Generate PDF

Supply Chain Performance and Financial Principles

This course will show you how to use business analytics and metrics to drive performance in the supply chain. We’ll cover key financial principles and best practices and explain how to deal with factors that impede performance.

This course is one of four optional courses for certification in Supply Chain Management. Even if you aren’t interested in certification, you can take this course independently.

This course is also available as a custom course on the Knoxville campus or at a location of your choice.

Supply Chain Management Certification Courses

Key Benefits


This course will help you achieve literacy in the financial principles necessary to drive optimal performance in the supply chain. We’ll use case studies that illustrate how to use the supply chain to achieve breakthrough financial performance.

You’ll be an active participant in the class, which uses a balance of theory and applied learning to teach important concepts.

In this course, we’ll cover . . .
  • How to choose the right supply chain metrics
  • Best practices in supply chain benchmarking
  • How to communicate results from the shop floor to the boardroom
  • How to deal with cross-functional disconnects that impede performance
If you’re pursuing certification, a knowledge assessment (a test or other assignment) will be given after you complete the course.

Intended Audience


Executives and managers who have experience in the traditional business functions (finance, production, marketing, sales, accounting, engineering, logistics) but want to add to their knowledge of how these functions work together within the company and across companies in the supply chain.

Experienced managers and executives (even within logistics)—with or without a graduate business degree—should consider adding this expertise in supply chain management to their personal education.

Duration/Dates


2 ½ days

August 19—21, 2013

Faculty


J. Paul Dittmann, Ph.D., Executive Director of The University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute
Kenneth Gilbert, Ph.D., Ralph and Janet Heath Professor of Business and Department Head, Statistics, Operations, and Management Science
Priscilla Wisner, Ph.D., Distinguished Lecturer, Accounting and Information Management

Cost


$3,150 ($3,050 for CSCMP members; $2,677 for UT Supply Chain Forum members)

$1,575 if repeating the course

Cost of the program includes . . .
  • Most meals
  • Single-room hotel lodging
  • On-campus transportation
  • Materials/simulations
  • Professional education credits, where applicable
Preferred pricing is available for multiple attendees from the same organization, current students and alumni of the Executive-Level MBA programs, and individuals who qualify for our General Services Agency (GSA) tuition rates. Note: if you qualify for GSA tuition rates, meals and lodging will be billed separately.

Visit our preferred pricing page or call +1 (865) 974-5001 for more information.