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Business Operations Supply Chain

Supply Chain for Management Consultants & Business Analysts

Practical guide how to improve supply chain in a firm and analyze potential savings in Excel during consulting project
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.2 (1,016 ratings)
5,905 students
Created by Asen Gyczew
Last updated 1/2021
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Analyze supply chain
  • Improve supply chain – make it faster, cheaper and require less inventory
  • Calculate in Excel the potential impact of proposed changes
  • Find strategic fit for the supply chain
  • Improve supply chain in Retail, FMCG, SMCG, commodity
  • Apply improvement techniques to other fields and industries
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Requirements

  • Basic or intermediate Excel
  • Basic knowledge of economics or finance

Description

What is the aim of this course?

This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in optimizing supply chain of any company through a series of practical cases. It is designed for people who want to become management consultants, business analysts or have to run and optimize supply chai on daily bases. In the course you will learn 3 things:

  1. How to understand supply chain activities
  2. How to optimize supply chain in order to get more things done, cheaper at higher quality with less resources
  3. Where to look for savings and improvements, how to calculate potential savings in Excel and implement them

The course is based on my 14 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting companies and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, improvement and turn-arounds in biggest companies from Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B sector that I worked for. On many occasions I had to optimize the whole supply chain side of the businesses I was responsible for.  On the basis of what you will find in this course I have trained over 100 consultants, business analysts and managers who now are Supply Chain Directors, Operational  Directors, COO, Investment Directors, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 28 000 students.

I teach through cases so most of the lectures are case studies showing some business problems solved in Excel. There will be also overview of main components of supply chain as well as some suggestion where you should look for improvements and savings. To every lecture you will find attached  (in additional resources) the Excels shown in the lecture so as a part of this course you will also get a library of ready-made analyses that can, with certain modification, be applied by you in your work.

Why I decided to create this course?

Most consultants and business analysts are terrible at organizing operational issues. They treat the operations, especially the supply chain, as a black-box and try to avoid it at any cost. Technical things overwhelm them and they shy away from them.  This approach is not the right one as you find elements of supply chain in every business. To make matters worse supply chain efficiency and performance has huge impact on the ability of any business to compete and grow. Everywhere you have some supply chain that you can optimize by using techniques that I will show in this course.  Supply chain influence heavily other areas especially sales and marketing as well as production. Therefore, it is a good idea to have at least a general knowledge in supply chain. The funny things is that to be good at supply chain you do not even have to be technical at all. I have not finished any technical school and I am pretty good in finding significant improvements in supply chain.

To sum it up, I believe that if you want to build or to find improvements in any business you should master techniques related to optimizing supply chain. That is why I highly recommend this course not only to consultants or business analyst that have to advice their customer but also to owners, founders  of businesses as well as supply chain managers and directors.

In what way will you benefit from this course?

The course is a practical, step by step guide loaded with tones of analyses, tricks, hints that will significantly improve the speed with which you find and analyze supply chain. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. Our intention is that thanks to the course you will know:

  1. How to understand supply chain
  2. How to optimize it
  3. Where to look for savings and improvements
  4. How to calculate the impact of proposed changes in Excel
  5. How to find the strategic fit when it comes to the supply chain

You can also ask me any question either through the discussion field or by messaging me directly.

How the course is organized?

The course is divided currently in 10 sections and will be adding new section to address other important issues. Currently you will find the following sections:

  • Introduction. We begin with little intro into the course as well as some general info on production
  • General information on Supply Chain. In the second section I will discuss the strategic part of the supply chain, how to find the strategic fit, what aspect you have to pay attention to
  • Retail - Examples of business analyses of Supply Chain. This section will start a series of sections devoted to specific type of business where are will show you detailed cases. In this section I will show you overview of the Retail Supply Chain, main challenges and series of cases that will show you how to get the full potential of the supply chain
  • FMCG - Examples of business analyses of Supply Chain. In 4###sup/sup### section I will show you overview of the FMCG Supply Chain, main challenges and series of cases that will show you how to get the full potential of the supply Chain
  • SMCG - Examples of business analyses of Supply Chain. In 5###sup/sup### section I will show you overview of the SMCG Supply Chain, main challenges and series of cases that will show you how to get the full potential of the Supply Chain
  • Commodity - Examples of business analyses of Supply Chain. In this section I will show you overview of the Commodity Supply Chain, main challenges and series of cases that will show you how to get the full potential of the Supply Chain
  • Distribution model - general information. Distribution (logistics and warehousing) is the powerhouse of supply chain moving physically the goods. In this section I will show you: goals of distribution model, basic laws of distribution, different  types of distribution,  Where you can find savings in, typical problems in Distribution
  • Sales forecasting and customer service - general information. Sales forecasting gives the input data for the whole supply chain. Even small glitches in this part cause huge problems in the whole supply chain.  In this section I will show you: goals of sales forecasting, Sales forecasting and customer service value drivers, typical problems in sales forecasting and customer service
  • Production planning - general information. Production planning is the brain of supply chain. If you get this wrong the other things won’t matter.  In this section I will show you: goals of production planning , production planning value drivers, typical problems in production planning
  • Purchasing - general information. Purchasing has big impact not only on cost but also the inventory levels. Wrong quality of products bought will lead to problems both in sales and in production.  In this section I will show you: goals of purchasing, purchasing value drivers, typical problems in purchasing

I will be adding new sections and lectures in the coming months

 

You will be able also to download many additional resources

  1. Excels with analyses shown in the course
  2. Presentation of slides show in the course
  3. Links to additional presentations and movies
  4. Links to books worth reading

