Course Overview
Participants will explore sourcing strategies, inventory management, and risk mitigation while gaining insight into how supply chain decisions impact cost, lead time, and overall business performance. Through interactive instruction and discussion, attendees will learn practical frameworks for collaboration with supply chain teams and suppliers, improving design decisions, planning, and resilience across global networks.
Who Should Attend
- Design and development engineers
- Project managers
- Manufacturing engineers
- Technical leaders who work on cross-functional teams
- Professionals collaborating with supply chain leaders
Learning Outcomes
- Explain core supply chain terminology, frameworks, and performance drivers.
- Describe sourcing strategies and vendor selection.
- Classify inventory types and apply principles of inventory management.
- Identify common supply chain risks and outline approaches for resilience.
- Apply ethical and sustainability considerations in supply chain decisions.
Course Outline
Module 1: Supply Chain Management Overview
Module 2: Supply Chain Sourcing Decisions
Module 3: Inventory Management
Module 4: Supply Chain Disruption and Risk
Module 5: Supply Chain Planning and Forecasting
Module 6: Logistics and Distribution
Module 7: Case Studies on Scale and Agility
Module 8: Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Instructor
Jake Dean
Jake Dean is an expert in supply chain and demand planning, and has a passion for delivering personalized education and attention to the next generation of leaders in the field. Jake has more than 14 years of supply chain analyst and management experience at Cisco and Canadian Tire. In his role as Director of the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he is responsible for the design and delivery of all supply chain educational programs at the University. Jake taps extensive industry connections to ensure his students' success as future supply chain leaders. He has a bachelor of business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.