Course Title: Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
Hours required: 300
Price: $2,095
Length course offered: 6 Months
Instructor: Katherine Squires Pang [Bio]
Description:
This nationally recognized Purchasing & Supply Chain Management online course and training certificate program is particularly well suited to anyone working in or interested in working in purchasing, supply chain management, procurement specialists, and buyers. In this program students will be introduced to the various fundamental and basic aspects of the supply chain environment, including basic and introductory enterprise resource planning systems and requirement systems. The interrelationships between purchasing, vendor selection, sources of supply and the role of technology will also be explored in this program so that a student understands the integrated approach to planning, acquisition, flow and distribution from raw materials to finished products. In this program, the focus is on the management function, and the skills and resources that develop a successful manager.
This online certificate program is offered in partnership with major colleges, universities, and other accredited education providers. This program is best-suited for someone with little or no experience in purchasing management.
Goals:
Upon successful completion of the Purchasing & Supply Chain Management program students will:
• Be familiar with the basics of purchasing and the purchasing environment in the private sector. • Have an understanding of the various approaches, tools and strategies used in negotiations and give you a foundation for negotiating with great awareness and effectiveness. • Learn the basics of entrepreneurship. • Understand the basics of marketing management and the strategies involved in developing a marketing plan. • Become aware of the basic subjects in the field of price and cost analysis from a purchasing and production perspective and give you a foundation for thinking about price and cost analysis in a strategic, integrated manner.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
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Instructor Bio: Katherine Squires Pang
Katherine Squires Pang, J.D., LL.M., M.Ed received her B.A. in 1980 from Clark University, her J.D. from the University of Dayton Law School in 1982, her LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School in 1983 and her M.Ed from the University of Texas in 2001. She has practiced law with national law firms since 1983, ran for the United States Senate in California in 1994 and was appointed by Governor Wilson as a Commissioner to the WCAB from 1994 to 1996. Dr. Pang has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Texas, Dallas and has been an adjunct faculty member in the law and business/ schools of many universities including the Stern School of Business at New York University, Pepperdine University, USC, Golden Gate University and the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Pang has not only over 20 years of law firm experience but in 1989 founded several companies including, LawPrep, Inc./ LawPrep Press, Inc., Legal EdNet.com and EdWay Online. From 1989 to 1996 Dr. Pang authored over six books, videos and interactive CD-ROMs. Dr. Pang was also the Manager, Firmwide Practice Section Development, Training and Forms for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Dr. Pang also has experience providing multimedia, interactive distributed learning to working professions, as well as adult learners in law and business, via a variety of technologies including video streaming and on line-conferencing (Webcasts, synchronous and asynchronous threaded discussion boards and chat rooms) via the Internet, satellite, ISDN-based videoconferencing and CD-ROM. Dr. Pang has been a speaker at the MEC 2001 Conference: Turning a New Page in Educational Technologies sponsored by Arizona State University, the 2001 Conference on Training and Knowledge Management: Moving Beyond Training sponsored by Generation 21 Learning Management Systems and a speaker at various other e-learning conferences. She has design, development, implementation and managerial experience in educational multimedia course design and development including experience with instructional design and educational technologies. She has been responsible for the course design and delivery using Macromedia Director, Windows Media Player, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Blackboard, Prometheus, WebCT, Webboard and a host of other proprietary platforms. She also has experience with digital video, MPEG, MOV and AVI Files.
Rose Roberts has 20 years’ experience helping organizations develop purchasing strategies and implementing process improvements. Through her leadership and coaching, Rose has helped purchasing departments and executive teams recognize the value of formulating strategies, employing methodologies, and measuring results. She has broad experience working with OEM’s in a variety of industries—both foreign and domestic. Supplier selection and qualification, global sourcing strategies, cost reduction techniques, cross-functional development, and utilization of metrics have been key focus areas allowing organizations she has worked with earn world-class distinction.
Rose has earned and maintained C.P.M. designation since 1995 and has a B.B.A from the University of Texas. Professional affiliations include Institute for Supply Chain Management, Dresser Purchasing Council, and Female Executive Mentorship Program.
