Digital Transformation in Supply Chains

Course details

No two businesses are exactly the same, but they all have two things in common. Every business depends on supply chains and technology—and you need both in order to succeed. The hard part is, you can’t keep up with technology unless you transform your supply chains, too. In this course, instructor Daniel Stanton offers a big-picture view of supply chain management and teaches you how to overcome important challenges and harness technology to create innovative solutions.

Learn about supply chain challenges and why new technologies are important for solving them. Find out how to continuously improve your supply chain by making it faster, cheaper, and better, utilizing tools related to cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, cloud computing, simulation, automated delivery, quantum computing, robotics, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to incorporate these tools into a roadmap that’s measurable, team-based, and positioned for effective digital transformation.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Digital transformation of supply chains

1. Current Supply Chain Technologies

02 - Prepare for Supply Chain 4.0
03 - Track the information value chain
04 - Analyze supply chain processes
05 - Leverage big data and the Internet of Things into the supply chain
06 - Optimize supply chains with advanced analytics
07 - Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning
08 - Cloud computing and edge computing to improve information flow
09 - Exercise - Process mapping
10 - Solution - Process mapping

2. Emerging Supply Chain Technologies

11 - Artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain
12 - Adopt autonomous vehicles in the supply chain
13 - Simulation, optimization, and digital twins in supply chains
14 - Additive manufacturing for supply chains
15 - Improve supply chain communication technology
16 - Augmented reality in supply chains
17 - Share and secure data with blockchains
18 - Quantum computing in supply chains
19 - Increase supply chain cybersecurity
20 - Combine technologies into supply chain solutions
21 - Exercise - Technology threats and opportunities
22 - Solution - Technology threats and opportunities

3. Transforming Your Supply Chain

23 - Identify new business models for supply chains
24 - Build a business case for digital transformation
25 - Assemble a project team for supply chain digital transformation
26 - Position your digital transformation project
27 - Develop leadership skills for digital transformation
28 - Measure digital transformation impact on sustainability
29 - Explore the convergence of technologies

Conclusion

30 - Next steps