Supply Network Design

60 hours

Level 6

CIPS — Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

english

Course Overview

Designing the wider supply network — the interconnected web of organisations that a single supply chain sits inside. Covers the strategic nature of network design, the operations strategy that connects design to business success, and the resource planning and control techniques (push/pull, theory of constraints, MRP, ERP) that keep the network running.

What you will learn

Design a supply network using value net analysis (suppliers, customers, competitors, complementors)
Make strategic make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions based on capacity and competence
Align operations strategy to overall business strategy and market requirements
Choose between push, pull, theory-of-constraints, MRP, and ERP control approaches

Course Details

Elective module · 6 credits · Objective Response (OR) exam · 1.5-hour duration. For procurement leaders designing supply networks at the strategic level. You'll cover the meaning and influence of supply network design (vs. linear supply chain), make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions, capacity planning at the strategic level (optimum capacity, leading/lagging strategies, inventory smoothing), operations strategy and its alignment with business strategy, and the resource planning and control approaches (push/pull, theory of constraints, MRP, ERP) that keep networks running.

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Last updated May 17, 2026

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