Course overview
The Level 6 IoSCM Diploma in Supply Chain and Operations Management qualification is designed for those who are looking to progress their career into a senior management role within the supply chain management field, the Level 6 Diploma in Supply Chain Management qualification from IoSCM is perfect for you and your career.
During this course, you’ll study effective management and control of the supply chain. Your units will explore the Strategic and Operational Planning within the industry and how certain decisions and plans will impact the organisation. You will also discuss the evolution of technology, and it’s effect on the industry and supply chain as a business.
Job outcomes
- Operations Manager
- Regional Manager
- General Manager
- Head of Supply Chain
- Head of Logistics
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- Study at your own time
- 1 Unit Credit Value (UCV) typically equates to 10 hours of learning
Entry requirements
No prior qualifications are required for this course.
Course features
- Gain access to a customised learning platform
- Can take mock tests, utilise a huge library of resources and interact with other students across the globe
- Unlimited first-class materials
- Self-assessments available online that shows the results immediately
- Able to take and retake the practise self-tests as many times as you like
- Assigned a Student Support Liaison, who will handle all enquiries and act as your personal mentor upon enrolment
Who's it for?
The IoSCM Level 6 Supply Chain qualification was designed for those who already have experience in the supply chain industry.
ELCAS Funding
If you’ve had a career in the Armed Forces, you will already have a wealth of valuable skills that employers are looking for in their candidates. However, to progress your career outside of the military, you will need to certify these skills with industry-recognised qualifications, and Enhanced Learning Credits can help you to do this.
To be eligible to receive ELC payments, you must have accrued at least six years of military service. You can earn up to three credits, the value of which will depend on the length of your service. Your credits will cover 80% of your course fees, with the remaining 20% being funded by yourself.
Institute of Supply Chain Management is an approved Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) provider and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.
Our ELC provider number is 9651.
Subjects
More in-depth and comprehensive, you’ll study one core unit and also choose three optional units.
- Effective Supply Chains: The major requirements of a supply chain, Designing a supply chain
- Meeting Strategic Objectives of an Organisation: The drivers of the performance of a supply chain
- Value of 3PL and 4PL: Value to customers
- Cause of Supply Chain Failures: Strategic (long term) and operational (medium to short term) planning
- Developments in Information Technology: Supply chain evaluation tools
- Internal and External Environment: The structure of an organisation, The immediate operational environment – internal and external
- Operating a Marketing System: Types of markets; Product, factor or free markets
- Financial Documentation: The supply, demand, pricing of products and how business deals with elasticity in demand, Assets and liabilities
- Change Management Processes: The need for change including scouting, scoping and implementation of change and positive and negative factors which influence change
- Balance Sheets, Income Statements and Cash Flow: Interprets assets and liabilities – distinguish between market and book values
- Cost vs Value of Developing a Project: How a business values and monitors profits vs cash flow, Capital budget
- Financial Analysis and Impact on Short and Long Term Business Plans: Conduct financial statements analysis, Long term and short term financial planning, Sources of short term financing
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Mergers and acquisitions, economies of scale, combining resources, Financial benefits of mergers, Risks of mergers
- Responsibilities of HRM: The role of HRM as a specialist function, The contribution of the HRM function
- HRM Processes and Practices: Human Resource planning
- HRM and Performance Management: Increase line management responsibility for HRM, Performance management systems
- Methods of Managing Employment Relationships: Turnover and retention of staff, Management role in employment relations
- Reward Management: Talent management and recruitment methods
- Strategic Importance of Creating an International Supply Chain: Drivers of international freight movement
- Multimodal Freight Movement Operation: Physical flows and processes required to move products
- Legislation of the International Movement of Freight: Legislation requirements of each mode of transport when moving freight across borders, International control bodies
- Alternatives to Moving International Freight: Freight forwarding agencies, 3PL, Strategic warehouse placement, Collaborative business opportunities for the movement of goods
- Strategic Role of Inventories: Inventory supports the following organisation objectives; Quality, speed, dependability, flexibility and cost
- Inventory Cost on Business Performance: Types of inventory buffer, Costs of placing orders
- Managing Order Levels: Reorder point and re-order level, economic order quantity and economic batch quantity/lot size
- Inventory Control: Continuous and periodic review models; Time interval model, make to order, assemble to order, make to stock, independent and dependent demand
About Institute of Supply Chain Management
Bringing together a dynamic mix of world-class study materials, expert knowledge and a sound understanding of today’s industry demands, IoSCM is actively creating the most impressive talent throughout the UK, Europe, Middle-East and Asia by training them to our exceptional standards.
As the first institute to represent the wider supply chain, we’re trusted by some of the world’s largest corporations to train and educate their workforce. IoSCM understands the industry and the need for highly-skilled, qualified professionals which is why we developed sector specific qualifications that will help upskill employees, evolve businesses and enhance careers.
Our success is a result of our dedication to education and training. We believe in giving every student much more than just a qualification, we provide the opportunity to grow, learn and progress as a professional with our unrivalled support network.
