Supply Chain Management for Retail Operations
About this course
Build practical supply chain management skills for modern retail, logistics, procurement, inventory, merchandising, and customer fulfillment. Learn how products move from suppliers to customers while improving efficiency, availability, cost control, and service quality. This Specialization provides a complete learning path for understanding supply chain management in retail and business operations. Learners explore core SCM processes, logistics planning, warehousing, inventory control, procurement, supplier coordination, forecasting, transportation, and aggregate planning. The program also covers retail-focused topics such as category management, merchandise planning, assortment optimization, pricing, promotions, replenishment, private labels, distribution models, omnichannel retailing, customer service, reverse logistics, loyalty strategies, and retail technology. By completing this Specialization, learners will be able to analyze supply chain challenges, make informed inventory and logistics decisions, support merchandising and replenishment strategies, improve supplier collaboration, and apply technology-enabled solutions across retail operations. It is ideal for learners seeking practical, job-ready skills for roles in supply chain, logistics, procurement, retail operations, merchandising, and customer fulfillment.
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What you'll learn
- Analyze supply chain challenges in retail environments and recommend data-driven solutions
- Plan and manage inventory levels, procurement processes, and supplier relationships
- Execute logistics operations including warehousing, transportation, and distribution planning
- Develop merchandise plans, optimize product assortments, and manage category performance
- Implement forecasting and aggregate planning methods for demand and capacity
- Design replenishment strategies and manage reverse logistics processes
- Apply omnichannel retailing principles to integrate online and offline fulfillment
- Evaluate and implement technology solutions for retail supply chain operations
Course objectives
- Build job-ready skills for supply chain, logistics, procurement, and retail operations roles
- Understand end-to-end supply chain processes from suppliers to customers
- Improve efficiency, product availability, cost control, and service quality in retail operations
- Support merchandising strategies including pricing, promotions, and private label management
- Enhance supplier collaboration and coordination across the supply chain
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