Course Prescription
Investigates and explores complex and dynamic issues associated with the design, execution, and improvement of operations and processes. Promotes an applied, integrated, and systemic approach towards operations across agricultural supply chains.
The course offers an advanced treatment of topics in agricultural operations & supply chain management that are of contemporary importance. In particular, it features a strong emphasis on the systems thinking and strategy/process-centric aspects of operations/supply chain management, in contrast with the techno-centric perspective of Business & Supply Chains.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course it is expected that the student will be able to:
Formulate clear and explicit strategies for managing supply chains for agric product and customer/market-characteristics;
Formulate operations strategies, including the trade-offs between objectives that need to be managed and the use of various management levers;
Experientially learn the need for collaboration and the nature of coordination that is required in managing supply chains;
Understand how to integrate agric supply chains, from a process standpoint, both internally across functions and externally with trading partners;
Formulate and implement strategies for agric supply chain partnering and supplier management;
Develop incentive mechanisms that are aligned for superior supply chain performance; and
Design products, processes, and supply chains in a coordinated manner.
Course content
Introduction to Supply Chain Management
Operations Management Framework
Process Design
Agri- Trading HACCP Process design
Food safety HACCP risk and Controls
Agric Trading System Thinking and Business modeling
Agric Produce Demand Management & Forecasting
Collaborative Supply Chains and Sourcing Strategies
Agricultural Product Purchasing and Supplier Management
Purchasing controls
Receiving controls
Supplier management
Inventory and Warehouse Management:
Storage controls
Prevention of food safety hazards
Agricultural product processing
Prevention of food safety hazards
Process, controls, productivity and measurement
Packaging of agro product
Prevention of food safety hazard
Process, productivity and measurement
Agricultural Product Transport Management
Handling controls
Transportation controls
Channel management
Channel modeling
Channel Influence
Training methodologies
Case Study
Individual Exercises
Role Play
Group Exercises
Group Presentation
Examination
Self-Study Material, Exam and Certification
Online Training, Material, Exam and Certification
Classroom Training, Material, Exam and Certification – Locations here
Your learning and certification
Your study options
Live online includes instructor-led training, digital materials, a final examination and a certificate for successful candidates. Self-study includes materials, examination and certification on successful completion.
Personalised course support
Your Cognicert adviser helps you plan your training, with course-specific guidance on teaching hours and timezone, entry requirements, assessment, pass marks, resit arrangements and self-study access.
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