Supply Chain Management
BUS412
Closed
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Timeline
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February 3, 2024Experience start
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April 20, 2024Experience end
General
- Post-graduate; Other
- 58 learners; teams of 7
- 90 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 4/4 project matches
- Canada
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any industries
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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February 3, 2024Experience start
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April 20, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Learner goals and capabilities
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- Apply supply chain strategies to minimize total supply chain costs and improve service levels.
- Analyze relevant data to support supply chain management decisions.
- Recommend appropriate supply chain options to meet stakeholder requirements.
- Develop interpersonal skills and communications skills within a group environment.
- Expected outcomes and deliverables
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- examine the connections between strategic objectives, stakeholder expectations, and supply chain design, functions, processes and roles, to guide decision-making, problem-solving and coordination of tasks.
- determine the value added and financial implications of supply chain decisions and design on overall business profitability, efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction.
- monitor relevant trends, emerging technologies, and local and global economic, political and environmental issues to enhance work performance and guide management decisions.
- use leadership and communication skills to establish and manage strategic relationships with a diversity of stakeholders and support the achievement of business goals.
- develop and apply ongoing strategies for personal, career and professional development.
Project Examples
- Identification of supply chain challenges and recommendations for improvement.
- Developing transportation solutions including improved dispatch methods.
- Optimizing warehouse layout and identifying process improvements, including Material Handlig Equipment.
- Investigating sustainability opportunities: Solar, Electrical Vehicles, Carbon Capture, Waste Reduction and Waste Management solutions.
- Evaluating implications of international sourcing.
- Creating total cost comparisons for supply alternatives.
- Proposing supplier management strategies for cost reduction.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Can you meet with the student for a kick off meeting?
Timeline
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February 3, 2024Experience start
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April 20, 2024Experience end