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Coventry University - Inventory Management and Economic Order Quantity 

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Inventory Management and Economic Order Quantity
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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Inventory Management and Economic Order Quantity
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 5 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Inventory Management and Economic Order Quantity
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Skills you will learn
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  • On this two-week course, you'll learn key inventory concepts including their classification, costs, and benefits.
  • You'll also learn about the ABC analysis and how this crucial technique can help in your inventory management.
  • Understanding the concept of the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) method will help you minimise inventory costs such as order costs and holding costs.
  • You'll be introduced to the EOQ concept as well as the bullwhip effect. You'll analyze the drivers and results of these concepts and learn how the bullwhip effect can help you reduce the impacts it can cause throughout your supply chain.
  • You'll also explore Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and the Efficient Consumer Response (ECR).
  • You'll explore the challenges of using them in-depth and learn how to develop a customer-orientated approach to your supply chain.
  • By the end of the course, you'll be confident in inventory management techniques and how to apply them to your supply chain to deliver the best outcomes.
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Inventory Management and Economic Order Quantity
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Curriculum

Inventory management

Welcome to Short Course 3

Introduction to inventory

Principles of inventory management

A summary of the week

Economic Ordering

Welcome back

Economic Order Quantity

Review systems and the Bullwhip Effect

VMI and ECR

Test your understanding

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