Who this course is for:

  • Consultants
  • Management Consultants
  • Business Analysts
  • Supply Chain Managers
  • Small and medium business owners
  • Startups founders
  • Controllers

Course content

11 sections • 99 lectures • 5h 5m total length

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  • What to do if a blurry image appears
    02:04
  • How to find additional resources
    01:05

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  • Comparison of efficient and responsive supply chain
    03:58
  • Lost sales and stock level
    03:48
  • How to tackle the uncertainty (buffering)
    02:35
  • KPIs for Supply Chain
    02:38
  • How much Supply Chain costs
    01:18
  • Types of consulting projects done in Supply Chain
    02:17

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  • Main challenges in Supply Chain in Retail
    04:08
  • Introduction to cases for Retail
    01:03
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  • Measuring the capacity of Central Warehouse – Introduction
    02:33
  • Measuring the capacity of Central Warehouse – Tips
    03:13
  • Measuring the capacity of Central Warehouse – Capacity in Excel
    06:20
  • Measuring the capacity of Central Warehouse – Cost in Excel
    03:09
  • Convenience stores - Analysis of tariffs – Introduction
    03:38
  • Convenience stores - Analysis of tariffs – Tips how to do it
    04:36
  • Convenience stores - Analysis of tariffs – Solution
    02:27
  • DIY - internal logistics optimization – Introduction
    00:45
  • DIY - internal logistics optimization – Solution
    02:54
  • DIY - internal logistics optimization – Solution in Excel
    02:23

  • Introduction to FMCG Supply Chain
    00:46
  • Overview of Supply Chain in FMCG
    01:41
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  • Chicken Producer - Top-down approach - Introduction
    06:25
  • Chicken Producer - Top-down approach - Tips how to do it
    11:21
  • Chicken Producer - Top-down approach - Solution
    05:28
  • Chicken Producer - Fuel usage - Introduction
    03:46
  • Chicken Producer - Fuel usage - Tips how to do it
    05:04
  • Chicken Producer - Fuel usage - Solution
    02:28
  • Chicken Producer - Overtime analysis - Introduction
    04:07
  • Chicken Producer - Overtime analysis - Tips how to do it
    04:36
  • Chicken Producer - Overtime analysis - Solution
    02:48
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Introduction
    04:28
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Tips how to do it
    08:23
  • Juice Producer - Simulation - Solution
    08:33
  • Optimal production batch analysis - FMCG
    06:37
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  • Main challenges in Supply Chain in SMCG
    04:04
  • Introduction to cases for SMCG
    01:38
  • Transportation mode vs value density – Introduction
    00:32
  • Transportation mode vs value density – Solution in Excel
    04:26
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  • Why production optimization is replaced by flow
    03:34
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  • Kanban in Excel
    02:03
  • Continuous flow - introduction
    04:09
  • How not to make continuous flow – sandwich factory
    04:06
  • How to make continuous flow – sandwich factory no kanban
    03:11
  • How to make continuous flow – sandwich factory with kanban
    02:43
  • Continuous flow in services
    07:24

  • Introduction to Commodity Supply Chain
    00:39
  • Overview of Supply Chain in commodity
    01:35
  • Main challenges in Supply Chain in commodity
    03:20
  • Introduction to cases for commodity
    00:46
  • Why you need to do capacity management?
    02:07
  • How to manage capacity?
    03:41
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  • Customer catchment area
    02:24
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  • Finding the best spot for your factory – Introduction
    02:17
  • Finding the best spot for your factory – Cost comparison - Excel
    03:54
  • Finding the best spot for your factory – NPV for every project - Excel
    04:17

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  • Basic laws of distribution
    01:54
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  • Introduction to Sales forecasting and customer service
    01:49
  • Goals of sales forecasting and customer service
    01:45
  • Sales forecasting and customer service value drivers
    01:25
  • Typical problems in sales forecasting and customer service
    02:48

  • Introduction to Production Planning
    00:45
  • Goals of Production Planning
    00:45
  • Production Planning Value Drivers
    01:37
  • Typical problems in Production Planning
    02:38

  • Introduction to Purchasing
    00:40
  • Goals of Purchasing
    01:26
  • Purchasing Value Drivers
    02:21
  • Typical problems in Purchasing
    03:30

Instructor

Asen Gyczew
Expert in performance improvement, turnaround and startups
Asen Gyczew
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 12,538 Reviews
  • 84,367 Students
  • 49 Courses

Expert in performance improvement, scaling businesses, and turning-around companies with significant experience both in management as well as in supervision of medium size companies (EUR 20 – 500 million) and startups. I have trained in person over 100 consultants, business analysts, and managers who now are Investment Directors, CEO, Partners in PE and VC funds, Sales and Marketing Directors, Operational  Directors, COO, Directors in Consulting Companies, Supply Chain Directors, Board Members, etc. On top of that my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 84 000 students including people working in McKinsey, EY, Walmart, Alvarez & Marsal, Bain, PwC, Deloitte, Accenture, Dell, Adidas, Naspers, Walgreens, Orange, Citigroup, Cisco, IBM, and many others.


Functional experience:
performance improvement, strategy development, startups, intrapreneurship, post-merger integration and cost reduction, due diligence, turn-arounds, PMO; 

 Industry experience: SMCG (domestic appliances, furniture, ceramic tiles), FMCG (cosmetics, juice, meat), retail (electronics, convenience shops, pharmaceuticals, DIY, vending, fashion, toys), B2B (aluminum system, plywood, alcohol, reagents, loading systems), services (MRO, consulting, outsourcing) 

Countries: Poland, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine 

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