Supply Chain Resilience and Procurement Insights
This foundation course introduces procurement managers to the fundamentals of using data to improve supply chain transparency and vendor performance. It covers the basics of descriptive and diagnostic analytics for procurement decision-making.
£180
Certified Procurement Analytics Associate
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Supply Chain Resilience and Procurement Insights: the short answers
- What is Supply Chain Resilience and Procurement Insights?
- This foundation course introduces procurement managers to the fundamentals of using data to improve supply chain transparency and vendor performance. It covers the basics of descriptive and diagnostic analytics for procurement decision-making.
- Who is Supply Chain Resilience and Procurement Insights for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Procurement Operations Managers working in Data Science & Big Data Analytics, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Supply Chain Resilience and Procurement Insights take?
- Around 18 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Procurement Analytics Associate, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £180 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Audit vendor performance data for reliability trends.
- Build cost-benefit models for procurement negotiations.
- Identify supply chain bottlenecks using descriptive statistics.
- Prepare data-backed reports for contract renewal cycles.
- Implement basic tracking for procurement spend compliance.
Written by David Thorne, Procurement Expert. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Procurement Analytics Associate, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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