Foundationsβ€’30 minutes

Explore warehouse operations, value-added services, cross-docking strategies, inventory management principles, inventory performance measurement, and supplier relationship management techniques.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 44 minutes
  • Retail Warehousing Overview and Functionsβ€’9 minutes
  • Value added services of a retail warehouse Cross docking introductionβ€’4 minutes
  • Cross docking Types applications advantages workingβ€’9 minutes
  • why inventory cost of inventory inventory pyramidβ€’7 minutes
  • Factors to consider to decide on inventory measures of inventory conclusionβ€’7 minutes
  • Important concepts Supplier Relationship Management Processβ€’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Retail Warehousing Fundamentalsβ€’10 minutes
  • Cross-Docking Strategiesβ€’10 minutes
  • Inventory Control & Performance Measurementβ€’10 minutes
  • Warehousing & Inventory Management Excellenceβ€’30 minutes

Develop practical knowledge of procurement processes, supplier evaluation, sourcing decisions, global sourcing strategies, and supplier relationship management for retail organizations.

What's included

6 videos4 assignments

6 videosβ€’Total 47 minutes
  • Merchandise Procurement Decisions Procurement Processβ€’7 minutes
  • Merchandise Procurement Decisions Procurement Process Continueβ€’8 minutes
  • Global Sourcing Pros and Consβ€’6 minutes
  • Major Processes in Global Sourcingβ€’8 minutes
  • Sourcing Conclusionβ€’11 minutes
  • Introduction Retail Customer Service Customer Service Mixβ€’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Procurement Decision-Makingβ€’10 minutes
  • Global Sourcing Fundamentalsβ€’10 minutes
  • Strategic Sourcing Practicesβ€’10 minutes
  • Procurement, Supplier Management & Global Sourcingβ€’30 minutes

Examine customer service frameworks, order management processes, perfect-order fulfillment, omnichannel retailing, reverse logistics operations, and customer loyalty strategies.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosβ€’Total 58 minutes
  • Customer Service Pyramid Customer Service over Retail Life cycleβ€’7 minutes
  • Ways to improve Customer Service for a Retailerβ€’9 minutes
  • Order Management Process Concept of Perfect Orderβ€’6 minutes
  • Multi Channel Retailingβ€’9 minutes
  • Retail Returns Reverse Logisticsβ€’8 minutes
  • Reverse Logistics processβ€’11 minutes
  • Retail Loyalty Programmesβ€’8 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Building Customer-Centric Retail Operationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Order Management & Omnichannel Retailingβ€’10 minutes
  • Reverse Logistics & Customer Retentionβ€’10 minutes
  • Customer Service, Order Fulfillment & Retail Operationsβ€’30 minutes

Analyze modern retail formats including cash-and-carry, rural retailing, airport retailing, non-store retailing, online shopping, digital payments, and service retail operations.

What's included

7 videos4 assignments

7 videosβ€’Total 53 minutes
  • Retail kiosk advanced payment technologies conclusionβ€’9 minutes
  • Types of Retailer Organised B2C Retail Format examplesβ€’5 minutes
  • Cash carry Retailing Rural Retailingβ€’6 minutes
  • Cash carry Retailing Rural Retailing Continueβ€’8 minutes
  • Airport Retailing Non Store based Retail Formats Online Shoppingβ€’7 minutes
  • Airport Retailing Non Store based Retail Formats Online Shopping Continueβ€’8 minutes
  • Service Retailing Banking Courier and Conclusionβ€’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Retail Innovation & Emerging Payment Technologiesβ€’10 minutes
  • Alternative Retail Formatsβ€’10 minutes
  • Modern Retail Channels & Service Retailingβ€’10 minutes
  • Retail Formats, Channels & Industry Applicationsβ€’30 minutes

Understand retail supply chain innovation, pre-pack planning, apparel and footwear supply chains, retail technology maturity, RFID, ERP systems, analytics, POS systems, and mobile retail applications.

What's included

11 videos4 assignments

11 videosβ€’Total 94 minutes
  • Understanding development process supply chain characteristicsβ€’13 minutes
  • Pre pack Planningβ€’6 minutes
  • Apparel retail Supply Chain Innovationsβ€’11 minutes
  • Footwear retailing Supply Chain Driversβ€’9 minutes
  • Case study of Khadims Footwear Conclusionβ€’8 minutes
  • Retail Technology maturity Model Need for IT in retailβ€’9 minutes
  • Barcoding RFIDβ€’10 minutes
  • Retail ERPβ€’8 minutes
  • Retail Analyticsβ€’6 minutes
  • POS Systems Mobile Applicationsβ€’4 minutes
  • POS Systems Mobile Applications Continueβ€’9 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Retail Supply Chain Design & Industry Applicationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Footwear Supply Chains & Case Applicationsβ€’10 minutes
  • Retail Technology, Analytics & Digital Transformationβ€’10 minutes
  • Supply Chain Innovation & Retail Technologyβ€’30 minutes

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