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MITx: Supply Chain Dynamics.

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Learn how to manage and harness the dynamics and interactions between firms and entities within a supply chain - ​part of the MITx Supply Chain Management MicroMasters Credential.

Supply Chain Dynamics.
13 weeks
9–12 hours per week
Instructor-paced
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Supply Chain Dynamics.

About this course

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Supply chains are complex, dynamic systems involving multiple organizations with competing priorities, constantly shaped by external forces, market disruptions, and evolving global trends. This course equips you with frameworks to navigate this challenges, such as System Dynamics, a methodology developed at MIT to model and analyze complex, non-linear, and dynamic systems.

Through case studies, simulations, and real-world applications, you’ll master critical competencies: understanding supply chain complexity and interdependencies, managing international supply chain operations, applying system dynamics modelling, conducting strategy and process analysis, and building risk mitigation and resilience strategies. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to anticipate disruptions, model complex trade-offs, and design supply chains that thrive in uncertain environments.

Supply Chain Dynamics is an instructor-paced course. Course content is released on a weekly basis, and a comprehensive syllabus, deadlines, and requirements are provided in Week 0 of the course.

This Supply Chain Dynamics course is part of the MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management, offered by #1 ranked SCM Master's program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is an open enrollment course, making it accessible for almost anyone, anywhere in the world to enroll and learn for free.

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  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Supply Chain, Simulations, Risk Mitigation, Benefits Enrollment Processes, Dynamical Systems, System Dynamics, Process Analysis, Supply Chain Optimization, Resilience, Operations, Management, Supply Chain Management, Sales

What you'll learn

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  • Identify and analyze sources of complexity, including exogenous factors, and assess their impact on operational performance
  • Build and interpret System Dynamics models to simulate supply chain scenarios and evaluate policy decisions
  • Assess risk sources across global supply chains and develop proactive mitigation strategies to enhance resilience
  • Navigate the unique challenges of international operations, including regulatory and logistical complexities
  • Design supply chain strategies that align operational capabilities with business objectives and market demands
  • Evaluate trade-offs between efficiency, flexibility, and resilience in complex supply chain networks

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MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management

The MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management is specifically designed and administered by MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) to teach the critical skills needed to be successful in this exciting and growing field. In addition to being a standalone certificate demonstrating expertise in the field, students who complete all of the required courses and the final proctored exam will be qualified to apply to gain credit at MIT for the blended graduate master's degree program. In order to qualify for the MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management you need to earn a Verified Certificate in all of the required courses. When you register for a Verified Certificate you will also be granted access to additional practice problems, supplemental readings, and opportunities for increased interaction with the faculty and teaching staff.

To learn more about the MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management, please visit https://micromasters.mit.edu/scm/

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This course is part of Supply Chain Management MicroMasters Program

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