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Cognicert Operations and Supply Chain Manager Course

Design supply-chain processes, coordinate suppliers and improve operations through planning and performance analysis.

  • Practical, standards-based professional learning
  • Assessment and verifiable Cognicert certification
  • Flexible online, self-study and organisational delivery

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Prerequisites

Entry requirements depend on the course and level. Review the course-specific requirements and prior knowledge listed below.

Exam and resits

100 questions in one hour. Pass mark: 70%. Your payment includes two exam attempts. A third or later attempt costs £100 per resit.

Platform-wide pass rate: 87% across all examined trainees, based on Cognicert’s exam-platform results. This is not a course-specific pass rate or a guarantee of an individual result.

Self-study access

Lifetime access for the enrolled learner. Access is personal and cannot be shared.

Overview

Design supply-chain processes, coordinate suppliers and improve operations through planning and performance analysis.

Connect these tasks to the operations and supply chain manager role. Use the detailed programme to identify the methods, exercises and application areas most relevant to your work.

Objectives
The course offers an advanced treatment of topics in 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.
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 diverse 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 supply chains, from a process standpoint, both internally across functions and externally with trading partners;
  • Formulate and implement strategies for 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.
Content
  • Introduction to Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Management Framework
  • Six Sigma, Quality Assurance Statistical Quality Control
  • Process Design
  • System Thinking and Business modeling
  • Supply Chain Strategies
  • Demand Management & Forecasting
  • Collaborative Supply Chains
  • Purchasing management
  • Production and Supply Chain Management
  • Quality and Supply chain management
  • Inventory and Warehouse Management
  • Logistics and Transport Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Channel management
Delivery
  • Case Study
  • Individual Exercises
  • Role Play
  • Group Exercises
  • Group Presentation
  • Examination
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Refunds, cancellations and transfers

Refund and transfer choices depend on the course format, how much notice you give and whether digital content has been accessed. Contact learner care early and we will help you identify the best available option.

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UPCOMING COURSE CALENDAR

Training, exam and application dates

Prices are per learner before any applicable UK VAT. A live-online intake costs more after its standard deadline because the published late fee is added. Self-study is priced separately and has no late-intake fee.

TRAINING DATESEXAMDEADLINE & STATUSLIVE ONLINESELF-STUDY
16–20 November 202620 November 2026Standard booking period
Standard deadline: 19 October 2026. No late fee yet.
Places are confirmed at booking, not guaranteed by this calendar.
£1,200
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£500
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VERIFIABLE ACHIEVEMENT

Check your Cognicert certificate

Successful candidates receive a uniquely numbered Cognicert certificate that another person can check through our public certificate-verification service. This confirms the authenticity of a Cognicert-issued award; acceptance by an employer, regulator or external professional scheme depends on their requirements.

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Lisa Williams
Course and Business Development Adviser
Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 UK time

+44 20 3432 2505
info@cognicert.com
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